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Korean History 115. Korean History through Film

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This course is to examine history of premodern Korea through select Korea's contemporary feature films. Films and dramas with historical themes and personages have been very popular in Korea. We will examine the content of the films, and investigate how `...

Korean History 111. Traditional Korea

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Prof. Sun Joo Kim Survey of the history of Korea, from earliest times to the 19th century. Examines various interpretive approaches and issues in the political, social, economic, intellectual, cultural, and diplomatic history of premodern Korea. Course...

Korean Literature 134. Korean Literature in Translation

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Prof. Si Nae Park An undergraduate survey course on Korean literature covering all periods of Korean literary history and major genres, authors, and themes. All readings are in English. No knowledge of Korean is required. Knowledge of Korean culture and...

Korean Literature 134. Korean Literature in Translation

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Prof. Si Nae Park An undergraduate survey course on Korean literature covering all periods of Korean literary history and major genres, authors, and themes. All readings are in English. No knowledge of Korean is required. Knowledge of Korean culture and...

Korean Literature 134. Korean Literature in Translation

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Prof. Si Nae Park This lecture course introduces undergraduate students to major works, writers, themes, and styles of Korean literature while exploring literature-inspired questions using Korean literature. All readings are in English. No knowledge of...

Korean Literature 110. Classical Korean Literature

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Prof. Si Nae Park Introduction to the literature and literary culture of the Chosŏn period (1392-1910) through deep, slow, and close reading, creative writing, and an exploration of authentic materials held by the Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard Map...

Korean History 119. Governing Bodies in Twentieth-Century Korea

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Dr. Youngeun Koo T his course aims to examine the history of modern Korea through the lens of families, women, and children, highlighting how their bodies constituted crucial sites of politics across the colonial, postcolonial, and neo - liberal eras...

Korean History Symposium: Toward a Postnationalist History of Korea

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Date: Friday, September 13, 2024, 9:00am to 5:30pm Location: Reading Room, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Workshops and Conferences Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Organizers: Yumi Moon...

Prof. Chan Yong Bu Curates Film Festival: Crime Scenes as History. Five Korean Films

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Prof. Chan Yong Bu of EALC is curating a film festival with the Harvard Film Archive from March 06 to April 18, 2026: Crime Scenes as History. Five Korean Films Crime and cinema share an intimacy with darkness. Just as the illuminated screen reaches out...

East Asian Film and Media Studies 128. Korean Cinema as World Cinema

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Prof. Tian Li In recent times, world cinema has witnessed the rise of South Korean cinema as an alternative to Hollywood and includes many distinguished directors such as Park Chan-wook, Lee Chang-dong, Kim Ki-duk, and Bong Joon-ho. This course examines...

Korean Literature 110. Premodern Korean Literature

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Prof. Si Nae Park This lecture course introduces students to select representations of Korean literature through literary works and their contexts from the 9th through the early 20th centuries. Lectures will be on the socio-cultural, historical, political...

East Asian Film and Media Studies 127: Frames in Time--Korean Cinema as History and Filmmaking

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Prof. Alexander Zahlten Prof. Carter Eckert This course will trace the development of Korean cinema from the 1930s to the present, approaching the subject through two alternating lenses: One focuses on cinema as depicting and reflecting historical moments...