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A Conversation with Food Director Soo Jin Kim

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2015 11 19 soojinkim iconProminent Korean food director Soo Jin Kim takes us behind-the-scenes of creating and styling food for countless hit TV dramas and films, including The King and the Clown, Gourmet, Kimchi Family, That Winter, the Wind Blows, Warm and Cozy, and currently airing Six Flying Dragons. She also shares exclusive clips of sets she has worked on and shares stories of her lifelong experience in overseeing food for the screen as the first-ever food director in the Korean entertainment industry. She demonstrates food styling tips for both simple and difficult dishes as she recreates some from her past works. The English interpretation and Q&A will be led by Shin Kim, culinary instructor and founder of Banchan Story, and Korean snacks will be provided.

 

A Conversation with Food Director Soo Jin Kim

 

Thursday, November 19, 2015 | 6 PM

Explorer members and above : FREE

Members: $5
Non-members: $10

If you have any questions, please contact Jamie Tyberg or (212) 759-7525, ext. 309.

Culinary programs are generously sponsored by SK.

 

About the Speaker

Soo Jin Kim has directed food design and styling for hit Korean films such as Marital Harmony (2015), I Am a King (2012), Le Grand Chef 2 (2009), A Frozen Flower (2008), Portrait of a Beauty (2008), Le Grand Chef (2006), King and the Clown (2005), and Korean drama series such as Fermentation Family (2011). She also participated in the “International Education of Korean Cuisine Employment” hosted by Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corporation, the Shanghai SIAL EXPO Food Exhibition, the Korean Cuisine event hosted by the Istanbul Consulate, and The Taste of Korea Hanshik hosted by Korean Food Foundation. Furthermore, her work has been exhibited in the Kimchi Exhibition Hall in Gyeongbokgung Palace, and in SEOUL FOOD hosted by KOTRA in both 2011 and 2012.

 

 

 

 

 

Miindo, Velazquez and Ants: Gallery Exhibition

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Unrestrained by boundaries of medium or style, Lee LeeNam playfully reimagines classic works of art from different genres, time periods, and countries.  He adds movement and detail to Eastern and Western masterpieces, inviting viewers to discover the new in familiar images.

Lee majored in sculpture at Chosun University before discovering a passion for animation, a discipline that embraces both technology and time-honored technique. His digital creations also examine this interaction between the traditional and the hi-tech—a tension that is also characteristic of contemporary Korean society.

Lee’s art has been exhibited at the 2015 Venice Biennale, the Bolshoi Theater, New York’s Museum of Art and Design, the Moscow Biennale, the Kobe Biennale, and the Smithsonian. His works are in the permanent collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Yale University, The National Museum of Korea, and the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art.

 

Thursday, November 12, 2015 | 6 PM

Gallery Opening

 

FREE with RSVP

 

The Korea Society Gallery

Gallery Open Daily, M-F, 10 AM-4:30 PM

For more information, please contact Jahee Yu

 

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This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

 

 

The 13th Annual New York Korean Film Festival

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The 13th Annual New York Korean Film Festival Program for November 6th to November 11th, 2015, at the Museum of the Moving Image.

 

 

Festival highlights award-winning films of love, crime, and erotica.

 

More premieres, filmmakers, and celebrity guests than ever.

 

(New York, October 15, 2015) The 13th Annual New York Korean Film Festival showcases the nation’s cinema doing what it does best: the crime thriller, the romantic fantasy, and feverish erotica. The Peninsula’s filmmakers bend genre cinema to a uniquely Korean pulse and purpose, making the country’s national film industry the most vibrant in East Asia. The thrilling complications of love and crime steal the show in this year’s lineup, as partnerships go south and fickle passions lead to betrayal. Resistance fighters navigate the intrigue of colonial-era Korea, love affairs are smothered as quickly as they are kindled, and hard-boiled cops dig at the ugly truth in a collection of both massive blockbusters and favorites from the international festival circuit, with five New York premieres and one international premiere.

