Contemporary Korea
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------CANCELLED------Telling a Korean Family History
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 | 6:30 PM- About the Speaker Title: Telling a Korean Family History
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- Event Link: <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">Professor Eugene Y. Park specializes in the sociopolitical history of Korea, especially from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century. He is currently working on his third monograph, <span style="font-style: italic;">Fallen Royals: The Kaesŏng Wang in Chosŏn Korea, 1392–1910 </span>(title tentative), which examines positions occupied by the descendants of Koryŏ dynasty in Chosŏn politics and society. Besides analyzing the 1394 massacre of hundreds, if not thousands, of former royals by the Chosŏn government from various angles, Park traces the plight of survivors and their descendants as they assumed roles as state-appointed ritual heirs of the Koryŏ royal house, scholar-officials, local aristocrats, physicians, soldiers, and merchants. More than just a study of dynastic change in late medieval Eurasia and its repercussion in the early modern era, this book will also narrate a story of human interest.</p> <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">In more general terms, much of Park’s research concerns the continuities and breaks of Korea’s experience across the conventionally recognized divide of the Open Port period. He is especially interested in the institutions that organized and gave meaning to early modern society and how they changed during the encounter with Western imperialism. He has published two monographs, <span style="color: #800000;"><a href="http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=22981"><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="font-style: italic;">A Family of No Prominence: The Descendants of Pak Tŏkhwa and the Birth of Modern Korea</span>(Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2014)</span></a></span> and <span style="color: #800000;"><a href="http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674025028"><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Between Dreams and Reality: The Military Examination in Late Chosŏn Korea, 1600–1894</span> (Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2007)</span></a></span>. Park has also published a dozen refereed articles and edited volume chapters, including “Old Status Trappings in a New World: The ‘Middle People’ (<span style="font-style: italic;">Chungin</span>) and Genealogies in Modern Korea” (<span style="font-style: italic;">Journal of Family History</span>, 2013) and “Status and ‘Defunct’ Offices in Early Modern Korea: The Case of Five Guards Generals (<span style="font-style: italic;">Owijang</span>), 1864–1910” (<span style="font-style: italic;">Journal of Social History</span>, 2008). Overall fascinated by origins, connections, and representations, he also has a longstanding interest in genetics, primatology, genealogy, and portraiture.</p> <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">Park was born in Seoul, South Korea and grew up in southern California. After graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles as a History major (1991), he studied at Harvard University where he received his M.A. in Regional Studies East Asia (1993) and Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations (1999). He taught at the University of California, Irvine from 2000 to 2009 before joining the University of Pennsylvania faculty in 2009 and serving as the director of James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies. He has received grants and fellowships from the Fulbright Program, Korea Foundation, Seoul National University Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies, and Yale University Council on East Asian Studies. Each year, he also teaches as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Seoul National University’s International Summer Institute.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
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Due to circumstances beyond our control, this program has been cancelled.We apologize for the inconvenience. Koreans are known for their keen interest in genealogy and, long before there was ancestry.com, many Koreans kept detailed records of their ancestral lineages in their family jokbo. Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Eugene Y. Park, Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History and Director of the James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, set out to find his... Read More -
Korea’s Taste of Summer
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 | 6:00 PMExplore the tastes of summertime in Korea in this cooking demonstration and hands on workshop led by culinary instructor and food writer, Shin Kim. Learn to prepare bibim guksu (spicy noodle salad), aehobak jeon (pan-fried summer squash), oi naengguk (chilled cucumber soup), and patbingsu (shaved ice with sweet red beans), all dishes that Koreans love to eat during the rainy season and summer heat. Tuesday, July 22, 2014 | 6 PM Advanced ticket purchase required for this event. Space is limited. $25 Members / $40... Read More -
Summer Jazz Night with Sangmin Lee
Thursday, July 17, 2014 | 6:30 PMJoin us for a cool summer night of inventive jazz fusion with the Sangmin Lee Group, led by renowned Korean jazz artist, drummer, and composer Sangmin Lee. Sit back and listen as the group performs Sangmin Lee’s non-traditional and eclectic original compositions. Lee provides introductions to each arrangement, and will explain his inspirations, musical influences, and technique. After the performance, Lee, one of Korea’s most sought-after session drummers, will share his experiences playing with Rain and many other... Read More -
Korean Beauty Today
Thursday, May 29, 2014 | 6:30 PM- About the Speaker Title: Korean Beauty Today
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- Event Link: <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><strong><img src="images/icons/2014/2014_05_29__korean-beauty-today_alicia_yoon.png" alt="2014 05 29 korean-beauty-today alicia yoon" height="150" width="114" /><span></span></strong></p> <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alicia Yoon</span> is the Co-Founder of Peach and Lily. Prior to launching Peach and Lily, Alicia worked in finance at Goldman Sachs and Eurasia Management Capital. She also worked as a management consultant at Accenture and the Boston Consulting Group. She founded a fashion retail startup debuting Asian designers to the U.S. market. Alicia holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Columbia University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.</span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"> </span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"> </span></p> <hr /> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong> About Peach and Lily</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">Alicia Yoon and Cindy Kim launched Peach and Lily to bring the incredibly dynamic world of Korean and Japanese beauty to the US market real-time. Peach and Lily is an e-tailer that curates the cream of the beauty crop from Asia - only 5% of brands make the cut - and retails directly on<a href="http://www.peachandlily.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong> <span style="color: #800000;">www.peachandlily.com</span></strong></span></a> and also to selective brick and mortar stores like SpaceNK and Urban Outfitters.</span></p> <p> </p>
