Event Archive 2016-2017

Spring/Summer 2017

panelists waiting for event to begin

June 21, 2017

2017 GWIKS Korean Humanities Workshop

“Outreach in the Korean Humanities”

Program for June 21 Event

Photo

group photo of GW students in front of the Blue House in South Korea

June 3-17, 2017

Summer Study Abroad Program to Seoul, South Korea

“Two Koreas: Identities, Division, and Economic Differences”

Program Information

Photos from Study Abroad Program

Summary of Study Abroad Trip

May 23-24, 2017

2017 GWIKS Signature Conference

“Korea and the World: New Frontiers in Korean Studies”

audience sitting around table listening to Jaikwan Jung give presentation

April 26, 2017

Soh Jailpil Circle

Jaikwan Jung, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Korea University

“Why is There No Rebellion in North Korea?”

Summary of April 26 Event

Yafeng XIa giving lecture to audience during his lecture event

March 31, 2017

GWIKS Lecture Series

Yafeng Xia, Professor of History at Long Island University, New York

“The Lowest Ebb: China’s Policy toward North Korea during the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1969”

Summary of March 31 Event

Daniel Roh giving presentation at an event

February 16, 2017

Soh Jaipil Circle

Daniel Roh, President and CEO of Asia Risk Monitor, Inc.

“Prospects for Korea-Japan Reconciliation in a Time of Political Turmoil”

Summary of February 16 Event

Nan Kim presenting lecture at podium while audience listens and take notes

January 30, 2017

GWIKS Lecture Series

Nan Kim, Associate Professor of History at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

“The Afterlife of Division: Reconsidering the Post-Summit Reunions of Korean Families Separated between North and South”

GWIKS Inaugural Ceremony celebration

Fall 2016

November 5, 2016

The 24th Annual Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium

“Christianity and Trans-Pacific Connections”