Ewha Womans University President Lee Bae-yong, fourth from right, leads a group of students from Harvard University through a tour of Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul, Wednesday. The tour program is part of a joint Ewha-Harvard initiative for introducing Korean history and culture to students of both universities. Under the leadership of Dr. Lee, a historian by profession, Ewha has conducted various programs to advance Korean history education.
Meet David McCann, a Harvard University professor whose love for the Korean poetic form sijo has brought him here to Seoul. Sijo is a three line Korean poetic form often exploring bucolic,...
These Korea Institute student awards are generously supported by the Academy of Korean Studies, Korea, and by the Young-Chul Min Memorial Fund, Sunshik...
The Sejong Cultural Society (Sejong Society), whose mission is to bridge Korean, American, and Korean- American cultures in the multicultural context of U.S. society, announces the fifth year of its writing competition, and the third year in which that competition has encompassed a special form of Korean poetry known as sijo (pronounced “SHEE-joe”).
Last year, the Sejong Society’s sijo competition garnered over 450 entries, 87percent of them submitted by non-Korean-...
On Thursday, November 19, 2009 in Fisher Family Commons in the CGIS Kanfel Building, the winners of the annual OIP Photo Contest were chosen. Winning photographs will remain on exhibit there until December 17th. Do check out these amazing photographs from around the world!
There were four winning photographs taken by students who spent time in Korea! Congratulations to the winners!
“This movie is often called a thriller or suspense, but it is simply about a mother... although this movie is not the right one to see with your mother.” This is how Bong Joon-ho—one of the leading directors of the current Korean film renaissance—introduced his most recent movie, “Mother,” on February 28th at the Harvard Film Archive. “I showed this movie to my mother last May, and since then, for seven months, we haven’t spoken a word about this film,” he said, implicitly summarizing the mélange of wit and sincerity in his work... (For...
CIEE Announces Full Scholarship for Spring Break Program in South Korea at Yonsei University
CIEE has been selected by the South Korea Foundation to administer a spring break program for 75 students, running March 13—22, 2010. Participants will receive a full scholarship for the program and will be hosted by Yonsei University in Seoul. The program is intended to be a cultural exchange for students who have had little to no exposure to Korean culture and is aimed at fostering understanding and diplomacy between the U.S. and Korea. Yonsei University will organize academic...
Thank you to the Academy of Korean Studies for providing a grant via the Korea Institute. The Harvard student organization, Human Rights in North Korea (HRiNK) was able to put on an amazing Awareness Week at Harvard in November 2009. Below is a summary of the HRiNK Awareness Week Activities:
•Tuesday, November 10, 5:30-7:00 PM, Ticknor Lounge
"An American professor is promoting Korean literature in the U.S. David McCann, a professor of Korean literature and the director of the Korea Institute at Harvard University, is teaching his students how to write sijo, a traditional three-line Korean poetic form, reciting them in local festivals, and holding sijo competitions for middle and high school pupils. The 65-year-old professor is currently revising an anthology called "Urban Temple: Sijo, Twisted & Straight," containing some 60 sijo-style poems written in English that he...
