Wrongful Deaths Selected Inquest Records from Nineteenth-Century Korea
Compiled and Translated by Sun Joo Kim and Jungwon Kim
This collection presents and analyzes inquest records that tell the stories of ordinary Korean people under the Choson court (1392-1910). Extending the study of this period, usually limited to elites, into the realm of everyday life, each inquest record includes a detailed postmortem examination and features testimony from everyone directly or indirectly related to the incident. The result is an amazingly vivid,...
New Perspectives on Early Korean Art: From Silla to Koryŏ Edited by Youn-mi Kim
Volumes in the Early Korea Project Occasional Series focus on central issues related to the study of early Korean history and archaeology. This volume includes discussion of a variety of artworks, ranging from gold adornments found in Silla tombs to Koryŏ Buddhist paintings scattered in modern museum and private collections, that provide insight into the religious practices, aesthetics, cross-cultural exchanges, and everyday life of the people who made, used, appreciated, and...
Please meet Mr. Rainer A. Crosett '14 and Ms. Hania Chima '14 mentioned in the Harvard Crimson article, The 15 Most Interesting Harvard Seniors of 2014.
The Korea Institute at Harvard University invites applications for the Kim Koo Visiting Professorship of Korean Studies for AY 2014-15. For more information: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu. The application deadline is January 15, 2014.
Summer Opportunities Fair, Fri. Dec 7th from 1-4pm at the Harvard SOCH
Launch Your Summer Search! Please join us at the annual Harvard Summer School Study Abroad Fair/OCS Summer Opportunities Fair on Friday, Dec. 7th from 1pm-4pm at the Harvard SOCH (Student Organization Center at Hilles- 29 Shephard St. Cambridge)
In Her Shadow: "Woman" in Modern Korean History, Literature and Film
Dr. Mi-Ryong Shim, EALC
Current Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the Korea Institute
Class Meets Monday 1-3 PM, with additional film screenings TBD
Half-course in EALC, Spring Term 2014
This inter-disciplinary course explores major issues in modern Korean history through the reoccurring and shifting trope of "woman". We will consider some of the social, cultural, and historical phenomena of 20th and 21st...
On Thursday, November 14, 2013 in the Lamont Forum Room in Lamont Library, the winners of the 10th Annual International Photo Contest were chosen. This award ceremony and reception was hosted by the Office of Career Services and the Office of International Education. The photographs are from Harvard College students who have studied, worked, interned or done research abroad in the past year.
Two special prizes were given out by the Korea Institute for photographs taken in Korea this past summer. Congratulations to our two winners!
HSS-Seoul Program in 2013: The Summer Experience of a Lifetime