 

The 13th Annual New York Korean Festival ran from November 6-November 11, 2015, at the Museum of the Moving Image. This was the first year Museum of the Moving Image served as a partner and the venue for the New York Korean Film Festival, building on past collaborations with the Korea Society and Subway Cinema.

 

The Korea Society has also invited an exceptional group of Korean guests, including star director Ryoo Seung-Wan and producers Kang Hye-jung and Park Jung (Veteran); directors Shin Suwon (Madonna), Lee Do-yun (Confession), Kang Hyo-jin (Wonderful Nightmare), Oh Seung-uk (The Shameless), and Hong Won-chan (Office); and actress Koh Ah-Sung.

 

The New York Korean Film Festival is a program of The Korea Society, the Museum of the Moving Image, and Subway Cinema.

 

Major support is provided by the Korea Foundation.

 

 

ALL SCREENINGS HELD AT

THE MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE

The Museum is located at 36-01 35 Ave, Astoria, Queens, NY, 11106

 

 

 

Opening Night tickets: $20 ($12 for TKS members, MOMI Film Lover and Dual members / free for Silver Screen members and above).

 

All other NYKFF tickets are $12 ($7 for TKS members, MOMI Film Lover and Dual members / free for Silver Screen members and above).

 

 

Advance tickets available online at movingimage.us beginning October 21, 2015

 

 

OPENING NIGHT

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Office (오피스)
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015 | 6:30 PM
New York Premiere
With director Hong Won-chan and star Ko Ah-sung in person
Followed by a reception in the Museum lobby and cafe

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Trap (덫, 치명적인 유혹)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015 | 1 PM
International Premiere

 

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Confession (좋은 친구들)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015 | 3:15 PM
New York Premiere
With director Lee Do-yun in person

 

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The Shameless (무뢰한)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015 | 6 PM
New York Premiere
With director Oh Seung-uk in person

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Assassination (암살)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015 | 8:55 PM

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Madonna (마돈나)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2015 | 2 PM
New York Premiere
With director Shin Su-Won in person

 

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The Beauty Inside (뷰티 인사이드)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2015 | 5 PM

 

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Veteran (베테랑)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2015 | 7:45 PM
U.S. Festival Premiere
With director Ryoo Seung-wan in person

 

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Wonderful Nightmare (미쓰 와이프)
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2015 | 7 PM
New York Premiere
With director Kang Hyo-jin in person

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ABOUT THE KOREA SOCIETY

The Korea Society is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated solely to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding, and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea.

 

 

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ABOUT MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE

Museum of the Moving Image (movingimage.us) advances the understanding, enjoyment, and appreciation of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media. In its stunning facilities—acclaimed for both its accessibility and bold design—the Museum presents exhibitions; screenings of significant works; discussion programs featuring actors, directors, craftspeople, and business leaders; and education programs which serve more than 50,000 students each year. The Museum also houses a significant collection of moving-image artifacts.

 

 

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ABOUT SUBWAY CINEMA

Subway Cinema is America’s leading 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the exhibition and appreciation of Asian popular film culture in all forms, building bridges between Asia and the West. With year-round festivals and programs, the organization aims to bring wide audience and critical attention to contemporary and classic Asian cinema in the U.S. In 2002, Subway Cinema launched its flagship event, the annual New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which is North America’s leading festival of popular Asian cinema. Subway cinema’s other events and initiatives include Old School Kung Fu Fest (OSKFF), New York Korean Film Festival (NYKFF), and year-round special screenings and filmmaker tributes.

 

For more information, visit www.subwaycinema.com, www.facebook.com/NYAFF, and follow @subwaycinema on Twitter (#nyaff15).

 

 

Major support provided by the Korea Foundation.

