This year’s Center for Korean Research Manhae Prize for Korean Language winners are Minjin Kim (General Studies) and Andrew Gabriel Ramirez (Columbia College). Minjin Kim Minjin Kim is a
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Publication Announcement
Publication Announcement
A Center for Korean Research Publication Announcement CKR is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of Sixiang Wang’s book Boundless Winds of Empire: Rhetoric and Ritual in Early Chosŏn Diplomacy […]
Film screening and discussion: Free Chol Soo Lee
Film screening and discussion: Free Chol Soo Lee
6:00–9:00 PM Free Chol Soo Lee In 1970s San Francisco, 20-year-old Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee is racially profiled and convicted of a Chinatown gang murder. Sentenced to life, he […]
What Is Similar and What Is Different in Key, Emerging Indo-Pacific Strategies
What Is Similar and What Is Different in Key, Emerging Indo-Pacific Strategies
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 2:00 – 4:00 PM ET 420 W 118th St, Room 918 New York, NY 10027 Keynote: Former Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Kathleen Stephens, President and CEO, Korean […]
Events & Announcements
K-Waves (Hallyu) in the U.S.
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 1:10 – 2:25 PM ET Uris Hall Room 330 3022 Broadway New York, NY 10027 Speaker: Young A Jung, Assistant Professor, Korean Studies Program, Department of Modern
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Stories of Marriage Migrant Women’s Cyclical Movements
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 1:10 – 2:25 PM ET Uris Hall Room 330 3022 Broadway New York, NY 10027 Speaker: Hayeon Lee, Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Modern Vietnamese Studies, WEAI,
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Publication Announcement
A Center for Korean Research Publication Announcement CKR is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of Sixiang Wang's book Boundless Winds of Empire: Rhetoric and Ritual in Early Chosŏn Diplomacy
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What Is Similar and What Is Different
2:00–4:00 PM 420 W 118th St International Affairs Building Room 918 Keynote: Former Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Kathleen Stephens, President and CEO, Korean Economic Institute Speakers: Dr. Tom Christensen, Professor of Public
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Film screening and discussion: Free Chol Soo
Monday, April 10, 2023 6:00 – 9:00 PM ET 435 W 116th St Room 101 New York, NY 10027 6:00–9:00 PM Free Chol Soo Lee In 1970s San Francisco, 20-year-old
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Government Courtesans in the Northern Military Areas:
Monday, April 10, 2023 2:10 – 3:30 PM ET Speaker: Hyun Suk Park, Assistant Professor of Premodern Korean Literature and Culture, Asian Languages and Cultures Department, UCLA Moderator: Jungwon Kim, King Sejong
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The Translator Is Present: A Personal History
Reading and Discussion The Translator Is Present: A Personal History of Erasure Anton Hur, writer and translator Wednesday, April 12, 2023 7:30 – 9:00 PM ET 501 Dodge Hall 2960
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Carving Status at Kŭmgangsan – A Book
Book Talk Carving Status at Kŭmgangsan – A Book Talk by Maya Stiller [embed]https://youtu.be/EXHlwbsUKyE[/embed] Maya Stiller, Associate Professor of Korean Art History & Visual Culture in the Art History Department
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Factual Fiction Versus Autobiography
Book Talk Factual Fiction Versus Autobiography The Korean Diaspora and Creative Writing’s Potential to Go Beyond Family Stories in The Evening Hero [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUTal7BiH3Q[/embed] Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Undergraduate Creative Writing &
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