The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to report that its Center for Korean Research has been awarded a five-year Core University Grant of $896,442 (1 billion Korean won) by the Academy of Korean Studies, a division of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea. Charles K. Armstrong, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences at … [Read more...]
Theodore Hughes takes part in landmark Korean Literature workshop
Theodore Hughes, the Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Korean Studies in the Humanities and the Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University, travelled to Seoul in July 2016 to take part in the Korea Foundation’s first-ever Korean Literature workshop for PhD students from outside of Korea. The Korean Literature workshop, held on the occasion of the … [Read more...]
“Colonial Unheimlich” Film Screening
Center for Korean Research “Colonial Unheimlich” Chan-Kyong Park, Artist, Writer, and Filmmaker Stony Brook University- Manhattan Campus 387 Park Avenue South (Entrance at 27th St); 3rd Floor Reception to follow No registration required. … [Read more...]
“Workshop in Korean Instrumental Music”
Workshop "Workshop in Korean Instrumental Music" Jeong-seung Kim, daegeum Jung-min So, gayageum 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM Dodge Hall, Room 622 No registration required. This workshop, conducted by members of the Pacific Rim Ensemble Korea, will help familiarize composers with the instrumental techniques of the daegeum (large bamboo transverse flute) and the gayageum … [Read more...]
“Pacific Rim Music Festival Ensemble Korea”
Concert "Pacific Rim Music Festival Ensemble Korea" Hi Kyung Kim, Artistic Director 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Casa Italiana (The Italian Academy), Columbia University 1161 Amsterdam Avenue No registration required. Co-sponsored by The Korea Foundation; the Department of Music; the Edwin H. Case Chair in American Music; the Center for Ethnomusicology; the Music Performance … [Read more...]
