On Monday, November 3, Michael Szonyi and Peter Bol will hold a Master Class on the Chinese Genealogies, Past and Present, with Professor Mel Thatcher, a leading authority on Chinese genealogies, in the Common Room at 2 Divinity Avenue, 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Please sign up with your Harvard email address here. Texts will be posted closer to the date.
In honor of Professor David McCann, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature
Sponsored by Korea Institute, Harvard University Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Harvard University Asia Center
Schedule: 8:15 – 8:45 Breakfast & Registration
8:50 – 9:00 Introductory Remarks by Professor Sun Joo Kim
9:00 – 10:45 Session I: Form and Freedom in Korean Literature Moderator: Sun Joo Kim (Harvard University) ...
Joan Kee, Assistant Professor of History of Art, University of Michigan
Sponsored by the Rockefeller Fund in the Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University. Co-sponsored by the Korea Institute, Harvard University. The Korea Institute acknowledges the generous support of the Edward Willett Wagner Memorial Fund.
Kyōgen is the name for a dramatic style and repertoire of short comic plays that form one of the oldest theatrical traditions in Japan. Though developed in the 14th century, kyōgen is still performed today: both as an independent form (hon-kyōgen) and as an interlude during the more...