Past Lectures
A list of past lectures of the Royal Asiatic Society-Korea Branch.
| Date | Lecturer | Venue | Admission | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (on Wednesday) A Mere Scrap of Paper: The 1882 Korean-American Treaty, Syngman Rhee, and the Division of Korea |
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm |
David Fields | Second floor Residents’ Lounge, Somerset Palace | 10,000 won for non-members and 5,000 won for students (with student ID); free for members |
| Korean Art in Its East Asian Context |
Tuesday, May 23, 2017 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm |
Yi Song-mi | Second floor Residents’ Lounge, Somerset Palace | 10,000 won for non-members and 5,000 won for students (with student ID); free for members |
| (moved to Wednesday) Seoul Global City in a pan-organizational environment. From solid to fluid society, an evolutionary movement leading where? |
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm |
Christian Barde | Second floor Residents’ Lounge, Somerset Palace | 10,000 won for non-members and 5,000 won for students (with student ID); free for members |
| Do we learn nothing from writing history? Ten reflections after writing a modern history of the two Koreas |
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm |
Adrian Buzo | Second floor Residents’ Lounge, Somerset Palace | 10,000 won for non-members and 5,000 won for students (with student ID); free for members |
| Public Sentiment and its Place in Modern Korea |
Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm |
Michael Breen | Second floor Residents’ Lounge, Somerset Palace | 10,000 won for non-members and 5,000 won for students (with student ID); free for members |
| The 386 Generation and the Quest for the “Good Country” |
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm |
Robert J. Fouser | Second floor Residents’ Lounge, Somerset Palace | 10,000 won for non-members and 5,000 won for students (with student ID); free for members |
| The Joint Communiqué of July 4, 1972: Korea’s First Agreement on Unification: What was behind it? |
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm |
Kathryn Weathersby | Second floor Residents’ Lounge, Somerset Palace | 10,000 won for non-members and 5,000 won for students (with student ID); free for members |
| Homer B. Hulbert, Hidden Hero of Korea and Pride of America |
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm |
DongJin Kim | Second floor Residents’ Lounge, Somerset Palace | 10,000 won for non-members and 5,000 won for students (with student ID); free for members |
| The Meaning of Park Geun-hye: South Korean Democracy at Crossroads |
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm |
Se-Woong Koo, editor-in-chief of Korea Exposé | Second floor Residents’ Lounge, Somerset Palace | 10,000 won for non-members and 5,000 won for students (with student ID); free for members |
| Ghostly Encounters of Modern Korea |
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm |
Robert Neff | Second floor Residents’ Lounge, Somerset Palace | 10,000 won for non-members and 5,000 won for students (student ID checked at the door); free for members |
