Event Archive Fall 2015- Spring 2016
May 7 – “The Cold War in Korean Cinemas” - The Cold War in Korean Cinemas Princeton University Workshop co-hosted by the Center for Korean Visual Culture (KOVIC) at Yonsei University May 7, 2016 Scheide Caldwell 203 Program Coffee/welcome (9:30~10:00) Introductory Remarks […]
May 6 – “Colonial Unheimlich” - Film Screening and Conversation with Park, Chan-Kyong “Colonial Unheimlich” Park, Chan-Kyong – artist, writer, and film-maker Friday, May 6, 2016 6:00PM – 8:00PM Stony Brook University- Manhattan 387 Park Avenue South […]CALL FOR PAPERS - “The Cold War in Korean Cinemas” A KOVIC Workshop Princeton University, May 7, 2016 We invite proposals from colleagues, independent scholars, and advanced graduate students for “The Cold War in […]
April 28 – “The Enigmatic Legend of Feminized Men: A Sociocultural History of a Scholar-Bureaucrat Family in Gyeonggi Province” - Colloquium Series on Korean Cultural Studies “The Enigmatic Legend of Feminized Men: A Sociocultural History of a Scholar-Bureaucrat Family in Gyeonggi Province” Shimpei Cole Ota, Research Associate, American Museum of Natural […]
April 25 – “The Emergence of Commercial Economy, Local Administration, and Townsmen in Mid- Eighteenth Century P’yŏngyang” - Colloquium Series on Korean Cultural Studies “The Emergence of Commercial Economy, Local Administration, and Townsmen in Mid- Eighteenth Century P’yŏngyang” Sun Joo Kim, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History; Director, Korea […]
April 22 – “Buddhist Writers in Colonial Korea” - Book Manuscript Workshop “Buddhist Writers in Colonial Korea: Rethinking Korean Literature, Religion and History” Jungshim Lee, Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead East Asian Institute Discussants: Janet Poole, Associate Professor in the […]
April 19 – “International Tourism” - Film/ Panel Discussion “International Tourism” Marie Voignier, 2014 Tuesday, April 19, 2016 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Maison Francaise East Gallery, Buell Hall No registration required. How does a dictatorship […]
April 15 – “Postimperial Japan and East Asia” - Workshop “Postimperial Japan and East Asia” Kim Brandt, Columbia University Leo Ching, Duke University Takashi Fujitani, University of Toronto Chris Hill, University of Michigan Monica Kim, New York University Hiroshi […]
March 24 – “Yi Kwangsu and His Unknown Buddhist Life” - Brown Bag “Yi Kwangsu and His Unknown Buddhist Life” Jungshim Lee, Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University Moderated by Theodore Hughes, Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Korean Studies in the Humanities […]
March 15-17 – “Culture and Everyday Life in North Korea” - International Workshop with the Australian National University “Culture and Everyday Life in North Korea” Ruth Barraclough, Senior Lecturer, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University; Tatiana Gabroussenko, Visiting […]February 24 – “3DPRK: 3D Portraits from North Korea” - Photography and Video Screening “3DPRK: 3D Portraits from North Korea” Matjaž Tančič, Slovenian photographer based in Beijing Wednesday, February 24, 2016 1:00PM – 2:30PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 Cosponsored […]
February 18 – “Imperial Genus” - “Imperial Genus: The Formation and Limits of the Human in Modern Korea and Japan” Travis Workman, Professor of Asian Languages and Literature, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Moderated by Carol […]
February 11 – “God Pictures in Korean Contexts” - “God Pictures in Korean Contexts: the Ownership and Meaning of Shaman Paintings” Laurel Kendall, Chair of the Division of Anthropology and Curator in Charge of Asian Ethnographic Collections, American Museum of […]
December 16 – “The Many Worlds of Yamaguchi Yoshiko” - International Workshop “The Many Worlds of Yamaguchi Yoshiko” Kim Brandt, Columbia University Hikari Hori, Columbia University Miki Kaneda, Boston University Gregory Pflugfelder, Columbia University Dan Shao, University of Illinois Tomi […]November 20 – “Cold War Crucible: The Korean Conflict and the Postwar World” - “Cold War Crucible: The Korean Conflict and the Postwar World” Hajimu Masuda, Assistant Professor of History, National University of Singapore Friday, November 20, 2015 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM International Affairs […]
November 12 – “The Structure of Protest Cycles: Contagion and Cohesion in South Korea’s Democracy Movement” - New York University East Asian Studies Colloquium “The Structure of Protest Cycles: Contagion and Cohesion in South Korea’s Democracy Movement” Paul Chang, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Harvard University Thursday, November […]November 9 – “What It Takes to Rekindle the Korean Economy” - “What It Takes to Rekindle the Korean Economy” Hiwhoa Moon, Adjunct Professor of Economics, Korea University Monday, November 9, 2015 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 […]
November 7 – “Comrade Kim Goes Flying” - “Comrade Kim Goes Flying,” a Belgium, United Kingdom, and North Korea Co-Production Nicholas Bonner, Director Saturday, November 7, 2015 5:30PM – 7:30 PM Davis Auditorium, Room 412 Co-sponsored by Weatherhead […]October 27 – “The United Nations and the North Korean Human Rights Issue” - Columbia University Alumni Association of Korea (CUAAK) Colloquium on Contemporary Korean Affairs “The United Nations and the North Korean Human Rights Issue” Ambassador Oh Joon, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Republic of […]
October 15 – “People Are the Sky” - 9th Annual Korean American Film Festival in New York (KAFFNY) People Are the Sky Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, Director Moderated by Chi-hui Yang, President of the Flaherty Film Seminar Thursday, October […]
October 2 – “Courts, Collections, Cosmologies” - Workshop in Global Humanities and Colloquium Series on Korean Cultural Studies Courts, Collections, Cosmologies: The Literary Anthology in Eurasian Perspective Kathryn Gutzwiller, University of Cincinnati; Sheldon Pollock, Columbia University; Haruo […]
September 25 – “Ko Hui-dong and the Diamond Mountains” - Art Restoration Discussion and Colloquium Series on Korean Cultural Studies Ko Hui-dong and the Diamond Mountains: Restoring Korea’s Artistic Heritage Opening remarks: Theodore Hughes, Director, Center for Korean Research; Jim Cheng, […]
September 18 – “Songs from the North” - Film Screening “Songs from the North” Soon-Mi Yoo, Director Friday, September 18 and Saturday, September 19 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM The Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue For ticket […]September 17 – “South Korea and the Changing Geopolitics of East Asia” - Columbia University Alumni Association of Korea (CUAAK) Colloquium on Contemporary Korean Affairs “South Korea and the Changing Geopolitics of East Asia” Ro-myung Gong, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea (1994-1996); […]
July 21 – Youth Career Forum - The 8th Korea America Student Conference (KASC) Youth Career Forum Tuesday, July 21, 2015 Altschul Auditorium 417 IAB