Fall 2003
The Korea Colloquium is held on Thursdays at 4:00pm in the Harvard-Yenching Lounge, Vanserg Hall 2nd floor unless otherwise indicated.
Please note that the Korea Colloquium is no longer located at Coolidge Hall.
October 2 - Colloquium
John Merrill
Division Chief, Northeast Asia, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State
The Origins of the Korean War Revisited
October 8 - Colloquium (Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Center)
NOTE: WEDNESDAY, 3:00-5:00pm in Room M-11 of 1033 Mass. Ave.
Kyung-Won Kim
Former U.S.-Korean Ambassador
Korea at Crossroads
October 9 - Colloquium
Tae-Gyun Park
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Int’l Studies, Seoul National University
Reshaping the State through Middle Course in 1961-1963
October 14 - Colloquium (Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Center)
NOTE: TUESDAY, 12:30-2:00pm in Room M-11 of 1033 Mass. Ave.
Kenji Hiramatsu
Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and former Director, Northeast Asia Division, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Korean Nuclear Crisis: The View from Japan
October 30 - Colloquium (Co-sponsored by the Reischauer Institute)
Hyung Gu Lynn
AECL/KEPCO Chair in Korean Research, Associate Editor-Pacific Affairs, University of British Columbia, Institute for Asian Research
Consumgnosis as Virtual Redemption: Popular Culture in R.O.K.-Japan Relations
November 4 - Colloquium (Co-sponsored by the Modern China Seminar/Fairbank Center)
NOTE: TUESDAY, 12:30-2:00pm in 625 Mass Ave Seminar Room 2
Zhu Feng, Peking University;
Robert Ross, Boston College;
Byung-Kook Kim, Korea University
Discussant: Michael Chambers, Indiana State University
The Korea Nuclear Crisis: Perspectives on South Korean, Chinese and U.S. Policies
Light lunch will be provided
November 7 - Colloquium (Co-sponsored by the Asia Center)
NOTE: FRIDAY, 12:30-2:00 p.m. at 625 Mass Ave, Seminar Room 2
Marcus Noland
Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics
Famine and Reform in North Korea
November 12 - Colloquium (Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Center)
NOTE: WEDNESDAY, 3:00-5:00pm in Room M-11 of 1033 Mass. Ave.
Yves Tiberghien
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia
Global Investors, Legislative Institutions, and the Mediating State: Insights from Corporate Reform in Japan, Korea and France
November 18 - Colloquium (Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Center)
NOTE: TUESDAY, 12:30-2:00pm in Room M-11 of 1033 Mass. Ave.
Byung-Kook Kim
Professor, Department of Political Science, Korea University; Ralph I. Strauss Visiting Professor, Kennedy School of Government and Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Mass Publics and East Asian Security: Perspectives from South Korea
December 4 - Colloquium
Yuh Ji-Yeon
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Northwestern University
Between Minjok and Revolution: Socialist Korean Women in China and Japan, 1940s and 1950s
December 11 - Colloquium
Jae Chung
Post-doctoral Fellow, Korea Institute, Harvard University
Cultural Temporality of Venture Capital: Case from South Korea
