2020 Visiting Scholar This year we welcome back So-Rim Lee as our Visiting Scholar; she was CKR's 2018 AKS Postdoctoral Fellow. So-Rim's research investigates the intersections of embodiment, everyday performance, and visual culture in contemporary Korea. Her doctoral dissertation, Performing the Self: Cosmetic Surgery and the Political Economy of Beauty in Korea, explores … [Read more...]

2020 CKR AKS Postdoctoral Fellow This year we welcome the Center for Korean Research/Academy of Korean Studies Postdoctoral Fellow Kyung Yoon "Becky" Bae. Keung Yoon “Becky” Bae is a PhD candidate in Harvard’s East Asian Languages and Civilizations program, focusing on East Asian film and media. Her dissertation focuses on film regulation under the Japanese empire. She has … [Read more...]

Korean Studies University Seminar will be online via Zoom. Book Talk Title: TBA Hwisang Cho, Emory University Friday, April 23, 2020 11 AM Registration required. Co-sponsored by Columbia University Seminar; the Academy of Korean Studies, Seoul, Korea … [Read more...]

CKR Lecture and Performance  "Searching for the Influence of Korean Identity, Aesthetics and Culture in the Exiled Korean-German Composer Isang Yun’s Monolog für Fagott (1983/84)” with a performance of Isang Yun’s Monolog für Fagott (1983/84) Yoon Joo Hwang, University of Central Florida Monday, April 12, 2021 11:40 AM - 12:50 PM Via Zoom Co-sponsored by … [Read more...]

Korean Studies University Seminar will be online via Zoom. Title: TBA Pil Ho Kim, The Ohio State University Thursday, April 8, 2021 Time: TBA *Open only to University Seminar members Co-sponsored by Academy of Korean Studies; Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University; Columbia University Seminar   … [Read more...]