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Joseph Choe, '17, Intern at the ROK National Assembly in Seoul, Korea, Summer 2015

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I arrived on my first day of work at the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea expecting to gain a deep understanding of the complexities of Korean politics and the legislative process. Specifically as an intern in the Committee of Foreign Affairs...

Tiffany Song, '16 Harvard Summer School in Seoul Program-Summer 2013

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HSS-Seoul Program in 2013: The Summer Experience of a Lifetime The day of my flight to South Korea, my emotions were as mixed as bibimbap, a delicious Korean mixed rice dish that I would get to know very well in the coming weeks. I felt a bit anxious...

Challenges and Opportunities faced by Korean Universities: With References from the Past, Present and Future of Ewha Womans University

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Leadership Forum Kyunghee Choi, President, Ewha Womans University President Kyunghee Choi became the 15th President of Ewha Womans University in August 2014. Ewha is the most comprehensive women’s university in the world with 25,000 students, 12 colleges...

2009 OIP International Photo Contest- Winning Photographs from Korea

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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...

Whose Mountains are These?: Elite and Nonelite Perceptions of Mountains in Chosŏn Korea

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Korea Colloquium Michael Pettid Professor of Premodern Korean Studies, Binghamton University (SUNY) Michael Pettid is Professor of Korean Studies at Binghamton University where he has taught since 2003. The focus of his research and teaching is premodern...

Sylvia Deppen, '17, Harvard Summer School in Seoul Program-Summer 2014

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My Korean experience is best broken down into three parts: the film class excursion, Korean classes, and my individual experiences. During the excursion week, we were dismissed from Korean class and were able to experience many areas of Korea. On the...

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The Language Politics of Korean Office Culture

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The Language Politics of Korean Office Culture (Image of Dr. Michael Prentice giving a Korea Institute talk in 2018.) Written by Michael Prentice, Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Korea Institute, Harvard University In May 2017, the Washington Post...

The Gwangju Uprising and its 40-year Global History: A Visual and Cultural Approach

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Kim Koo Forum (Roundtable) Abstract: Forty years after the people’s uprising and state massacre took place in Gwangju during the spring month of May 1980, what is now widely known as “5.18” remains a contested history. Just these past years, we have seen...

Territory and Sovereignty on the Korean Peninsula

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**Registration: here Workshops and Conferences Organizer: Bridget Martin, Fall Term 2022 & AY2021-22 SBS Korean Studies Postdoctoral Fellow in the Social Sciences, Korea Institute, Harvard University; Croft Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Korean...

Modern and Contemporary Korean Art: Continuity and Transformation

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Harvard-Dartmouth Korean Art History Workshop 2019 Organized by Sun Joo Kim, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History; Director, Korea Institute, Harvard University, and Sunglim Kim, Associate Professor in the Department of Art History and Asian...