KI Annual Report (Academic Year 13–14)
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KOREA INSTITUTE HARVARD UNIVERSITY ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014 Annual Report 2013-2014 1 CONTENTS Director’s Letter 4 About the Korea Institute 6 Korean Studies Faculty & Courses 8 Workshops & Conferences 9 Seminars & Lecture series 13 Publications 18 Programs for Undergraduate Students 20 Programs for Graduate Students 22 People at the Korea Institute 25 Donors 28 Cover Photo Credit: Bertrand Laurence Annual Report 2013-2014 3 DIRECtor’s letter “The beginning is half of the whole”— this is a popular Korean saying. units, constituencies, and leadership at Harvard and promoted a broader network of collaboration with Indeed, when I became director of the Korea Institute in 2011, filling the shoes of my Korean Studies centers and programs worldwide. At the heart of it all, there are people — faculty members, predecessors Professors Carter Eckert and David McCann seemed implausible. But colleagues and scholars at Harvard and beyond, students, staff, visitors — and the generosity of donors and with their immeasurable encouragement, aided by steady and generous support supporters. It continues to be our shared vision and aspiration for the Korea Institute to make a positive from the Institute’s friends and devoted staff, I completed my first term. impact on academic and scholarly pursuits. “Stagnant water is bound to rot,” another Korean saying goes. My vision as director was to nurture existing core programs and develop Flexibility and resilience in meeting new challenges are necessary as we are living in a fast moving world. new areas of teaching and research on Korea. Adding more faculty members has It is my vision and hope that the water of the Korea Institute will continuously flow, churn, and swell, as it been a priority, and I am very proud that the number of core Korea–specialist has for last four decades, as we promote the study, teaching, and research of Korea in today’s world and in faculty has increased with the arrival of Professor Paul Y. Chang in the Department the years to come. of Sociology last year. We also welcome Professor Si Nae Park in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, teaching Korean Literature. The past three years included historic and notable events, including the Institute’s thirtieth anniversary, Harvard President Drew Faust’s first visit to Korea, Professor McCann’s retirement events, a lecture by Korean performer and Sun Joo Kim entertainer Psy, art exhibits, and others. New programs were implemented such Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History as the Soon Young Kim postdoctoral fellowship, Leadership Forum, and Religious Director, Korea Institute Identities in Asia seminar series with Harvard’s Center for the Study of World Religions and Asia Center. All the while, the Institute continued to organize and host academic conferences and workshops at Harvard and abroad, while expanding our flagship seminars, the Korea Colloquium and Kim Koo Forum. The Institute has also continued to support scholarly publications including Azalea: A Journal of Korean Literature and Culture and the Harvard Asia Center Publications Program. The Early Korea Project at the Korea Institute has been consistently producing high quality scholarship through its publications, despite funding challenges. It is my vision and hope that the water of the Korea Institute will The Institute has had a supportive role in offering new Korean Studies courses and improving and promoting existing courses. Over the years, Kim Koo Visiting continuously flow, churn, and swell, as it has for last four decades, Professors have taught new courses in the Departments of Government, Visual as we promote the study, teaching, and research of Korea in today’s and Environmental Studies, and this year in EALC. Korea Institute postdoctoral fellows and visiting scholars have offered unique courses in the Departments of world and in the years to come. Anthropology, EALC, and History of Art and Architecture. The Institute has also supported teaching by core Korea faculty, such as the Two Koreas course taught by Professor Carter Eckert, which is popular with undergraduates. Our research, study, and work abroad programs for undergraduate and graduate students — fellowships and grants for research and travel, Harvard Summer School-Korea Program, internships, and others — have been gradually expanding, enabling ever more students to experience Korea through study, research and work. The HSS- Korea program will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this coming summer. Through many and varied activities in fulfillment of its mission, the Institute has made contributions to create, expand, and deepen knowledge and understanding of Korea. Over the years, we