Korea Foundation Colloquium Series 2007-2008


  

Korea Foundation CKS Colloquium Series 2007-2008

** All colloquia will be held at 4 p.m. at 1080 South University, Suite 1636 unless specified otherwise.

September 27, 2007
Korean Film Series Opening Presentation
Thomas Vick, Curator, Smithsonian Institute

October 10, 2007
Understanding Urban Commerce in Nineteenth Century Korea
Owen Miller, Research Fellow, University of London

November 28, 2007
Logic of Emergency and Political Violence in Korea
Sukyoung Hwang, Department of History, University of Chicago

January 16, 2008
Fiction as Anti-Biography: The Use of Research and Personal History in the Creation of Somebody's Daughter
Marie Lee, Author of " Somebody's Daughter"

February 6, 2008
Housing Seoul: The tenants' movement, insurgent citizenship and producing urban space
Lisa Kim Davis, Assistant Proessor, UCLA

February 13, 2008
From Kitchen Raids to General Strikes: Women workers activism in colonial Korea
Janice Kim, Assistant Professor, York University

February 20, 2008
A Style of Confucian Politics during the Reign of King Sonjo (1552-1608)in Choson Korea
Nam-lin Hur, Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia

March 5, 2008
The Representative Traditional Korean Theatre
Meewon Lee, Professor, Korea National University of Arts

March 15, 2008
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Britton Recital Hall
Digital Buddha Click here to listen to the concert
Jin Hi Kim, Musician/Composer

March 26, 2008
Justice for All: Gender, class, and law in petition system of late choson Korea  
Jisoo Kim, Columbia University

April 9, 2008
A Pictorial History of Relief Efforts for Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) in Korea
Keun Sik Jung, Professor, Seoul National University