Podcasts
Subscribe to our Podcasts on
iTunes or your RSS reader!
|
Home
|
|
|
|
| Book Café |
|
|
New Currents in Korean American Literature: The Origin and the Distance
Wed. July 1 @ 6:30 PM
A growing number of Korean American authors have found both critical and commercial success in the past decade. Does this "literary wave" mean that Americans of Korean origin have successfully moved from the margins to the mainstream of American literature, writing simply as "writers" and not as "ethnic writers?" Join us for a literary conversation with novelists Ed Park, Janice Y.K. Lee, and Sung J. Woo, as they discuss issues of acculturation, isolation, cultural alienation, race and class, in relation to their own works.
Read More >> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Language Classes |
|
|
Summer 2009 Korean Language Classes
Register today!
Register now for Summer 2009 Korean language classes. Session II classes begin July 6. Limited class sizes allow more interaction with the instructor and other students.
Read More >> |
|
|
| Current Exhibition |
|
|
Missionary Photography in Korea: Encountering the West Through Christianity
Through August 14, 2009
Free & Open to the Public
The arrival of the first Western missionaries during the late 19th century was a pivotal moment in the history of Korea—and one that also coincided with the advent of photography. The pictures these missionaries took capture a country in the process of profound transformation.
Join us for the largest show of Korean missionary photo- graphs in the U.S., featuring rare images taken by missionaries in Korea be- tween the early 1890s and the late 1930s.
Read More >> |
|
|
| Fellowship |
|
|
Fall Fellowship 2009
Deadline Extended to July 5
The Korea Society is pleased to announce its 14th annual Fall Fellowship in Korean Studies program to be held in Korea over the 12-day period of October 16-28, 2009. The objective of the program is to provide a general overview of Korea, past and present. All the expenses of the participants will be covered, including round-trip inter- national airfare, accom- modations and meals.
Read More >> |
|
| Roh Moo-hyun |
 | President Roh Moo-hyun
August 6, 1946 -
May 23, 2009
The sudden and tragic death of President Roh Moo-hyun on May 23, 2009, has left all who knew him deeply shocked and saddened, including all of us at The Korea Society. President Roh was a good friend of The Korea Society, and we join the many Koreans and Americans who today mourn the passing of a man who dedicated his life to the service of his country. The Korea Society extends its deepest condolences to the late president's family and to the Korean people.
Read More >> |
| |
|
|
| Classic Movies |
 | A Public Cemetery of Wol-ha
Classic Movie Night
Thu. June 18 @ 6:30 PM
Beautiful kisaeng Wol-ha returns from the dead to wreak a terrible vengeance on the stepmother and housemaid who opposed her marriage. A tremendous box-office success when released in 1967, A Public Cemetery of Wol-ha inspired a generation of filmmakers who emulated this horror classic by director Kwon Chul-hwi. The film is a fascinating forerunner to Nakata Hideo's Sadako and the raven-haired female ghosts that haunt contemporary East Asian cinema.
Buy tickets
Read More >> |
| |
|
|
| Policy Forum |
 | China-North Korea Relations: 60 Years Between Friction and Cooperation
Wed. June 24 @ 3:30 PM
North Korea's relations with China are complex and frequentlymisunderstood. Though once described by Mao Zedong as being as close as"lips and teeth," the sixty-year history of the Sino-DPRK alliance hasbeen littered with instances of tension and conflict. According to James Person,this history accounts for Pyongyang's deep mistrust of China and itsinterest in developing a relationship with the United States, despiteappearances to the contrary.
Read More >> |
| |
|
|
| Past Gallery Talk |
.jpg) | Documenting the History of Korean Christianity in Missionary Archives and Photographs
Thu. June 4 @ 6:30 PM
Join
us for an in-depth discussion of the value of missionary archives in
the study of modern Korea, with Donald N. Clark, professor of history at Trinity University. Clark will
explain how missionaries' personal testimonies and photographs help us
understand how Christianity became a defining force of contemporary Korea,
how
Koreans and Westerners formed intercultural relationships and how
Korean women played a unique role in building Christian communities.
Read More >> |
| |
|
|
| Past Film Series |
 | Films from the North:
Part II
Thu. May 28 @ 6:30PM
The Flower Girl
Adapted from an anti-imperialist opera from the 1930s, The Flower Girl
is a tragic story of a family cruelly exploited by the Japanese
colonial authorities and a clarion call for the Korean people to fight
for the socialist revolution. The film was so popular when it was
released domestically that star Hong Yong–hee's picture was printed on North
Korean currency. The films in the series convey a view of the world that epitomizes the ideological underpinnings of the North Korean state. Within this context, the tales are told with genuine feeling and artistry.
Read More >> |
| |
|
|
| Business Roundtable |
 | TALF: The $1 Trillion Federal Reserve Program & South Korean Support to the U.S. Asset-Backed Market
Tue. May 26 @ 12:00 PM
The Federal Reserve's Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF), is a newly launched emergency program designed to revive the market for securities
backed by consumer loans through issuance of asset-backed
securities (ABS) collateralized by student, auto, credit card, and
guaranteed Small Business Administration (SBA) loans. Daniel Yun examined the program, its operation and
achievements, and discussed how the U.S. Federal Reserve is working with
the private sector-including some major Korean companies—to inject
liquidity into the U.S. financial system.
Read More >> |
| |
|
|
| Past Forum |
 | The Obama Administration and an Economy in Distress: Labor and Employment Law Challenges
Wed. April 29 @ 12:00 PM
Not since 1993 has the opportunity for modifications, amendments and
promulgations of new laws been so ripe to alter the labor and
employment landscape.
Attorneys William Milani, Jay Krupin, Robert Groban, Jr., and Michael Levine,
of Epstein Becker & Green, will explain what to expect and how to
proactively adjust to changes in the areas of unionization, reduction
in workforce, discrimination claims, wage hours and payment issues, and
immigration.
Buy Tickets
Read More >> |
| |
|
|
|
|
| New Beginnings |
 | “New Beginnings” Experts Offer Recommendations to Obama Administration
Tue. March 31
On the eve of President Obama's reported first meeting with President Lee Myung-bak, the "New Beginnings" policy study group is releasing its recommendations to the Obama administration for strengthening U.S.-South Korean relations. The group includes Michael H. Armacost, Thomas Hubbard, Evans J. R. Revere, Gi-Wook Shin, Charles "Jack" L. Pritchard, and Don Oberdorfer.
Read More >> |
| |
|
|
| Business Roundtable |
 | Turning Around a Bank in Korea: A Business and Cultural Challenge
Tue. March 31 @ 12:00 PM
As the CEO of Korea First Bank from 2001 to 2005, Robert Cohen dealt firsthand with the aftermath of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis. Cohen overcame the cultural obstacles inherent in being the first foreign head of a major Korean bank, marshaling 6,000 employees in a successful effort to rebuild KFB. His insights into the Korean corporate and economic environment have practical applications to the current economic climate.
Read More >> |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
