2018
Book Reading: KyungSook Shin
September 25, Boston University
co-sponsored with Wellesley College
Kyungsook Shin, 2012 awardee of the Man Asian Literacy Prize, read parts from her recently English-translated 'Court Dancer.' The book depicts historic events being unfolded through the eyes of a court dancer favored by the Empress Min in the period of Korean Annexation by Japan.
Performance tradition of korean Poetry
Thursday, September 27, 2 PM
Barat House, Boston College
co-sponsored with Korean Consulate General in Boston
'Sijo' - Dr. David McCann (Professor Emeritus, Harvard U.)
'Pansori' - Dr. Ivanna Yi (Washington U.)
2017
Poetry reading: Sandra Lim
October 12, Wellesley College
Sandra Lim, professor in UMass Lowell and the winner of a Barnard Women Poets Prize in 2013, gave a poetry reading from her 2014 poetry collection, Wilderness.