August 1-5, 2005 

This new course in the Summer Institute series drew an enrollment of 29 educators from the New York City area. The course met daily from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM and course examined issues relevant to Korean society, history, culture and religion as portrayed through the medium of film. On most days, films were screened during the morning session, while the afternoon session was reserved for lectures and discussion. The objective of the lectures and discussion sessions was to help teachers make better use of the films in their classrooms by giving them an enhanced understanding of their cultural context. Films and lecture topics included House Guest and Mother, followed by a lecture with John Goulde, associate professor of religion and director of Asian studies, Sweet Briar College; YMCA Baseball Team, followed by a lecture with Gari Ledyard, King Sejong Professor Emeritus of Korean Studies, Columbia University; 2009: Lost Memories, followed by a lecture with Heinz Insu Fenkl, director of the creative writing program and Interstitial Studies Institute at SUNY New Paltz; Chunhyang, followed by a lecture with Laurel Kendall, curator for anthropology, American Museum of Natural History; and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and...Spring, followed by a conversation with Hyangsoon Yi, assistant professor of comparative literature, University of Georgia. In addition, the teachers were given extensive reading assignments and a final exam to enable them to better understand the subject matter of the films.