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Results For 2009
Burning Fetishes, Casting Out Demons, and Creating Korean Shamanism: Powerful Encounters between Christianity and Shamanism in Early Modern Korea
By Professor Sung Deuk Oak/Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium
Friday, January 09, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Somewhere Else: Lotte World, Theme Parks and the Logic of Leisure Time
By Professor Timothy Tangherlini, UCLA/Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Series
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
A Traditional Residence in Namsan, Seoul, Built by the Master Carpenter of the Royal Palace
By Sang Oak Lee, Seoul National University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholars Colloquium Series
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Xianbei, Fuyu, or Puyo: The Laoheshen Cemetery in Jilin, China, and Its Ethnicity and Women
A talk by Pak Yangjin (Chungnam University), cosponsored by the Center for Korean Studies --
TIME CHANGE: The lecture will be at 4 pm
Monday, January 26, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Buddhist World Heritage Properties in Korea: Thoughts and Significance
By Jongmyung Kim, The Academy of Korean Studies/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholar Colloquium Series
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
8th Annual Korean Music Symposium
February 4-6, 2009, Lecture Series and Performances
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Gamelan Lecture Hall
A Study on the Historical Nature of the National Movement among Korean Residents in Japan during the Period of Japanese Imperialism
By In Duck Kim, Sungkyungkwan University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholar Colloquium Series
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Access to Korean Electronic Resources
Presented by The East Asian Library
Thursday, February 19, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
East Asian Library
Getting Published
By Namhee Lee, Professor, UCLA/Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Series
Friday, February 20, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Overcoming Capitalism: Protestant Christianity and Cooperative Living in Colonial Korea
By Albert L. Park, Assistant Professor of History, Claremont McKenna College/Im Colloquium of Korean Christianity
Monday, February 23, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Phonological Analysis on Spelling Errors Made by Korean Language Users: Focusing on the Hyper-analytic Spelling
By Shin Ae So, Sogang University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholars Colloquium Series
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
The Work of the TRCK: Uncovering the Hidden Stories of the Korean War
By Dong-choon Kim, Associate Professor, Sung Kong Hoe University/Korea Colloquium Series
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
민족화해와 통일을 위한 역사청산
Truth Verification for Bringing Reconciliation in the Korean Peninsula
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Garden Suite Hotel
The Korean Community in Brazil: Challenges, Achievement and Prospects
By Lytton L. Guimaraes, Ph.D., Coordinator, Asian Studies Group, University of Brasilia
Friday, April 03, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
USC Korean Studies Institute
The Seoul 1988 Olympic Games and Urban Renewal: a longer view
By Professor Lisa Kim Davis/Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Series
Monday, April 06, 2009
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Korean Pop Culture: The Border Crossing Heroines of Hallyu
By CedarBough T. Saeji/Chew on This: A Series of Artist, Academic, and Choreographic Presentations by World Arts & Cultures Graduate Students and Faculty
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
160 Kaufman Hall
First Different Western Views on Ancient Korean History
By Baek Lan Moon, Yonsei University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholar Colloquium Series
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Korean Christianity in Korea-U.S. and Korea-Canada Relations
2009 Im Conference of Korean Christianity
Friday, April 17, 2009
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
4357 Bunche Hall
Korean Christianity in Korea-U.S. and Korea-Canada Relations
2009 Im Conference of Korean Christianity
Saturday, April 18, 2009
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
4357 Bunche Hall
Land of Morning Calm: Korean Culture Then and Now Book Signing
Author John Stickler and his wife, fine artist Soma Han, will be signing and chopping their book, Land of Morning Calm: Korean Culture Then and Now, during the L.A. Times Festival of Books.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Booth 845, L.A. Times Festival of Books
Imaginary Power of Korean Folk Painting: Chaekkori
Professor Pyongmo Chong, Department of Cultural Assets, Gyeongju University
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
11:00 AM
146 Dodd Hall
옥소 권섭과 문집 옥소고 (Okso Gwŏnsŏp and His Book-Oksogo)
By Chang Hui Lee, Professor, Korea University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholar Colloquium Series
