Spring 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.
February 6 - Colloquium
Hyo-joung Kim
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Washington
Making Insurgent Communities: Suicide Protest As Collective Action in Korea
February 20 - Colloquium
Daeyeol Ku
Professor of International History and International Relations, Ewha Womans University
Chinese Policy to the Korean Question During World War II
February 27 - The SBS Distinguished Lecture in the Social Sciences
Kim Kwang Ok
Professor of Anthropology, Seoul National University
Culture and Politics in Contemporary Korea
Center for European Studies Lower Level Conference Room
27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA
Followed by a Reception at the Harvard Faculty Club
Sponsored by the Korea Institute and the Department of Anthropology, with funding by the Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS).
March 6 - Colloquium
Kirk Larsen
Korea Foundation Assistant Professor of History and International Affairs, The George Washington University
Cannibals and Chinese: Urban Legends, rumors, and identity in late-19th century Chosôn Korea"
March 20 - Colloquium
Namhee Lee
Assistant Professor of History, East Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA
Beyond the Disavowal of Representation: Worker-Intellectual Alliances in South Korea
April 3 - Colloquium
Sung Yoon Lee
Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Politics, The Fletcher School of Law and Dipolmacy, Tufts University
Wars in East Asia, 1592-1953: National Destiny and Historical Memory
April 17 - Colloquium
Carl Saxer
Postdoctoral Associate, Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University
'A Quick but Sloppy Job' or Constrained Institutional Crafting in Transitional South Korea
May 1 - Colloquium
Sem Vermeersch
Post-doctoral Fellow, Korea Institute, Harvard University
Royal Ancestor Worship and Buddhist Politics: A New Look at the Origins of the First Koryo Tripitaka
