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Author Talk with Ed Park

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Korea Institute Author Talk Co-sponsored by the Council of Korean Americans Ed Park, Author Ed Park is the author of the novels Personal Days and Same Bed Different Dreams. He is a founding editor of The Believer, and has worked in newspapers, book...

North Korea's Dual Pursuit of Nuclear and Economic Development

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Weatherhead Center USJP Special Series on International Relations of East Asia Scott Snyder, Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy, Council on Foreign Relations. Moderator: Susan J. Pharr, Director, Program on U...

Soyoung Lee appointed as the next Director and CEO of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco

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Korea Institute congratulates Dr. Soyoung Lee, Landon and Lavinia Clay Chief Curator of the Harvard Art Museums and member of the Harvard Korea Council, for her appointment as the next Barbara Bass Bakar Director and CEO of the Asian Art Museum in San...

Peace on the Korean Peninsula: The Health and Humanitarian Approaches

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2018 Student Conference DPRK; c o-sponsored by the Council of Korean Americans, the Young-Chul Min Memorial Fund at the Korea Institute, Harvard University Asia Center, and the Korea Economic Institute Harvard Medical School Korean Student Society, the...

East Asia: Where Are Things Headed?

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Weatherhead Center Program on U.S-Japan Relations Symposium; co-sponsored by the Korea Institute Akio Takahara, Professor, Faculty of Law and Graduate School of Law and Politics, University of Tokyo Victor Cha, D.S. Song-KF Endowed Chair in Government and...

North Korea’s Information and Technology: The Inflow of Foreign Content and the Regime’s Countermeasures

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Korea Project Event REGISTER: Click HERE The North Korean regime has traditionally controlled information production, circulation, and consumption. However, over the years, foreign information and content have continued to trickle into the country. This...

Five Features of Three Kingdoms Period Architecture

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Early Korea Project Lecture Nancy S. Steinhardt Professor of East Asian Art, University of Pennsylvania Nancy S. Steinhardt is Professor of East Asian Art and Curator of Chinese Art at the University of Pennsylvania where she has taught since 1982. She...

Transition to the 'Universal' Welfare State: the Changing Meaning of the Welfare State in Korea

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Harvard-Yenching Lecture Series Huck Ju Kwon, Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University; Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar Huck Ju Kwon is Professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul...

The Korean War at 70: Revisiting the Role of Intelligence

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Joint Korea Project - Intelligence Project Zoom Webinar RSVP: Click HERE 12:00 PM: Opening Session John Park, Director, Korea Project, Harvard Kennedy School – Overview Paul Kolbe, Director, Intelligence Project, Harvard Kennedy School – Welcoming Remarks...

Royally Bestowed Certificates in the Harvard-Yenching Library Korean Rare Books Collection

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Korean Treasures at Harvard Series II Philip Gant Postdoctoral Associate in East Asian Studies and Lecturer in Religious Studies, Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University, 2020-22 Philip Gant is a historian of premodern East Asia; his research...

Carter J. Eckert

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Carter J. Eckert (1945 – 2024) was born in Chicago and trained in European ancient and medieval history at Lawrence College in Wisconsin, and also at Harvard. He subsequently developed a strong interest in Korea and East Asia as a result of his...