[KS] May activities of RAS Korea

[Brother Anthony]

Members of this list currently in Korea are welcome at these events

Brother Anthony
President, RAS Korea

For fuller details see our Website: http://www.raskb.com  

Upcoming Lectures
Tuesday, May 10, 7:30pm John Frankl: Moving beyond Makgeolli: Selected Observations on Traditional Korean Alcohol
Tuesday, May 24, 7:30pm Jacob Reidhead: Politics in the Trenches: A Field Report from the 20th National Assembly Election 
Tuesday, June 7, 7:30 Andrei Lankov: How did North Korea's rich and powerful live under Kim Il Song, how do they live now?

Excursions
Thursday May 5 Mungyeong Tea Bowl Festival (Jennifer Flinn)
Sunday May 8 The Spirit of Gwangju (Robert Koehler)
Saturday May 14 Buddha’s Birthday in Seoul (Jeremy Seligson)
Sunday May 15 Seoul city wall (Robert Fouser)
May 21 ? 22  Jirisan Tea-making (Br Anthony)
Saturday May 28 Daehak-ro etc (Robert Fouser)
Sunday May 29 Suwon - Hwaseong Fortress (Peter Bartholomew)
Monday June 6 Yeongsan-jae ceremony at Bongwon-sa temple (David Mason)
June 18 ? 19 Gangneung (Peter Bartholomew)

The Seoul Colloquium on Korean Studies
The first session of the “Seoul Colloquium on Korean Studies” organized jointly by the Seoul Center of the ?FEO and RAS Korea will be held on Thursday May 19 in the Grand Conference Room (Room number 310), of the Asiatic Research Institute, Korea University, beginning at 5pm. Elisabeth Chabanol will present the Center’s programs, especially the archeological mission at Kaesong. Hiroaki Matsusaka will give a presentation on “Intercoloniality and Intersectionality: H? Ch?ng-suk’s Border-crossing Experience and Writing in the 1920s.” Everyone interested in Korean Studies is welcome. Please contact Brother Anthony ansonjae at sogang.ac.kr for more details