Past Events

The Two Koreas Release with Robert Carlin

Korea uber-analyst and author Bob Carlin discusses on the day of its re-release what many consider the foremost book on modern Korea, Don Oberdorfer’s The

Ouster in North Korea Leaves World Watching

On December 11th, 2013, Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, chairman of the Korea Society, appeared on Public Radio International’s The Takeaway. He discussed the significance of North Korean leader

A Talk with Kyung-wha Kang

At our first brown bag lunch for young professionals, Dr. Kyung-wha Kang, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the Office

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The Kayagŭm Virtuoso Kim Gye-Ok

  Known as the national instrument of Korea, the kayagŭm is played in many vocal and instrumental genres. Maestro Kim will perform both 25-string and

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China-Korea-U.S Relations A Robert Scalpino Memorial Dialogue

Korea’s President and her advisors speak of hope for enhanced trilateral relations among Korea, the United States and China. 2013’s historic summits between Obama and

Art Workshop: Traditional Korean Pillow

Learn Korean hand sewing while making traditional Korean pillows which are cylindrical with broad, flat surfaces at each end, covered in intricate embroidery or patchwork.

Learn Korean

Master Korean phonetics in 30 minutes! Learn how Korea’s alphabet was created then practice the consonant and vowel sounds. Dr. Mark Peterson, Professor of Korean

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Sijo Korean Poetry: Learn to Write Your Own

      Sijo is a unique form of Korean poetry. Explore sijo’s rubric and its contribution to world literature. Recite a few verses of

History of the Early Choson Kingdom

The new kingdom of Chosŏn began with the adoption of Confucianism. Explore this kingdom through poetic correspondence between loyalists and reformers, as well as King

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One Religion, Two Countries: Classical and Neo-Confucianism in Korea & Japan

    It isn’t a surprise that Korea and Japan adopted Confucianism in different ways. Discover which country used it for bureaucracy and governance, and