Event Archive 2014-2015
“How Korea was Not Divided” Theodore Hughes, Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Korean Studies in the Humanities and Director of The Center for Korean Research
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 8:30 PM
The Duplex, 61 Christopher Street
Part of Raising the Bar 50 Talks and 50 Bars Series
For tickets and info, click here.
Book Manuscript Workshop
“A Jester with Chameleon Faces: Laughter and Comedy in North Korea, 1953-1969”
Presenter | Dima Mironenko, Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University
Discussants | John Duncan, Professor of Pre-Modern Korean History and Director of the Center for Korean Studies, University of California, Los Angeles; Todd Henry, Associate Professor in the Department of History, University of California, San Diego
Moderator | Theodore Hughes, Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Korean Studies in the Humanities and Director of The Center for Korean Research, Columbia University
Friday, May 1, 2015
2:00 PM – 5:30 PM
300 Union Theological Seminary, 3041 Broadway
By RSVP only – open only to graduate students and faculty for observation. Must RSVP at jk2857@columbia.edu to attend as an observer. Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Discussion and Exhibition
Korean Comics (Manhwa)
Dima Mironenko, Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow; Hee-sook Shin, Korean Studies Librarian
Friday, April 24, 2015
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
403 Kent Hall
Refreshments will be served.
No registration required.
Exhibition: C.V. Starr Library, April 20 – July 20, 2015
Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Weatherhead East Asian Institute Brown Bag Lecture
“In the Shadow of Working Men: Gendered Labor and Migrant Rights in South Korea”
Hae Yeon Choo, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto Mississauga
Moderated by Kristy Kelly, Associate Research Scholar, Columbia University
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
International Affairs Building, Room 918
Panel Discussion
“Beyond Death: The Politics of Suicide and Martyrdom in Korean History”
Presenters | Hwasook Nam, University of Washington; Serk-Bae Suh, University of California, Irvine; Charles Kim, University of Wisconsin
Moderator | Jungwon Kim, Columbia University
Friday, April 3, 2015
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
918 International Affairs Building
Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Columbia University Alumni Association of Korea (CUAAK) Colloquium on Contemporary Korean Affairs
“From Nationalism to Globalism: Toward A Korean History Narrative Beyond Ideological Contention”
Djun Kil Kim, Professorial & Research Chair, Samsung Korean Studies Program, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Asia & the Pacific
Monday, March 23, 2015
12:00PM – 1:30PM
Kent Hall Lounge 403
Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
To read the abstract, click here.
Colloquium Series on Korean Cultural Studies
“Crosscurrents in the Transnational Buddhisms of East Asia: As Seen Through the Life of Oak Kwanbin (1891-1933)”
Hwansoo Kim, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Duke University
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
918 International Affairs Building
Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and The Korea Foundation
“Rethinking the Asia “Pivot”: Challenging Everyday Militarisms & Bridging Communities of Women”
All-day International Symposium and Video Exhibit hosted by Rutgers University
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Alexander Library Teleconference Room, Rutgers University
For more information, go to: http://rethinkingasiapivot.com/
Co-sponsored by The Center for Korean Research
Korea/Japan Music Symposium
Michael Bourdaghs, University of Chicago; Katherine Lee, University of California Davis; Eun-Young Jung, University of California San Diego; Christine Yano, University of Hawaii; Kevin Fellezs, Columbia University; Nicholas Harkness, Harvard University; Noriko Manabe, Princeton University
Friday, November 21, 2014
9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
403 Kent Hall
Click for abstracts, bios and program.
Co-sponsored by the Donald Keene Center, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, and the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Colloquium Series on Korean Cultural Studies
“South Korean Feminists’ Bargain: Feminist Discourse and the Movement to Abolish Prostitution”
Seung-kyung Kim, Professor of Women’s Studies, University of Maryland
Thursday, November 20, 2014
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
918 International Affairs Building
Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Institute for Research on Women and Gender and Weatherhead East Asian Institute and The Korea Foundation
Journal of Korean Studies Special Issue Workshop
“Intermedial Aesthetics: Korean Literature, Film, Art”
Presenters: Jinsoo An, University of California, Berkeley; Woohyung Chon, Konkuk University; Wayne de Fremery, Sogang University; Sohl Lee, Stony Brook University; Haerin Shin, Vanderbilt University; Ji Young Shin, Yonsei University
Discussants: Steve Chung, Princeton University; Olga Fedorenko, New York University; Chris Hanscom, University of California, Los Angeles; Jina Kim, Smith College; Kyu Hyun Kim, University of California, Davis; We Jung Yi, New York University
Click for abstracts, bios, and program.
Friday, November 14, 2014
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
918 International Affairs Building
Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University; Department of East Asian Studies, Smith College; The Journal of Korean Studies
Lecture Series: Human Rights in East Asia and Beyond: Critical Perspectives
“The North Korean Human Rights Conundrum”
Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
Thursday, November 6, 2014
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
918 International Affairs Building
Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, the APEC Study Center, and Institute for the Study of Human Rights
Colloquium Series on Korean Cultural Studies
“Hong Taeyong on China: An 18th Century Korean Sirhak Scholar’s Views”
Gari Ledyard, King Sejong Professor Emeritus
Discussant: George Kallander, Associate Professor, Department of History, Syracuse University
Thursday, October 30, 2014
5:30PM – 7:00PM
918 International Affairs Building
Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and The Korea Foundation
Colloquium Series on Korean Cultural Studies”“From Across the Genkai Sea: Kim Talsu and the Korean War in Japan”
Sam Perry, Assistant Professor of Korean and Japanese Literature, Brown University
Thursday, October 23, 2014
5:30PM – 7:00PM
918 International Affairs Building
Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and The Korea Foundation
Colloquium Series on Korean Cultural Studies
“How Do the ‘Abject’ Bodies Reply? – Dispersing the Ethnological Gaze of the Empire”
Kim Chul, Professor of Korean Literature, Yonsei University
Discussant: Richard Calichman, Professor of Japanese Studies, The City University of New York
Monday, October 20, 2014
5:00PM – 6:30PM
918 International Affairs Building
Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and The Korea Foundation
Colloquium Series on Korean Cultural Studies
“The Experience of “House” and “Home” in Colonial Korea”
Hyaeweol Choi, Professor of Korean Studies and Director of Korea Institute
The Australian National University
Thursday, October 16, 2014
5:00PM – 6:30PM
918 International Affairs Building
Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Institute for Research on Women and Gender and The Korea Foundation