Special Events


February 3, 2010
04:00PM - 05:30PM, International Institute Room 2636

CKS Special Lecture: "Disquieting Traces: Critical Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission"

Dong-Choon Kim is Associate Professor of Sociology at Sung Kong Hoe University in Seoul, Korea, and currently serves as a Standing Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Republic of Korea.

October 28, 2009
04:00PM - 05:30PM, Michigan League-Vandenberg Auditorium Room

CKS Special Lecture: "US-Korean Economic Relationship and Significance of Korea-US FTA"

Guest Speaker: Honorable Sung-Hwan Son, Consul General of the Republic Of Korea

November 18, 2009
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM, 4pm, 1080 S. University, Suite 1636, School of Social Work Building

"Critical Voices, Contested Spaces: Spatial Transformations and the Emergence of Anti-Japanese Student Protest in Colonial Korea"

Deborah Solomon, Joint post-doctoral fellow, Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies and the Korea Institute, Harvard University

June 15, 2009
06:30PM - 07:30PM, McIntosh Theater, Moore Building, U-M School of Music, Admission free

Ahn Trio Workshop - Artist Lecture & Demonstration

In conjunction with the Ann Arbor Summer Festival's performance of "The Insomniac Concert" on June 16, the Ahn Trio - sisters Maria, Lucia, and Angella - will speak about their work, artistry, and the need to synthesize, cross cultures and to cross genre boundaries.

March 2, 2009
06:30PM - 08:30PM, Hussey Room Michigan League 911 N. University Ann Arbor, MI 48109

“Fourth Wave" in North and South Korea Relations: The U.S. Role toward a New Vision for Peace in Northeast Asia

Former South Korean Minister of Unification and Presidential Candidate to Address U-M Campus

December 4, 2008
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM, 4th Floor, School of Social Work Building 1080 S. University

Holiday Open House

The Center for Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, and Korean Studies invite you to their annual end of term.

February 17, 2009
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM, Rackham Amphitheater 915 E. Washington Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Cross-Currents: the Cinemas of Japan, China and Korea

Tom Vick explains how the cinemas of Japan, China, and Korea have influenced one another over the years.

March 15, 2008
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Britton Recital Hall

Digital Buddha/Jin Hi Kim

An evening concert of Korean komungo and the world's only electric komungo solo with video mandala and video mix that is grounded in meditation but utilizes contemporary art technology. The work begins with a contemplative hypnotic video mandala and the ancient 4th century acoustic komungo. Then it gradually moves into video mix with extraordinary juxtapositions, fast cut swirling images of a deconstructed electric komungo. The seventy minute long show, performed without breaks, has a range of interlocking and overlapping images and music from quiet contemplation to a romping ecstasy.