Youth Peace Conference A Peace-Talk with twenty students from Korea: Our Vision and Role for Peace Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 New York University (NYU) Kimmel Center for University Life, Room 909 7:00 – 8:30 PM KoreaFocus and NYU Freedom for North Korea are collaborating with PeaceCorea, the NGO registered under the Korean Ministry of Unification, […]

Korea-Japan Relations: Looking Back, Looking Forward Friday, February 7, 2020 12:00 PM The Korea Society 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor New York, NY 10017 University of Connecticut History Professor Alexis Dudden explores recent history and possible overtures in Korea-Japan relations in conversation with Korea Society Senior Director Stephen Noerper. Exploring trade and historical disputes, as […]

CKR Screening & Discussion "Parasite," a film by Bong Joon Ho Wednesday, February 19 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 918 International Affairs Building Co-sponsored by the  Academy of Korean Studies, Korea; Korea Focus, Columbia University

CKR Workshop  Formation of Postcolonial Korea through Family, Medicine, and the War Series Soyoung Suh, Dartmouth College Thursday, February 27, 2020 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM 918 International Affairs Building Co-sponsored by Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University, Academy of Korean Studies; Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University The talk series will explore how material, cultural, […]

Korean Studies University Seminar “Staging Korean Diaspora: Uncharted Border and Ideological Disorientation” Miseong Woo, Yonsei University Friday, February 28, 2020 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM Garden Room 2, Faculty House *By invitation only Co-sponsored by Columbia University Seminar; Academy of Korean Studies This research attempts to redefine diaspora from the 21st-century perspective and investigates unique characteristics of Koreans’ diasporic […]