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Thu, June 18 - Sat, June 20, 2026
Event Start Time: 8:00 am
Event Location: Hagerty Hall
Fri, June 19, 2026
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Mon, July 13 - Thu, July 16, 2026
Event Start Time: 9:00 am
Event Location: Online (Application required)

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Korean Heritage: The Asian Festival: People and Community

By Soon Ho Kim

The Asian Festival: People and Community

Since its beginning in 1995, Columbus’s Asian Festival has grown into one of the major Asian cultural festivals in the United States. Every year, countless…

Goss Returns to Ohio State, Meets with Students of Japanese Linguistics

By Chris White

The Institute for Japanese Studies hosted an engaging lunch session with DEALL alumnus Dr. Seth Goss of Emory University on April 20th, bringing together graduate students from East Asian Studies…

Cheongnyeongpo

Korean Heritage: The Global Expansion of K-Movie: The King’s Warden

By Soon Ho Kim

The Global Expansion of K-Movie: The King’s Warden

“Where am I to go now…” In the aftermath of the Gyeyujeongnan coup (1453), the young King Yi Hong-wi, having been dethroned, is…

Building the bridge from Columbus to Korea

Almost 7,000 miles separates Korea and Ohio, but a visiting scholar in the East Asian Studies Center is working to make the cultures of these places closer than ever.

Soon Ho Kim arrived on…

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