 

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

 

 

PRESS CONTACT:

For further information, to request interviews with attending talent or advance viewing links to consider coverage please contact:

Emma Griffiths (EG-PR) : T: 917-806-0599/ E: emma @ eg-pr.com

 

Into The Light: Gallery Exhibition

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In the 1990’s, Ha Dong Chul (1946-2006), a leading Korean abstract artist, sought to represent the essential nature of creation through an examination of “light.” The resulting series of paintings bear his trademark synthesis of Western Modernism and native Korean technique. Ha used the “plucked ink line,” the age-old tool of the Korean carpenter and stonemason, to mark his canvasses with diagonal stripes. His bold, primary colors come directly from the obangsaek, the spectrum of red, blue, yellow, white, and black used to represent the cardinal directions in Korean tradition.

A painter, print-maker, and educator, Ha Dong Chul received the 1974 Prize at the Korean National Art Exhibition and a 1977 Fulbright Scholarship to the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. He served as Chairman of the Korean Contemporary Print Association from 1990 to 1991 and Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Seoul National University from 2000 after teaching there for over two decades. His work is in the permanent collections of the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Korea, the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art in Japan, the Cincinnati Museum of Art, and the British Museum.

Ha’s daughter, Ha Won, uses projections and reflections of light to compare subjective and objective reality. Her installation, “A Drop of Sky,” invites viewers to an “experience of space” and, through video, adds the element of time. Ms. Ha is a professor at Ulsan University, and her works are in the permanent collections of the Gwangju Museum of Art, the Honolulu Academy of Art, and the British Museum.

 This exhibition was presented in collaboration with the Dongwha Cultural Foundation.

 

 

Monday, July 13, 2015 | 6 PM

Gallery Opening

 

 

The Korea Society Gallery

Gallery Open Daily, M-F, 10 AM-5 PM

For more information, please contact Jahee Yu

 

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This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

 

 

Rhythms of Korea: Percussion Workshop Series

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Try your hand at the rhythms of Korea in this new drumming series! Participants explore Korea’s percussion heritage through six sessions of hands-on instruction guided by percussionist Brian Chae.

This workshop series focuses on samulnori, a type of pungmul or folk music. Samulnori means “four objects play.” The four objects are: kwaenggwari (small gong), jing (large gong), janggu (hourglass-shaped drum) and buk (barrel drum). Samulnori comes in many forms and varies depending on the region in which it is practiced. Participants will enjoy playing the janggu and buk drums!

Join us on Monday nights to experiment with the traditional beats of Korea!

All are welcomed to participate in this workshop series. Drumming or dance experience is not required. All ages, body types, abilities, and genders are encouraged to join!

 

Rhythms of Korea 
Percussion Workshop Series

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Brian Chae

12-Hour Workshop Registration

Mondays, October 19, 26 – November 2, 9, 16, 23, 2015  | 6 PM – 8 PM

Members & Students: $150
Non-members: $180

 

If you have any questions, please contact Luz Lanzot or (212) 759-7525, ext. 309.

 

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About the Instructor

Brian Chae has practiced samulnori and pungmulnori since 2010 at New York University through the Korean drumming group NYU Rhythmic Impulse (NYURI). He continued his studies of samulnori at Yonsei University in Seoul through another group, Tte. He has instructed college students and adults as the former president of NYURI, as well as elementary school students at Flushing Town Hall for Korean Cultural Day Camp. Mr. Chae also participates in annual New York City events such as the Korea Parade, JiShinBalbKi, and The Korea Society’s Student Night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He continues to participate in Korean cultural events in New York City in order to spread awareness and interest in Korean percussion in the greater New York City area. He is also an active participant within NYURI, where he continues to teach Korean percussion to college students.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jajangmyeon: Korean-Chinese Cooking

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 Jajangmyeon, “black bean noodles,”  is a popular, inexpensive comfort food for Koreans. Originally from China in the late 1800s, the recipe evolved to suit the Korean palate. Walter Rhee, chef-instructor from Hawaii, explained the evolution, the hows and whys, and the shortcuts to the real traditional recipe. Mool mandoo (boiled dumpling) preparation was also included in the event. Other side dishes were kimchi, raw onions, and danmuji.

