The Korean Cultural Society of Boston
한미예술협회
Korean Heritage Symposium V
Four Successive Thursday Evenings from March 20 to April 10
At 7:30 pm
VIRTUAL
March 20: The Foundation of Korean Cuisine with Jang and Rice (Ryan Kim)
March 27: Pansori, Korean Vocal Storytelling (Anna Yates-Lu)
April 3: Korean Modern Art and Lee Qowde (Jinyoung Jin)
April 10: Korean Literature and Culture (Yoh Han Noh)
Ryan Kim
Ryan Kim is the CEO of Kim'C Market, a wholesome Asian specialty e-commerce company celebrated for its premium Korean food and crafts directly sourced from farmers and artisans. His company has become a trusted supplier for Michelin-starred restaurants and home cooks across the country, showcasing the artistry of Korean culinary traditions.
In addition to leading Kim’C Market, Ryan gives lectures on e-commerce and Korean cuisine at universities such as Stanford, as well as forums in New York,
Washington D.C., and Seoul. He also works with chefs and culinary professionals, sharing insights on the foundational elements of Korean cuisine like fermentation and rice.
Before founding Kim’C Market in 2019, Ryan pursued his passion across diverse industries, including banking, finance, government, politics, consumer tech startups, and business consultancy. Having worked in the U.S., South Korea, and Colombia, Ryan brings a global perspective to his work. He holds an M.A. in Politics from NYU and dual bachelor’s degrees in Statistics and Economics from UC Berkeley.
Anna Yates-Lu
Pansori literally means ‘performance of a song (sori) within a space (pan).’ The performance genre features a drummer who supports a singer in the telling of an epic tale. Pansori singers typically exhibit a rough vocal timbre due to many years of training to maximize the volume and vocal range. Pansori is a traditional folk theater, usually performed in weekly bazaars to draw attention of shoppers. It later drew the attention of the aristocratic elite in the 18th and 19th centuries. In recognition of its unique performance style, Pansori was registered as the UNESCO's Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity of Korea in 2003.
Anna Yates-Lu earned a Doctorate degree on Pansori from the University of St. Andrews, and was hired as the youngest faculty member in the Department of Korean Music of the Seoul National University in 2020. Besides her teaching, she performs Pansori at various venues in Korea and Europe.
Jiyoung Anna Jin
Jinyoung Anna Jin, Director of Asian Art and Culture at the Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University, strives to establish the Charles B. Wang Center as a premier cultural venue, promoting cross-cultural exchanges and understandings of Asian and Asian-American cultures.
Prior to joining the Charles B. Wang Center, Jin played a critical role in establishing the Arts Department at The Korea Society. She introduced diverse programs including in-house and traveling exhibitions, musical performances, films, lectures and workshops that provided a wider understanding of Korea and
its culture to United States audiences.
Jin holds an M.A. in art history from Columbia University and a B.A. in art history from Hong-Ik University in South Korea. She recently published a book on artist Quede Lee: Art, War, and Exile in Modern Korea: Rethinking the Life and Work of Lee Qoede
Yoh Han Noh
Yoh Han (Johann) Noh is Research Professor at the Institute for Sinographic Literatures and Philology, Korea University where he serves as the head of the nascent Global Humanities Center. He received his BA, MA, and PhD from Korea University. He is the Research Associate and Program Coordinator of the Global Humanities Initiative at MIT for 2023-24
His doctoral thesis “A Philological Study of the Government-sponsored Glossaries on the Chinese Classics from the Early Chosŏn Period” focuses on the process of
reception, interpretation, re-edition, and publication of Chinese Classics that were sponsored by the Korean government in the early Chosŏn period (1392-1910), and the roles of editors including the kings, princes, and scholar-officials in this process.
Professor Noh’s research encompasses the classical literatures and philological traditions of East Asia’s Sinographic sphere, and he is currently working on a history of Korean literary culture, on the cultural history of the Confucian Civil Service Examination in the Chosŏn period and the exam literature it produced, and on the history of Korean philology. He is currently writing a book History of the Hermeneutics of Literary Sinitic in the Early Chosŏn Period, and translating the poems of the famed literatus-monk Kim Sisŭp (1435-93) in collaboration with MIT’s Professor Wiebke Denecke for the Hsu-Tang Library of Classical Chinese Literature (Oxford University Press).
At MIT, Dr. Noh will work as Research Associate in his role as Program Coordinator for the Global Humanities initiative. He will also collaborate with Professor Denecke and Professor Tristan Brown (History) on the MITili grant award project “Measuring the Impact of Humanities Learning in an Age of STEM.