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Eminent Monks' Views on Buddhism in Silla Korea
By Professor Jongmyung Kim, Academy of Korean Studies/Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Series
Monday, May 18, 2009
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Can Kim Jong Il Be a Good Man? Two North Korean Defectors, Whang Jang Yop and Kim Duk Hong's Answer to the Question
By Jae Jung Lee, Producer of Korean Broadcasting System/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholar Colloquium Series
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Music of Korea
2009 Spring Festival of World Music and Jazz
Friday, May 29, 2009
7:00 PM
Schoenberg Hall
Changes to Traditional Music in North Korea
By Professor Dongsuk (Don) Kim, Department of Ethnomusicology/Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Series
Monday, June 01, 2009
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Free Screening of Treeless Mountain
WRITER-DIRECTOR: So Yong Kim / CAST: Hee Yeon Kim, Song Hee Kim, Soo Ah Lee, Mi Hyang Kim, Boon Tak Park / An Oscilloscope Laboratories release (In Korean with English subtitles) / 89 min.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
The International Conference on Peace & Reconciliation
Embracing the Displaced: Shaping Theories and Practices for a Sustainable Peace
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Displacement/Emplacement: Korea, Latin America, and Beyond
The Center for Korean Studies at UCLA and the Centro de Estudios Corea Argentina at University of Buenos Aires will hold a conference on Joint Research Project titled Displacement/Emplacement: Korea, Latin America, and Beyond. This conference will be at UBA on 7/14/09. The purpose of this conference is to bring scholars in various disciplines from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and the USA to explore transnational Korean communities in the Americas.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Right to Peace in Korea: Moving from Truth to Reconciliation
by Eric Sirotkin, NLG Human Rights Attorney and Korea Peace Activist, Korea Colloquium Series
Monday, September 28, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
UCLA Study Abroad Fair
The UCLA International Education Office (IEO) is pleased to be hosting UCLA's 23rd annual study abroad fair for UCLA students.
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Grand Ballroom
Perspectives on the Dramatic Change in Korean TV Drama
By Hae Ryong Jung, Producer and Director, Korean Broadcasting System/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholars Colloquium Series
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
UCLA International Institute Open House
In association with the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars and the International Education Office
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10th and 11th Floors, Bunche Hall
한국과 미국의 노인용 IT 용품 비교연구 (A Comparative Study between Korean and American Information Technology Products for the Elderly)
By Won-Seok Chang, Konyang University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholar Colloquium Series
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall

On to the Empty Table: Althusser's 'materialism of the encounter' and the case of Korean day workers in interwar Japan
By Ken Kawashima, University of Toronto/Korea Colloquium Series
Friday, October 23, 2009
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall

Architecture & Confucian Ritual in the Chosŏn Dynasty (조선시대 건축과 유교 예제(禮制))
By Seung Jai Hong, Wonkwang University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholars Colloquium Series
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
UCLA Korean Music and Dance Ensemble
A Fowler Out Loud Concert
Thursday, November 12, 2009
6:00 PM
Fowler Museum
고려시대 국왕과 혼인한 자매들 Sharing Spouses in Royal Families in the Koryŏ Dynasty
By Soo Jung Shin, Sungshin Women's University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholars Colloquium Series
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Beyond the Global Financial Crisis : The Case of Korea
By DoSung Choi, Monetary Policy Committe of the Bank of Korea/SNU-UCLA Joint Colloquium Series
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
북한의 위협과 환경변화에 따른 사이버전 North Korea's Cyber Threats and Cyber Warfare in a Changing Environment
By Sang Min Park, Korean Ministry of National Defense/CKS Post Doc Visiting Scholars Colloquium Series
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
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Past Events
Spotlight Event(s)
The Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace with Ambassador Ryan Crocker: "The Arab Spring and US Interests"
Thursday, May 30, 2013
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UCLA Law School, Room 1357
Film Screening: "Alias Ruby Blade: A Story of Love and Revolution"
Monday, June 03, 2013
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
STARTALK/NHLRC Heritage Language Teacher Workshop for K-16 Teachers of Less Commonly Taught Languages
Monday, July 22, 2013
Time to be announced.
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