Registration is now open to New York-area K-12 educators for Silla Korea: The Silk Road’s Unknown Key Player. Join Dr. Cornelius Chang, Art Historian and former Director of the Graduate Program of Chinese Art and Archaeology at Columbia University, as he speaks about the historical significance of Sŏkkuram Grotto, an 8th century man-made cave in Kyŏngju, South Korea. Sŏkkuram exemplifies the interaction of Roman technology and Indian Buddhist art that created the distinctive style known as Gandhāra. Mrs. Rachel Song, a New York City educator and collaborator with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project, will lead a Classroom Activities Workshop to help teachers utilize the day’s materials in their schools. Ms. Luz MacManus, Program Officer for Korean Studies, will explain how Silla Korea relics reveal substantial archaeological evidence of Korea’s trade relations with Silk Road cultures.

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History in Literature, Literature as History: 20th Century of Korea, The Korea Society’s new Professional Development conference, explores Korean literature and the history that influences its development. We invite K-12 Educators in the Greater New York Area to this wonderful opportunity to meet top scholars in the field for lectures and discussions of these timely and relevant topics.

Korean Studies Conference

for

K-12 Teachers in the Greater New York Area

Thursday, June 9

9:00AM-3:00PM

Free Event: Early Registration Requested

November 3, 2009

The Korea Society participated in Professional Development Day at Hillsborough High School on November 3, 2009.  The social studies department invited Evans J.R. Revere, President and CEO of The Korea Society, to lead the workshop with his presentation, "The Two Koreas: Challenge, Change and Opportunity for the United States."  Daniel Levine, Senior Director of Media, Communications and Publications, introduced the Korean studies educational resources available on The Korea Society's website to the thirty 7th-12th grade social studies teachers who participated in the workshop. After lunch, Patricia Rosof, Adjunct Instructor of History at St. Francis College, led a workshop on how to incorporate Korea into their high school social studies curriculum.