Spring 2002

Unless otherwise noted, all colloquiums will be held on Thursdays 4:00-5:30pm in Coolidge Hall, Room 2.

February 7 - Colloquium
Youngna Kim
Visiting Scholar, Sackler Museum, Harvard University; Professor, Department of Archaeology and Art History, Seoul National University
Modernity, Tradition, and Identity: The Art of Twentieth-Century Korea
Note: 6:00 PM, Sackler Auditorium/lecture Hall

March 7 - Current Affairs Forum
Kyongsoo Lho
Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University
Re-engaging Pyongyang: Prospects for North-South Korea Relations

March 21 - Colloquium
Gi-Wook Shin
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Stanford University
The Politics of Ethnic Nationalism in Korea

April 11 - Colloquium
Anders Karlsson
Lecturer in Korean Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK
Natural Calamities and Relief Work in 19th Century Korea

April 18 - Colloquium (co-sponsored with the Buddhist Studies Forum)
Jee-Won Ahn
Associate, Harvard-Yenching Institute; Lecturer, Seoul National University
Buddhist Ritual Transformed: P'algwanhoe in the Koryo Dynasty (918-1392)

April 25 - Colloquium
Hisup Shin
Korea Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow, Literature
Restless Wandering in Colonial Seoul: statement and Narrative Strategies in Korean Urban Fiction of the 30s

May 2 - Colloquium
Kyung Ran Moon
Korea Institute Visiting Associate, Women's Studies
Feminist Movement in Korea