Jajangmyeon: Korean-Chinese Cooking

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Walter Rhee

1 day Workshop

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 | 6 PM

Members: $30
Non-members: $40

 

If you have any questions, please contact Jamie Tyberg or (212) 759-7525, ext. 309.

Culinary programs are generously sponsored by SK.

 

About the Instructor

Walter Rhee is a chef-instructor who teaches cooking science (à la Alton Brown and Bill Nye) at the University of Hawaii. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Cornell in marine biology and a Master’s degree in food science from the University of Hawaii. He has taught for 20 years.

 

 

 

 

 

Private Tour of Dansaekhwa Korean Abstract Art @ Christie’s

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From October 8 to 23, Christie’s showcased 33 paintings by eight Korean masters of modern abstract art, including those from the Dansaekhwa movement, at their Rockefeller Center West Galleries.

The Korea Society offered an exclusive private tour to our members, led by Dr. Young Yang Chung, the Chair of the Program Committee at The Korea Society, and Christie’s curator Yunah Jung. Twenty-six of the works were available for private sale, while the other seven were on loan.

This first comprehensive group exhibition dedicated to this type of art in New York featured artists Chung Chang Sup, Chung Sang-Hwa, Ha Chong-Hyun, Kim Whan-ki, Lee Ufan, Park Seo-Bo, Rhee Seundja, and Yun Hyong-Keun. To this group of painters, creating art is to form and conceive nature in their own minds, to return to nature and ultimately become one with it. Pursuing abstraction based on content and meaning, these Korean artists differ from Western formalist abstract artists, in that their work expresses the essence of Korean abstract art of forming nature.

 

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Private Tour of Dansaekhwa Korean Abstract Art

@ Christie’s New York  
20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020

 

 

New York Insiders by Korean Outsiders

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Three Korean authors, Seongmin Ahn, Christina Kang, and Katie Bomi Son, shared their respective experiences as an artist, an art advisor/consultant, and art-event organizer, as well as the inspirations behind writing books on New York’s art scene.

 

 

New York Insiders by Korean Outsiders

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Seongmin Ahn, Katie Bomi Son, and Christina Kang 

 

Members: FREE | Nonmembers: $10

If you have any questions, please contact Jamie Tyberg  or (212) 759-7525, ext. 321.

About the AuthorsAbout the Moderator

Seongmin Ahn

Seongmin Ahn received her B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Asian traditional painting from Seoul National University in Seoul Korea and her second M.F.A from Maryland Institute College of Art. With practical experience and a deep understanding of tradition, her work takes Asian traditional painting as a starting point and transforms it into something experimental with her own interpretation bridging tradition and modern, East and West. She is a recipient of the Pollock Krasner Foundation grant and the top prize from AHL Foundation. She has also been reviewed on Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, NY Arts magazine, Baltimore Sun, Plain Dealer, and others. Her national and international exhibitions include solo shows including, but not limited to Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (Wilmington, DE), Queens College Art Center (Flushing, NY), Gallery Ho (New York, NY), White Wall Gallery (Seoul, Korea) and Gomez Gallery (Baltimore, MD). She also has taught Asian traditional painting at different institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Queens Museum of Art, Art Students League, and Korean Cultural Service.

 

Katie Bomi Son

CEO & Founder of Project AA * Asian Arts, Katie Bomi Son specializes in art & culture collaboration, branding and contents marketing company for Asian artists based in Asia & New York. She graduated from Seoul National University with B.F.A in Business Administration, Science, and English. While she worked as an enthusiastic marketer at Johnson & Johnson, Katie Bomi Son was selected as a member of World Economic Forum, Global Shapers Community (GSC, since July 2012) in Seoul, Korea. She is also an optometrist, author, volunteer, traveler, blogger, and active lecturer. Her first book The Greatest Selfish Global Volunteer Trips (세상에서 가장 이기적인 봉사여행, 2011) is a book about her experience in traveling around 25 countries and volunteering in 6 countries. Her most recent book, New York Artists (뉴욕 아티스트, 2014), is a story about meeting and interviewing more than 100 people in the art industry, especially in New York City. As a passionate supporter of the global art & culture, healthcare, and youth sides of development, Katie Bomi Son believes making a better world is one of the most valuable things we can do.

