EVENTS 2008-2009
June 2009
WEATHERHEAD 60TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT
Co-sponsored by the Center for Korean Research and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute
"Global and Local Korea: Korean Studies in a Changing World"
Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 5:30-10:00 pm
Westin Chosun Hotel, Seoul
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April 2009
CKR SPECIAL LECTURE
Shin-wha Lee, Visiting Professor, Columbia UniversityProfessor, Department of Political Science, Korea University
Tuesday, April 12, 2009, 2:00-3:30 pm
918 IAB, Columbia University
CKR KOREA COLLOQUIUM SERIES
"Nonsensical Assemblage: Language Play and Gramophone in Colonial Korea"
Se-Mi Oh, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
Co-sponsored by the Center for Korean Research and the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture
Thursday, April 9, 2009,
5:00-6:30 pm
918 IAB, Columbia University
TRAFFIC IN GENRE: CONTEMPORARY EAST ASIAN CINEMA FILM SERIES
Co-sponsored by the Center for Korean Research, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Films:
"R-Point" (2004)
Monday, April 6, 2009, 6:30 pm
413 Kent Hall, Columbia University
"The Good, The Bad, and The Weird" (2008)
Monday, April 13, 2009, 6:30 pm
413 Kent Hall, Columbia University
Lecture:
"Political Economy of Korean Action Films"
Jinsoo An, Professor of Visual Culture and Film Studies, Hongik University
Thursday, April 16, 2009,
6:30-8:00 pm
918 IAB, Columbia University
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March 2009
CKR REGIONAL SEMINAR
"Truth and Reconciliation: Remembering War Crimes on the Korean Peninsula, 1948-1953"
Speakers:
Dong-Choon Kim, Ph.D. (Standing Commissioner, Truth and Reconciliation Committee Korea (TRCK)): "The Work of the TRCK; Uncovering the Hidden Stories of the Korean War"
Hee Kyung Suh, Ph.D. (Investigation Bureau, TRCK): "TRCK's Verification Process for Mass Civilian Killings during the Korean War"
Lisa Yoneyama, Associate Professor of Literature, University of California, San Diego
The following articles provide further reading material for this event:
"Grappling with Cold War History: Korea’s Embattled Truth and Reconciliation Commission," by Gavan McCormack and Kim Dong-Choon
"Crimes, Concealment and South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission," by Do Khiem and Kim Sung-soo
Co-sponsored by the Center for Korean Research (Columbia University) and the Department of East Asian Studies (New York University)
Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 4:00-6:30 pm
918 IAB, Columbia University
CKR KOREA COLLOQUIUM SERIES
"Hûngboga, a Tragicomic P’ansori of Economic Hardship with a Happy Ending!"
A Bilingual Storysinging by Chan E. Park
Associate Professor of Korean Language, Literature, and Performance Studies, Ohio State University
Co-sponsored by the Center for Korean Research and the Korea Society
Wednesday, March 11, 2009,
6:30-8:30 pm
403 Kent Hall, Columbia University
EXTERNAL EVENT
"Korean Economy : Economic Growth Strategy and Challenges Ahead"
Jungyoll Yun, Visiting Scholar, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University
Sponsored by the Initiative for Policy Dialogue
Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 6:00-8:00 pm
918 IAB, Columbia University
February 2009
EXTERNAL EVENT
"The Third International Conference on Korean Language, Literature and Culture"
Co-sponsored by Columbia University and Yonsei University
Thursday, February 12 - Friday, February 13, 2009
Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
January 2009
CKR KOREA COLLOQUIUM SERIES
"Investments in Japanese 'Cultural Rule': The Politics of Assimilation at the 1929 Korea Exposition"
Todd Henry, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
Assistant Professor of Modern East Asian History, Colorado State University
Co-sponsored by the Center for Korean Research and the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture
Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 6:00-7:30 pm403 Kent Hall, Columbia University
CKR SPECIAL LECTURE
"Lessons of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) for Dunuclearizing North Korea"
A panel discussion with adjunct senior research fellows at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute:
Charles Kartmann
Robert Carlin
Joel S. Wit
Moderator:
Charles Armstrong, Associate Professor of History, Columbia University
Tuesday, January 27, 2009,
3:00-4:30 pm
918 IAB, Columbia University
HONG SANG-SOO FILM SERIES
"The Power of Kangwon Province" (1998)
Saturday, January 24, 2009, 5:30 pm
"On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate" (2002)
Saturday, January 31, 2009, 4:00 pm
"Virgina Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors" (2000)
Saturday, February 7, 2009, 4:00 pm
"Night and Day" (2008)
Saturday, February 14, 2009, 4:00 pm + Q&A with Director Hong Sang-soo
Co-sponsored by the Center for Korean Research, Columbia Film Division, and Korean Cultural Service
511 Dodge Hall, Columbia University
December 2008
CKR KOREA COLLOQUIUM SERIES
"More or Less Real: The Status of Language and Modernism in Late-Colonial Korea"
Speaker:
Chris Hanscom, Assistant Professor of Korean Literature, Dartmouth College
Discussant:
Jin-kyung Lee, Associate Professor of Modern Korean Literature, University of California, San Diego
Thursday, December 4, 2008,
4:00-5:30 pm
918 IAB, Columbia University
November 2008
CKR KOREA COLLOQUIUM SERIES
"Culture of Remembrance in Late Choson Korea: Bringing an Unknown War Hero Back into History"
Sun Joo Kim, Professor of Korean History, Harvard University
Friday, November 14, 2008,
4:00-5:30 pm
918 IAB, Columbia University
September 2008
CKR KOREA COLLOQUIUM SERIES
"Imperial Visions: Ming China & the Japanese Invasion of Korea, 1592-1598"
Kenneth Swope, Assistant Professor of History, Ball State University
Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 2:00 - 3:30 pm
918 IAB, Columbia University
August 2008
EXTERNAL EVENT
"Modern Korea at the Crossroads between Empire and Nation"
Co-sponsored by Columbia EALAC and Hanyang University
Friday - Saturday, August 8-9, 2008
Hanyang University, South Korea
