Past Events

Confucian Personalities: Yi I- philosopher, politician, writer, and promoter of the village contract and local government

    Yi I: philosopher, politician, writer, and promoter of the village contract and local government; opponent of central government.    

Confucian Personalities: Chong Yak-yong- innovative thinker of Neo-Confucianism with influences from Western thought

    Chong Yak-yong: innovative thinker of Neo-Confucianism with influences from Western thought; looked into how Confucianism can solve social problems.    

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 Choson Kingdom Part 2

Learn about:   Leaders featured on Korea’s currency Neo-Confucianism Admiral Yi Soon-Shin Effects of Ming China’s collapse on Korean society Introduction of Catholicism New religious

The Choco Pie-ization of North Korea

Join dynamic contemporary artist Jin Joo Chae in this Studio Korea session. Jin Joo Chae employs printmaking and mixed media and is concerned with American

Divided Families

Join us for a private screening of Divided Families, a recently completed documentary about Korean Americans’ search for lost relatives in North Korea, 60 years

Green Korea: Financing and Legal Aspects of the Green Climate Fund

Examine the growth of Green Korea through financing and legal aspects of the new Green Climate Fund. headquartered in Incheon; the UN-mandated GCF aims to

Celebrate the New Year, Celebrate Korea 2014

You’re Invited to Celebrate the Lunar New Year at our Annual Appreciation Party   Ring in the Year of the Horse, Gangnam-style! Enjoy cocktails, hors

Chang-rae Lee: On Such A Full Sea

Chang-rae Lee, the award-winning author of Native Speaker and The Surrendered, has written a fifth book, On Such a Full Sea, which is a highly