 

Christina Kang

Christina H. Kang attended College du Leman International School in Geneva, Switzerland and obtained her B.F.A in Textile Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. Ms. Kang completed her M.A in Visual Arts Administration at New York University and has worked in the primary and secondary markets in both Korea and New York, with affiliations to Christie’s, Museum of Arts and Design and several leading New York City galleries. In Seoul, she is an art advisor in the art and design divisions of major corporations and art institutions where she collaborated with artists, designers and architects. She is also an avid art collector. Currently, Kang is an adjunct professor at Ewha Womans University Graduate School of Design and an author of The Collectors (2014) and The Artists (2015). She successfully launched 2015 Design Art Work (DAW Fair) in Seoul, Korea.

 

 

 

Liz Yisun Kwon is a New York-based curator, writer, and art consultant. Kwon’s exhibitions, writings, and publications have been introducing the artists in New York to the Korean art communities, bridging New York and Seoul. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Art Education from Korea University, and Master’s degrees in Art Theory and in Arts and Cultural Management from Seoul National University and the Pratt Institute, respectively. Beginning her career at the Noguchi Museum and the Guggenheim in New York, her involvement in the art community inspired her to expand her works into diverse projects. While serving as the director of the Yace Gallery and the Project Manager at NY Projects Inc., an international art advisory company, Kwon organized a wide range of international art and design projects. In addition to her current title as the Director of Gallery HO in Chelsea, she is an avid art critic and writer whose publications include Museums Make New York Peculiar (뉴욕의 특별한 미술관, 2012). She is also a board member of uJung Art Center and uJung Foundation in Seoul.

 

Korean-American Adoptee Voices

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 The Korea Society and KoreanAmericanStory.org presented an evening of readings by acclaimed Korean adoptee writers. Matthew Salesses, Milton Washington, Heather Schultz, and Kim Sunee shared their unique voices and powerful stories as they read works both new and old. A panel discussion moderated by Korean adoptee and KAS Board Chair Julie Young followed the readings.

Thursday, September 17, 2015 | 6:30 PM

 

If you have any questions, please contact Jamie Tyberg or (212) 759-7525, ext. 321.

 

About KoreanAmericanStoryAbout the Authors

korean-american-story KoreanAmericanStory’s mission is to capture and preserve the Korean American experience through personal stories. The organization wholly embraces the many different groups of Korean-Americans, including adoptees, the LGBTQ community and mixed race Korean-Americans. Signature projects, such as The Legacy Project video series, showcase the personal stories of members of the Korean American community from a first person perspective. All of the content created by and for KoreanAmericanStory is being permanently archived in the Korean Heritage Library of the University of Southern California.

2015 09 17 adoptee Matthew-Salesses Matthew Salesses was adopted from Korea. He is the author of The Hundred-Year Flood. His stories and essays have appeared in NPR, The New York Times, the Center for Asian American Media, Hyphen, Koream, Korean American Story, and others. His previous books include Different Racisms: On Stereotypes, the Individual, and Asian American Masculinity (essays) and I’m Not Saying, I’m Just Saying (a novel).

 

2015 09 17 adoptee Milton-WashingtonBorn in South Korea, Milton was adopted and brought to the states in 1979 where he learned English and the American culture. Today he lives in Harlem and operates a boutique production and photography business called Slickyboy Studios while completing his memoir by the same name—Slickyboy. His memoir, Slickyboy, tells the story of a fatherless black boy who was born to a Korean prostitute a decade and-a-half after the Korean War. Left to roam his camptown with a pack of homeless kids, little Milton-ah fights, steals, and drinks while his mother works long hours. All until the age of 8, when he’s adopted from the country that never claimed him, by a black military family from Texas, the Washingtons. Slickyboy is about the love and the loss of one mother, and a finding of another, with a lifetime of living in between.

