[KS] February activities of the RAS Korea

[Brother Anthony]

Members of this list who are in or near Seoul are welcome to participate in RAS activities.
Brother Anthony
President, RAS Korea

See our Website: http://www.raskb.com  for full details


Upcoming Lectures
Tuesday, February 10, 2015,  Michael Hurt: The Visual Geography of the New Korea
Tuesday, February 24, 2015,  James Pearson, Won for the money: How capitalism is changing North Korea
Tuesday, March 10,  Robert Newlin: Korea’s Birds: Portraits in Place
Dr. Victor K. Teplyakov: Reforestation in Korea: Dramatic Success under Park Chung-hee and Current Efforts in the DPRK

Excursions
Sunday, Feb 15 Cheorwon tour : DMZ, Korean War, migrant birds (Robert Koehler).
Thursday, February 19, 2015 to Friday, February 20, 2015 : Seorak-San National Park & Waterpia (Sue Bae)
Sunday, March 8, 2015, A magkeolli-making class (Catherine Mahon) (please sign up 10 days in advance0

The RAS Cinema Club with the Seoul Film Society
Saturday, February 7 at 3:00pm : ‘Chil-su and Man-su ' (1988) Director: Park Kwang-Su.
These are free showings of great Korean movies, with an introduction and free-wheeling discussion after, at 3pm every first Saturday afternoon of each month in Haechi Hall, Seoul Global Cultural Center on the 5th floor, Mplaza, Myeongdong, Seoul.

RAS - Business & Culture Club
Street Food Tour at Namdaemun Market
Date: Feb. 10(Tue) at noon.  Venue: The Namdaemun Market (As usual, after a brief gathering at the Dunkin Donuts near Deoksugung Palace)
The Business & Culture Club meeting will be held on every 2nd Tuesday of the month. From March it will be every 3rd Tuesday. Please join the Facebook Group of the above name to receive detailed information.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/rasbusinessclub/

RAS Reading Club
Monday, February 2 at 7:00 p.m. We will be reading "Poverty" (적빈) by Baek Sin-ae.
We talk about a Korean short story translated into English each month in the library at Jongno District Office. Please see the Facebook page for more information and the text of the story.
 https://www.facebook.com/groups/rasreadingclub/

RAS Photography Workshops
Tom Coyner offers a series of in-depth “Royal Asiatic Society-Blue Dalmatian Photo Workshops.” Please get in touch with Tom at tomcoyner at gmail.com or 010-9099-6195. You are also encouraged to visit the Blue Dalmatian Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BlueDalmatianPhoto

Bookstore
Our office also serves as a bookstore, with many rare and interesting titles about Korea available, with a discount for RAS members. Please phone before visiting, to be sure there will be someone there.
Please sign up for our emailed Newsletters (domestic and overseas) through links in the Membership section of our home page www.raskb.com  and join / like our Facebook page and groups. 

Visits to the National Museum
This year we will just have 4 visits, quarterly, starting on the first Wednesday of April.

RAS Colloquium in Korean Studies
An informal gathering each month for the presentation and discussion of research by people engaged in Korean Studies at a serious level. Contact Brother Anthony (ansonjae at sogang.ac.kr) for more information. No meetings until March.