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- Custom HTML field 2 title: <p> </p> <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><img src="images/banners/2014/2014_05_29__korean-beauty-today_michelle.png" width="114" height="150" alt="2014 05 29 korean-beauty-today michelle" /><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Michelle Park</strong> is a lifestyle and fashion expert, traveling the nation and appearing on numerous outlets including ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CW, NY1, Better TV, Mirror/Mirror. She is a regular beauty and health expert on the Steve Harvey Show. She has been seen in media markets across America. Park recently co-hosted Please Dress Accordingly on MSG Networks. She has been following trends on the runway for years. Prior to landing her own show, Park spent 5 years at NY1 News as an anchor/reporter, covering NY Fashion Week every season. She has sat front row and interviewed tons of prominent designers including Carolina Herrera, Naeem Khan, Vivienne Tam, Anna Sui, Rebecca Minkoff to name a few. She also helped with entertainment coverage for the channel, landing the first exclusive interview in New York City with famed popstar PSY of Gangnam Style. Before to moving to New York, Park worked as an entertainment reporter in Los Angeles.</span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">In her spare time, she is an adjunct professor in the media studies department at Queens College. On a personal note, she dedicates her time to Best Buddies, an organization that helps children with developmental disabilities deal with issues of social inclusion. Park earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Stanford University. She also contributes to various outlets, including Wine Enthusiast Magazine, Huffington Post and <a href="http://msn.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;">msn.com</span></a> on topics of fashion, food and home decor. Park earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Stanford University.</span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">Find her on twitter at @MichelleWPark or facebook at <span style="color: #800000;"><a href="http://facebook.com/michellewpark" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800000;">facebook.com/michellewpark</span></a>.</span></span></p> <p> </p>
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In Marie Claire's article, The New Skincare Superpower, the Korean beauty industry is described as being 12 years ahead of the U.S. in terms of beauty innovation and science. Alicia Yoon, co-founder of Peach and Lily, a website portal to “Asia’s best in beauty products,” will be joining us to talk about how Korea became a global leader in the beauty industry and a country that others look towards for the latest beauty trends and sensational products. She’ll also discuss how Peach and Lily was launched... Read More -
The Art of Ooh-Ree Floral Design
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With Spring just around the corner, learn the basics of Korean flower arranging in this introductory course. Traditionally, flowers in Korea have been associated with specific characteristics. Former New York Botanical Garden instructor Claire Won Kang introduces this Korean language of flowers to convey unique expressions in floral design. Through demonstration and hands-on design using Korea's traditional color palette, Oh-bang-saek (black, blue, red, white, and yellow), master the concepts of harmoniously balancing... Read More -
An Evening of Contemporary Asian Art
Thursday, March 27, 2014 | 6:30 PMJoin us at Coohaus Art for a reception; private tour of the art exhibition, Camera Lucida Revisited; and an introductory talk on contemporary Asian art — some of the most vibrant and exciting art being created today. Our hosts, art professors Dr. Deborah Seleeby-Mulligan and Dr. Kyunghee Pyun, will provide a brief explanation of the exhibit and an overview of the contemporary Asian art market, focusing primarily on Korea. They will identify several of the leading and emerging artists (especially those working in New... Read More -
Discover Mandoo: Korea’s Dumpling
Thursday, March 6, 2014 | 6:00 PMShin Kim, culinary instructor and food writer, makes Mandoo in this hands-on workshop, while sharing fun historical stories and video clips that illustrate the cultural significance of the simple dumpling! She’ll demonstrate how to make steamed buns, a dipping sauce, and the wrappers from scratch. As a class, we’ll learn how to make kimchi mandoo and gullim mandoo. Our mandoo-making party concludes with a meal of kimchi mandoo and gullim mandoo in a hearty soup, sweet red bean steamed buns, and a thirst-quenching... Read More -
A Talk with Jung-Kyu Kim
Friday, February 7, 2014 | 12:30 PM- Youtube Video:
Over the last 15 years, Jung-kyu Kim has traveled extensively throughout Asia and worked in the U.S., Canada, Japan, and Singapore. In 2008, he was one of the founding directors of ACA Investments, a Pan-Asian private equity firm headquartered in Singapore, and has a unique perspective on the development of the private-equity industry in Asia. Join us as Jung-kyu Kim discusses the latest investment trends and shares his refreshingly different views on private equity in various Asian markets. Jung-kyu will also... Read More -
A Talk with Kyung-wha Kang
Thursday, December 12, 2013 | 12:30 PM- Youtube Video:
At our first brown bag lunch for young professionals, Dr. Kyung-wha Kang, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, sits down with NY1’s reporter Vivian Lee for a candid conversation on a wide-range of timely topics, including humanitarian aid, the Philippines disaster recovery efforts, and North Korea. Dr. Kang has had a remarkable career in government and public service and she will also talk about her... Read More -
An Evening with Martin E. Kim
Monday, November 18, 2013 | 6:30 PM- Youtube Video:
What are Major League Baseball contract negotiations like from the inside? How do you market a popular Korean confectionery, the Choco Pie, to Americans? What are ace pitcher Ryu Hyun-Jin and manager Don Mattingly like in person? Martin Kim has the answers! Martin has spent his professional career in marketing and international business, promoting Korean brands in the US. He has worked for the US Department of Commerce and CJ Entertainment, and landed his dream job working for the Los Angeles Dodgers as manager of... Read More