Event Archive 2017-2018

Spring 2018

panelists sit around panelists table at the 2018 GWIKS Korean Studies Workshop

May 10, 2018

2018 GWIKS Korean Studies Workshop

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May 2, 2018

Co-sponsoring Sigur Center for Asian Studies: 23rd Annual Gaston Sigur Memorial Lecture

“Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations”

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Joongho Kim speaking at an event at the head of a table

April 27, 2018

Soh Jaipil Circle Seventh Talk: Joongho Kim, “Economic Engagement with North Korea – Opportunities and Challenges”

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Taekyoon Kim speaking at a GWIKS lecture series event at a podium

April 23, 2018

GWIKS Lecture Series

Taekyoon Kim, “Advocacy for South Korea’s International Development: Escape from Developmentalism and the Asianization of Nordic Development Aid”

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group photo of panelists and moderators at the The Evolution of Rights in Korea events

April 20-21, 2018

2018 GWIKS Signature Conference

“The Evolution of Rights in Korea”

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Angela Kim presenting during event

April 11, 2018

Soh Jaipil Circle Sixth Talk

Angela Kim, “International Legal Issues for a Unified Korea: Protection of Third Party Rights Under Pre-Existing Bilateral Treaties”

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Lecture Presentation

Dafna Zur standing at the podium giving presentation while resting hands on table

April 5, 2018

GWIKS Lecture Series

Dafna Zur, “Figuring Korean Futures: Children’s Literature in Modern Korea”

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panelists sitting at panelist table addressing audience

March 28, 2018

Co-sponsoring PISA’s (Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia) Conference

“Beyond the Nuclear Issue in North Korea”

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standing banner of AAS Conference Korea Foundation-GWIKS Dinner Reception with GWIKS and Korea Foundation logos

March 23, 2018

AAS Conference Korea Foundation-GWIKS Dinner Reception

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Cho Hong Je giving presentation during GWIKS Lecture Series event

March 19, 2018

GWIKS Lecture Series

Cho Hong Je, “North Korea Missile Launch: Past, Present, and Future”

Cho Hong Je’s Lecture Presentation

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guest speakers sit on stage and discuss topics for the event

March 8, 2018

Co-sponsoring GW THiNK

International Women’s Day Featuring Testimonies of North Korean Women

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audience of GWIKS Lecture Series: Charlotte Horlyck event sitting around table listening to lecture

March 8, 2018

GWIKS Lecture Series

Charlotte Horlyck, “Charles Lang Freer and the Collecting of Korean Art in the Early 20th Century”

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Kevin Gray addressing the audience during event

February 22, 2018

Co-sponsoring Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia Event with Dr. Kevin Gray

“Political Economy of Reform in North Korea”

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guest lecturer addresses audience sitting around a table at event

February 12, 2018

Soh Jaipil Circle Fifth Talk

Youn Kuk Jung, “The South Korean Media in the Post-Truth Era”

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Sergei Kurbanov presenting lecture during event with a whiteboard

February 9, 2018

Soh Jaipil Circle Fourth Talk

Sergei Kurbanov, “Compiling a History of North Korea in the 21st Century: Methodology of Fact Selection and Analysis”

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Sergei Kurbanov’s Lecture Presentation

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Sergei Kurbanov standing at podium giving presentation

January 26, 2018

Co-sponsoring Kim-Renaud East Asian Humanities Lecture Series with Professor Sergei Kurbanov

“North Korean in Modernization: Economy, Politics, and Social Life”

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audience in a big lecture hall waiting for start of film screening

January 24, 2018

Film Screening

“Secret State of North Korea: Explore Life Under Kim Jong-Un”

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Fall 2017

guest speaker and moderators sitting behind panelist table addressing the audience

December 14, 2017

Co-sponsoring WCCW (Washington Coalition for Comfort Women Issues)

“Spirits’ Homecoming, Unfinished Story” Film-Screening with Director Junglae Cho

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Ambassador Joseph Y. Yun giving remarks at the Korea Foundation End-of-Year Reception

December 7, 2017

Co-sponsoring Korea Foundation End-of-Year Reception

Photo: Special Guest, Ambassador Joseph Y. Yun

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Jihwan Hwang sitting at table giving presentation during event

December 1, 2017

Soh Jaipil Circle Third Talk

Prof. Jihwan Hwang: “Can North Korea Become America’s Friend?”

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Nanuri Dance Company performers on stage performing dance to celebrate Hangeul Day

November 20, 2017

Co-sponsoring “GaNaDa Flow” Performance Organized by Korean Heritage Foundation

Nanuri Dance Company & A-Cappella MTM

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Brochure for November 20 Event

guest speaker presenting lecture to audience while audience and moderator listens

November 16, 2017

Co-sponsored by Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communications

“Tales from the Motherland: Korea and the Power of Small”
Robert Ogburn, Visiting State Department Public Diplomacy Fellow

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speaker for event presenting at the podium

October 24, 2018

Lecture Series co-sponsored by Partnerships-International Strategies-Asia (PISA) and GW Institute for Korean Studies

B.G. Muhn, “North Korean Art: Transcending Ideologies”

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2017 GWIKS Korean Literature Essay Contest Award Ceremony

November 10, 2017

2017 GWIKS Korean Literature Essay Award Ceremony

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Charles Kim giving a presentation for his guest lecture event

November 2, 2017

GWIKS Lecture Series

“Cold War Culture in Postcolonial South Korea”
Charles Kim, Associate Professor in the History Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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pansori performance at the The 25th Annual Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium

October 20, 2017

The 25th Annual Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium in the Korean Humanities P’ansori Performance

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summer travel grant recipients giving presentation

October 7, 2017

GWIKS Summer Travel Research Grant Recipients Presentation

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panelists addressing the audience during panel discussion event

August 28, 2017

Co-sponsored by Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies

“How to Handle North Korea: A Panel Discussion”

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