have nurtured close working relationships with other Photo Credit: Martha Stewart 4 Korea Institute, Harvard University Annual Report 2013-2014 5 KOREA INSTITUTE DIRECTORS *Photo Credit: Martha Stewart Edward W. Wagner Carter J. Eckert* David R. McCann* Sun Joo Kim* 1981-1993 1993-2004 2004-2011 2011-Present NEW FACULTY IN KOREAN STUDIES The Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and the Korea Institute at Harvard are delighted to announce that Si Nae Park will be joining the faculty as Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. Si Nae Park received her Ph.D in Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada, specializing in premodern Korean literature. Interested in Korean literature and literary practices as part of the larger context of the Sinographic cultural realm, her current research project uses vernacular writing as a key concept to delve into questions of genre and their intersections with the historiography of Korean literature and the rise of late- Chosŏn yadam narratives (‘unofficial talk’; short narratives of historical persons and events). This project is currently being formulated into a book manuscript tentatively ABOUT THE KOREA INSTITUTE titled Staged Voices in Tongp’ae naksong. MISSION AND HISTORY The Korea Institute was established in 1981 under the aegis of the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, KOREA INSTITUTE ONLINE PRESENCE and in 1993 it became an autonomous institution directly responsible to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. It is the only organization devoted solely to the support and development of Korean Studies at Harvard, For more information on KI faculty, staff, affiliates, events, programs, grants, and much more, please visit the as the central hub for Harvard faculty, students, leading scholars in the field, and visitors to join together as a official website at http://korea.fas.harvard.edu community for the study of Korea. The Korea Institute is an integral and dynamic part of the intellectual life at Harvard. In addition to the The KI is on Facebook! Log in and “like” our page to connect with the KI and receive event updates. Korea Colloquium, the Institute also supports lectures, workshops, conferences, and other scholarly exchanges http://www.facebook.com/ki.harvard throughout the year. The Institute hosts visiting scholars, fellows and associates through an affiliated scholars program. Other activities include faculty research projects, undergraduate and graduate student support, View videos of past KI events on our Vimeo channel! http://vimeo.com/channels/koreainstitute teaching, study and work in Korea programs, publications, Korean film screenings, and some cultural events. The Institute has also established a network of relationships with other centers and departments throughout the For a most up-to-date list of KI publications, visit our publications site at University and with colleagues and institutions throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/kipublications 6 Korea Institute, Harvard University Annual Report 2013-2014 7 KOREAN STUDIES WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES FACULTY & COURSES WORKSHOP Harvard Korean Art History Workshop 2013: “Infinite Interfusion: Buddhist Art in Korea” FACULTY COURSES Date: Friday, December 13, 2013 Carter J. Eckert Fall 2013 Venue: Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History, EALC Global Korea: Modernity, Nation, and Belonging, John Song Pae Cho Organized by the Korea Institute, Harvard University Sun Joo Kim Co-sponsored by the East Asian Art History Program and Harvard-Yenching Institute Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History, EALC Forms in Korean Cultural History, David R. McCann The Korea Institute acknowledges the generous support of the Edward Willett Wagner Memorial Fund. David R. McCann Readings in Premodern Korean History, Sun Joo Kim Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature, Presenters: Moderators & Discussants: EALC Modern Korean Poetry, David R. McCann Gyeongwon Choe (Hongik University) Mark Byington (Harvard University) (on leave Spring 2014) Seinosuke Ide (Kyushu University) Chin-sung Chang (Seoul National University) Modern Korean History: Proseminar, Carter J. Eckert Minku Kim (University of Minnesota) Sun Joo Kim (Harvard University) Nicholas Harkness Sunkyung Kim (University of Southern California) Youn-mi Kim (Yale University) Assistant Professor of Anthropology Readings in Modern Korean History I, Carter J. Eckert Jiyoung Lee (Kyushu University) Yukio Lippit (Harvard University) (on leave AY 2013-2014) Maya Stiller (University of Kansas) Melissa McCormick (Harvard University) History, Nationalism, and the World: the Case of Korea, Akiko Walley (Harvard University) Paul Y. Chang Sun Joo Kim Eugene Wang (Harvard University)