 

2015 09 17 adoptee Heather-Schultz Heather Schultz is a Korean-American journalist based in Long Island. She received both a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and Master of Public Administration from CUNY Baruch College. Her articles have been published in The New York Times, NBC News, New York Daily News, St. Louis-Post Dispatch, WhoSay, Library Journal, Direct Marketing News and Law Technology News. She has also written columns on reproductive health for the Center for American Progress and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. As an avid spoken word lover, she has performed long-form poems in New York City based on her upcoming memoir regarding her experiences as an adoptee and domestic violence survivor in suburban Long Island. In addition, Heather is on the Board of Directors of Also-Known-As.

 

2015 09 17 adoptee Kim-SuneeKim Sunée was born in South Korea, adopted, and raised in New Orleans. She is the author of the national bestseller, Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home (Grand Central Publishing). Trail of Crumbs has been translated into Korean, Chinese, and Hebrew. Her cookbook, A Mouthful of Stars was published in May 2014 by Andrews McMeel. She has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Ladies’ Homes Journal, People, ELLE, and Glamour. She ate and lived in Europe–mostly France–for ten years before working as a food editor for Southern Living magazine and Cottage Living magazine. Her writing has appeared in Food & Wine, The Oxford American, Cooking Light, and Asian American Poetry and Writing. Sunée has appeared several times as a guest judge on the Food Network’s Iron Chef America. She is currently a food columnist for Alaska Dispatch and freelances as a recipe tester, editor, and food stylist. For more food and travel, please visit www.kimsunee.com.

 

 

 

 

Supported by Also-Known-As

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About Also-Known-As

The mission of Also-Known-As, Inc. is to empower the voice of adult international adoptees, build cultural bridges, transform perceptions of race, and acknowledge the loss of the birth country, culture, language and biological family experienced by international adoptees.

 

Sponsored by CJ

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Korean History in Maps

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Michael D. Shin, lecturer in Korean Studies at the University of Cambridge, and editor of the new historical atlas, Korean History in Mapsfrom Prehistory to the Twenty-First Century, discusses Korea’s history through maps, from early Choson to the present.   

Korean History in Maps provides overviews of the political, cultural, economic, and social systems for each period of Korean history, along with chronologies and lists of monarchs. With numerous images of artifacts, paintings, and architectural structures, the atlas helps to make Korean history accessible in a beautifully presented, full-color coverage of all periods of Korean history from prehistoric times to the present day.

 

 

Wednesday, August 19, 2015 | 6:30 PM

 

Members: FREE

Nonmembers:  $10

If you have any questions, please contact Jamie Tyberg or (212) 759-7525, ext. 321.

 

About the Speaker

Michael D. Shin is a lecturer in Korean Studies at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on the Japanese colonial period (1910–45), and he has published many articles on the intellectual, literary, and social history of the early twentieth century. .

After earning his BA at Harvard, he spent two years in Seoul learning Korean, and it was there that he decided to go into Korean Studies. He entered the MA program in Asian Studies at the University of California at Berkeley intending to study sociology or anthropology. However, for his MA thesis, he did research on the Tongnip sinmun, the first vernacular newspaper in Korea, and he enjoyed it so much that he decided to study Korean history instead. For his Ph.D., he moved to the Department of History at the University of Chicago. His dissertation examined the emergence of the discourse of the nation through the works of the writer Yi Gwangsu. During his graduate studies, he spent a total of three years in Korea, and he also spent one year in Japan at the Inter-University Center for Advanced Language Studies. From 2001, he taught in the Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University and then moved to Cambridge in the fall of 2008.