Literature

  • Found in Translation: Sunset: A Ch’ae Manshik Reader and Cho Chongnae’s The Human Jungle with Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton

    Thursday, September 7, 2017 | 4:00 PM
    Leap from satire to Korean drama and other works by a mid-century master. Delve into a China raw, volatile and often uncontrollable in a novel equal parts muckraking, a transnational love story, and panoramic social critique. Two of America’s premier translators of Korean literature, the Fultons reflect on two recent releases: Sunset, a first ever English-language compilation of the works of the great midcentury writer Ch’ae, known widely for his satire, and Cho’s striking novel portraying China on the verge of... Read More

  • How I Became a North Korean

    Tuesday, August 1, 2017 | 4:00 PM
    Award-winning author Krys Lee speaks to the release of her debut novel, How I Became a North Korean, at this first cultural event at the Korea Society’s new location at 350 Madison Avenue at 45th Street. A Yonsei University assistant professor of creative writing, Krys Lee is a recipient of the Rome Prize and finalist for the BBC International Short Story Award. This captivating new release tells the story of three young people who struggle to make new lives in the dangerous area where China borders North Korea.... Read More

  • Art & Magic: Shaman Paintings of Korea with Dr. Laurel Kendall

    Thursday, October 15, 2015 | 6:00 PM
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    Dr. Laurel Kendall, Chair of the Division of Anthropology and Curator of Asian Ethnographic Collections at the American Museum of Natural History, Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, and president–elect of the Association for Asian Studies, explores the divine nature of Korean shaman paintings in her new book, God Pictures in Korean Contexts: The Ownership and Meaning of Shaman Paintings, co-authored by Jongsung Yang, Director of the Museum of Shamanism in Seoul, and Yul Soo Yoon, Founder and... Read More

  • Yeonmi Park: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom

    Thursday, October 1, 2015 | 6:30 PM
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    Yeonmi Park, the 21-year-old North Korean defector and human rights activist, discussed her new book, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom, with moderator David Hawk from the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea.   Yeonmi Park: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom   Members: Free with registration Nonmembers: $10   Join our membership program here! E-News sign-up   If you have any questions, please contact Jamie Tyberg  or (212) 759-7525, ext. 321.... Read More

  • New York Insiders by Korean Outsiders

    Wednesday, September 23, 2015 | 6:30 PM
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    Three Korean authors, Seongmin Ahn, Christina Kang, and Katie Bomi Son, shared their respective experiences as an artist, an art advisor/consultant, and art-event organizer, as well as the inspirations behind writing books on New York’s art scene.     New York Insiders by Korean Outsiders withSeongmin Ahn, Katie Bomi Son, and Christina Kang    Members: FREE | Nonmembers: $10 If you have any questions, please contact Jamie Tyberg  or (212) 759-7525, ext. 321.   About the Authors Seongmin... Read More

  • Korean History in Maps

    Wednesday, August 19, 2015 | 6:30 PM
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      Michael D. Shin, lecturer in Korean Studies at the University of Cambridge, and editor of the new historical atlas, Korean History in Mapsfrom Prehistory to the Twenty-First Century, discusses Korea’s history through maps, from early Choson to the present.    Korean History in Maps provides overviews of the political, cultural, economic, and social systems for each period of Korean history, along with chronologies and lists of monarchs. With numerous images of artifacts, paintings, and architectural structures,... Read More

  • Classics Reimagined

    Tuesday, June 2, 2015 | 6:30 PM
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      Authors Adrienne Leslie and Patricia Park discuss and read from Alice Again and Re Jane, contemporary retellings that pay homage to Alice in Wonderland and Jane Eyre, but with a Korean-American twist. These new love stories about identity and culture are just in time for summer beach reading! The books will be available for sale, and a reception and book signing will follow the discussion.   Tuesday, June 2, 2015 | 6:30 PM   Members and Students: FREE Nonmembers:  $10 If you have any questions,... Read More

  • The Japan-South Korea Identity Clash: East Asian Security and the United States

    Wednesday, May 20, 2015 | 6:00 PM
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    Japan and South Korea are Western-style democracies with open-market economies, are committed to the rule of law, and are also U.S. allies. However, despite their shared interests, shared values, and geographic proximity, divergent national identities have driven a wedge between the countries. Brad Glosserman and Scott Snyder discussed the roots of this split and its ongoing threat to the region and the world. In their new release, The Japan-South Korea Identity Clash, Glosserman and Snyder identify competing notions of... Read More

  • Korea Perspective

    Wednesday, May 6, 2015 | 6:00 PM
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    Donald Southerton, CEO of Bridging Culture Worldwide and Author of Korea Facing: Secrets for Success in Korean Global Business and Hyundai Way: Hyundai Speed, discusses his latest book, Korea Perspective. Mr. Southerton’s new work distills years of experience consulting for top Korean corporations in the automotive, golf, land development, green technology, and retail sectors, and provides strategies and solutions for Korean companies operating globally.   Korea Perspective with Don Southerton,  Author and... Read More
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    Literature in Late Colonial Korea

    Thursday, April 23, 2015 | 6:30 PM
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    Interweaving cultural, intellectual, and literary history, Professor Janet Poole, author of When the Future Disappears: The Modernist Imagination in Late Colonial Korea, looks at Korean writers in the final decade of Japanese colonial rule.  Korean writers, including Yi T’aejun, Ch’oe Myŏngik, Im Hwa, Sŏ Insik, Ch’oe Chaesŏ, Pak T’aewŏn, Kim Namch’on, and O Changhwan, used various strategies to narrate life as colonial subjects of an empire headed toward total war, producing some of the most sophisticated... Read More

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