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The Religious Revolution in Modern Korean History

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 | 6:30 PM
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On May 5, 2009, Don Baker, Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, spoke about the history of Christianity and religion in Korea with Fred Carriere, The Korea Society's Executive Vice President. The interview is in support of 'Missionary Photography in Korea: Encountering the West through Christianity,' an exhibition previously on display at The Korea Society Gallery. The arrival of the first Western missionaries in Korea in the late 19th century was a... Read More
Pojagi: Cloth, Color and Beyond

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | 6:30 PM

Join us for a panel discussion on the art and history of Korean wrapping cloths, or pojagi, with Lee Talbot, assistant curator of The Textile Museum; Chunghie Lee, fiber artist; and Seta K. Wehbé, assistant collection manager of the Antonio Ratti Textile Center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Linking pojagi aesthetics to both traditional American quilts and contemporary abstract painting, the panelists will discuss the enduring appeal of pojagi and what they reveal about the lives and times of their... Read More
Encountering North Korea Through Its Art

Thursday, December 4, 2008 | 5:53 PM
- Event Link: Jane Portal holds the Matsutaro Shoriki Chair of the Art of Asia, Oceania and Africa at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Until August 2008, she was curator of the Chinese and Korean Collections at the British Museum. She curated the Korea Foundation Gallery at the British Museum, which opened in 2000, and visited North Korea in 2001 and 2002, where she began collecting contemporary North Korean art for the British Museum. She is the author of Korea: Art and Archaeology (British Museum Press, 2000), Art Under Control in North Korea (Reaktion Books, 2005), and the co-editor of North Korean Culture and Society with Beth McKillop (British Museum Research Paper No.151, 2004). Portal has coordinated the British Museum's China Strategy and curated the First Emperor loan exhibition from China.
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Gallery Talkwith Jane PortalMatsutaro Shoriki Chair of the Art of Asia, Oceania and Africa, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.Thursday, December 4, 2008 We might think that we know about North Korea - it has been so much in the news recently, presenting a nuclear threat to the region. But in fact we know very little about the country. In the 19th century, the undivided country was called the hermit kingdom. Since 1953, the South has become accessible and widely known, while the North has remained... Read More
Our Toys, Our Selves: Robot Taekwon V and South Korean Identity

Thursday, February 7, 2008 | 6:30 PM
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On February 7, 2008, Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park, an assistant professor in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame, delivered at lecture at The Korea Society entitled "Our Toys, Our Selves: Robot Taekwon V and South Korean Identity." The lecture was in support of "Toy Stories: Souvenirs from Korean Childhood," an exhibition of toys from 1970s and 1980s Korea, showing at The Korea Society gallery, and available for travel around the United States in 2008. Read More
Toy Stories: Souvenirs from Korean Childhood

Thursday, January 31, 2008 | 6:00 PM

ExhibitionJanuary 31–April 18, 2008 Toys are always more meaningful than the simple playthings they appear to be. They can embody the fantasies, values, obsessions and anxieties of a generation. With Toy Stories: Souvenirs from Korean Childhood, The Korea Society put on display over 90 children's toys from South Korea in the 1970s and ‘80s. On loan from the Hyeon Tae-Joon Collection in Seoul, the toys—flamboyantly colored action figures, robots, miniature tanks and paper dolls—captured a society in economic and... Read More
Korean Funerary Figures: Companions for the Journey to the Other World

Thursday, July 26, 2007 | 6:00 PM

Exhibition July 26, 2007 - December 18, 2007 "... eye-catching." - New York Times Art Review, "Korea’s Extraordinary Send-Offs for Ordinary People", August 17, 2007 link "... the artifacts... are truly treasures." - Japan Times Review, "Little Friends for the Other World", October 11, 2007 link Death is an aspect of the human condition that touches every culture in every age, and almost all cultures envelop death in a rich artistry as a way of managing the trauma it causes. In nineteenth and early... Read More
Exhibiting Korea

Thursday, May 24, 2007 | 8:35 PM
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A New, Monthly Series of Gallery Talk Programs May 24 - November 16, 2007 Exhibiting Korea, a new monthly series of presentations on the fine arts, film, fashion and photograph of the Korean Peninsula, is debuting in April 2007. Series programs will address contemporary trends in cultural expression in Korea, and take audiences back to important movements they might have overlooked. These gallery talks, given by top experts, critics and artists, will put the colors and shapes of modern Korea on display —... Read More
The Meaning of Dragons in Korean Folklore

