Upcoming Events and Announcements
Center for Korean Research AKS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Korean Studies, 2020-21 - Center for Korean Research AKS Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Korean Studies, 2020-21 The Center for Korean Research in the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University invites applications for the role of Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Korean Studies for academic year 2020-2021. The Center is seeking a postdoctoral research scholar […]
Korean Studies University Seminar Announcement - Korean Studies University Seminar The Korean Studies Seminar is an interdisciplinary forum that brings together scholars, artists, and professionals working on Korea-related subjects from a wide variety of disciplines: history, literature, art history, visual and media studies, architecture, religion, sociology, anthropology, music, and performance studies. The seminar discusses current research and issues in the study […]
October 16, 2019 Traversing Chosŏn Society through Music - CKR Special Event “Traversing Chosŏn Society through Music” A special musical performance by gamin, piri, saenghwang and taepyeongso soloist Followed by Q & A with Hye Eun Choi, Visiting Scholar, Columbia University Wednesday, October 16, 2019 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM 403 Kent Hall Lounge Gamin Kang, simply known as “gamin,” a distinguished NYC soloist, tours the world performing both […]
October 24, 2019 A Team of Their Own: How an International Sisterhood Made Olympic History - A Team of Their Own: How an International Sisterhood Made Olympic History Thursday, October 24, 2019 6:00 PM 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor New York, NY 10017 Author Seth Berkman discusses the release of his new book on South Korea’s women’s hockey team at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. In conversation with Society Policy Director Jonathan […]
October 25, 2019 “Thieves, Monks, and “Artwork”: The Changing Fate of Icons at Local Monastery in Modernizing Korea” - University Seminar “Thieves, Monks, and “Artwork”: The Changing Fate of Icons at Local Monastery in Modernizing Korea” Youn-mi Kim, Associate Professor Ewha Womans University Friday, October 25, 2019 Faculty House, 64 Morningside Drive *Please check the announcement board in the first floor lobby for the room assignment Co-sponsored by The Columbia University Seminars, Columbia University; The […]
November 7, 2019 Juhn Ahn Book Talk - CKR Colloquium “Lost Graves and Recycled Mourning Sheds: How the Late Koryŏ Elite Took the Drama Out of Afterlife” Book Talk with Juhn Ahn, Associate Professor of Buddhist and Korean Studies, University of Michigan Author of Buddhas and Ancestors: Religion and Wealth in Fourteenth-Century Korea (University of Washington Press, 2018) Thursday, November 7, 2019 4:00 PM – 5:30 […]
November 8, 2019 “Buddhism and Politics in Korea” - CKR Workshop “Buddhism and Politics in Korea” Juhn Ahn, University of Michigan Hwansoo Kim, Yale University Seong Uk Kim, Columbia University Jin Y. Park, American University Friday, November 8, 2019 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 Co-sponsored by The Academy of Korean Studies, Seoul Korea; Weatherhead East Asian Institute; the Department […]
December 5, 2019 Korea’s Regional Relations - Korea’s Regional Relations Thursday, December 5, 2019 12:00 PM 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor New York, NY 10017 John Park, Korea Project Director at Harvard’s Kennedy School, joins Society Senior Director Stephen Noerper for a discussion on Korea’s current relations with Japan, China, and the United States. Concluding a year that saw discord between Seoul […]June 18-20 AATK 25th Annual Conference - 25th Annual American Association of Teachers of Korean Conference Thursday, June 18th – Saturday, June 20th Columbia University Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia Alumni Association-Korea, Korean Language Foundation, KLEAR-University of Hawaii, Hanyang University, Korea Foundation
External Events
Adapted Podcast: Korean-American Adoptees Who Resettle in Korea - Check out this podcast series by Kaomi Goetz, an American journalist living in Korea, a Fulbright US Senior Scholar 2016-17, and a Columbia University School of Journalism graduate. ADAPTED is a podcast that explores the experiences of Korean-American adoptees who repatriate or resettle in Korea. Since the 1950s, an estimated 200,000 children have been adopted internationally […]