Kimchi Festival 2025 Join us for a celebration of Korea’s most iconic traditional dish, made from fermented vegetables and a variety of spices.
The Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art Annual Lecture 2025 This lecture presents case studies of select ceramics in the Freer Gallery of Art that are being studied in a cross-disciplinary project.
Heritage as Parody: Temple Rituals and the Reenactment of Ancient Performing Arts in Nara This lecture ventures into the realm of Japanese sonic imaginations, unveiling hidden connections between heritage discourses and the materialization of nostalgia through sound.
The Power of the Clan: Contesting Kinship and the Making of South Korea’s Fifteenth President This talk will offer insight into the culture of clans in contemporary South Korea, the drama that unfolds within them, and their relevance in electing the highest political office in the country.
An introduction to North Korean art and challenges in assembling a collection Nicholas Bonner has been collecting North Korean art since 1993 and will discuss his history of collecting and the challenges he has faced over the years.
Moving Stories: The Sufi Romance Across Language, Space & Form This talk presents episodes in the history of the Sufi romance (‘ishqiya masnavi), a genre that circulated across South Asia in the fifteenth to twentieth centuries.
Book Launch: 'Reorientating Taiwan: Ocean, Selfhood, and the Pacific' Professor Niki Alsford and Dr Ti-Han Chang share the new edited volume, 'Reorientating Taiwan: Ocean, Selfhood, and the Pacific.'