Wednesday, February 2, 2005 | 7:00 PM

To mark the opening of an exhibition of Korean dragon paintings, author and folklore specialist Heinz Insu Fenkl, director of the Interstitial Studies Institute at SUNY New Paltz, lectured on dragon symbolism in both the East and West. Due to its association with serpents in the Old Testament, he explained, the dragon was considered a creature of evil in the West. In the folklore of the East, however, the dragon was viewed as auspicious and usually was depicted as a magical creature of unsurpassed power and... Read More
A State of Mind: Life in North Korea

Tuesday, January 25, 2005 | 5:55 PM
- Event Link: Charles K. Armstrong is an associate professor of history and chair of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University. He specializes in modern Korean and East Asian history. His published works include The North Korean Revolution, 1945 – 1950 (Cornell, 2002), Korean Society: Civil Society, Democracy, and the State (Routledge, 2002), "The Cultural Cold War in Korea," Journal of Asian Studies (forthcoming February 2003), "America's Korea, Korea's Vietnam," Critical Asian Studies (December 2001), "The Origins of North Korean Cinema," Acta Koreana (January 2002) and numerous other articles on modern Korean history, politics, and culture. Armstrong received a B.A. from Yale University in 1984 and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1994. Stephen Segaller is director of news and public affairs programming at Thirteen/WNET. He is an author and producer specializing in journalism, media and technology. At Thirteen/WNET, the flagship station of the Public Broadcasting Service, he is responsible for overseeing and developing all the news and public affairs output of the station, including weekly newsmagazines such as Religion and Ethics Newsweekly; documentary series such as Local News, Allies at War, Red Gold: The Epic Story of Blood; the continuing output of Fred Friendly Seminars; and documentary specials such as multiple award-winning Srebrenica – A Cry From The Grave and Sound and Fury. In July 2002, he launched the primetime international documentary series, Wide Angle. Mr. Segaller has spent over 20 years as a television producer working chiefly in journalism, current affairs and documentaries. His work in England includes current affairs television for London Weekend Television and Granada Television, and numerous documentaries and series for Channel 4. In 1992 he was awarded the prestigious William Benton fellowship in Broadcast Journalism, and spent an academic year at the University of Chicago, graduating with a Masters Degree in international relations. He is the author of three books: Invisible Armies: Terrorism into the 1990s (London, 1986) – described by one reviewer as “the most authoritative study of its kind”; Wisdom of the Dream: The World of C.G. Jung (London and Boston, 1989; republished New York, 2000); and Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet (New York, 1998). He is a member of the Radio & Television News Directors’ Association, BAFTA East Coast (board member) the New York and U.S.A. Triathlon Associations and The Groucho Club.  Donald P. Gregg assumed the position of president and chairman of The Korea Society in 1993, following a 43-year career in the U.S. government that included his service as U.S. Ambassador to Korea from 1989-1993. In 1951, Gregg joined the Central Intelligence Agency, and over the next 25 years was assigned to Japan, Burma, Vietnam and Korea. After being seconded to the staff of the National Security Council in 1979, Gregg was put in charge of intelligence activities and given responsibility for Asian policy affairs. In 1982, he retired from the CIA when then Vice President George H. W. Bush asked him to become his national security advisor. Gregg has received numerous honors and distinctions, including the Distinguished Intelligence Medal (1982), the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service (1993 & 2001), a decoration from the prime minister of Korea (1993) and Williams College’s Kellogg Award for Career Achievement (2001). Gregg earned a B.A. from Williams College in 1951 after completing his service in the U.S. Army from 1945-47. He also holds honorary doctorates from Sogang University in Korea and Green Mountain College in Vermont.
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This program featured the screening of a documentary by award-winning producers Dan Gordon and John Battsek, which premiered on the PBS program, Wide Angle, on September 11, 2003. The documentary provides a rare, and surprising, glimpse into the individual and family life underneath the monolithic veneer of North Korean society. A Q&A session with Charles Armstrong, associate professor, Department of History, Columbia University, and Wide Angle Executive Producer Stephen Segaller followed the... Read More
Whimsical Vitality: Folding Screens from 19th Century Korea

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 | 8:17 PM
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April 27 - June 30, 2004 Gallery Hours:11:00AM - 5:00PMTuesday through Friday Public Lecture A Bright Fascination: Korean Folk PaintingsBy Hyunsoo Woo Thursday, May 27, 2004 @ 6:30PMAdmission free, reservation required Read More

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