Spring 2005

The Korea Colloquium is held on Thursdays at 4:00pm in the Yenching (2 Divinity Ave.) Common Room unless otherwise indicated.

February 3 - Colloquium
Erez Manela
Assistant Professor, Dept. of History, Harvard University
Korea at the Wilsonian Moment: The March First Movement in a Global Context

February 17 - Colloquium
Ann Choi
Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Rutgers University
Cosmopolitan in the Colony: Kim Ok and Modern Korean Poetry

February 18-19 - The Northern Region Workshop
NOTE: Friday through Saturday, 2 Divinity Avenue
The Northern Region, Identity, and Culture in Korea

February 25 - Current Affairs Forum (Co-sponsored with the Asia Center/Modern Asia Series)
NOTE: Friday, 12:30 pm 625 Mass Ave, Seminar Room 1
Tom Hubbard
Former Ambassador to South Korea; Senior Advisor, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld
TBA

March 1 - An Evening of Korean Art (Co-sponsored with the Harvard University Art Museums)
NOTE: Tuesday, 6 pm, Sackler Museum
Robert D. Mowry
Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art
Korean Art at Harvard University Art Museums: A Maturing Collection

March 10 - Colloquium
Chong Bum Kim
Post-doctoral Fellow, Korea Institute, Harvard University
Saints, Heretics, and Witches: Christianity in Colonial Korea

March 24 - Colloquium
Hwasook Nam
Assistant Professor Lecturer, Dept. of History, University of Utah
Acts Democratic: Uncovering the Meanings of Worker Activism in Postwar South Korea

April 5-7 - Conference
NOTE: Tuesday through Thursday, Harvard Faculty Club
Harvard Conference on Koguryŏ History and Archaeology
[conference homepage]

May 5 - SBS Distinguished Lecture in the Social Sciences
NOTE: 4 pm, Busch-Reisinger Hall (Lower Level Conference Room) at the Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street
Hagen Koo
Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Rethinking Working-Class History in South Korea [more]

May 19 - Colloquium
Katharine H.S. Moon
Chairperson,, Dept. of Political Science, Wellesley College; Non-resident scholar, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University
TBA

May 20 - Post-Doc. Workshop