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Korean Heritage: A Sport for the World
Sports have a special power to bring people together. When big events like the Olympic Games or FIFA World Cup take place, people from different countries and cultures watch and cheer together…
Korean Heritage: Rocks That Hold Time
Old Man's Cave in Hocking Hills, Ohio, is one of the region's most remarkable natural heritage sites. Formed hundreds of millions of years ago, the Blackhand Sandstone has been shaped by water and…
Korean Heritage: Korean as a Cultural Platform in American Universities
The role of the Korean language in the United States has changed significantly in recent years. In the past, Korean was mainly studied by scholars of Korean Studies and students specializing in…
Korean Heritage: Hope Engraved in a Park
The last Monday of May in the United States is Memorial Day. Much like Korea's Memorial Day, it is a day set aside to remember those who gave their lives in military service. Across the country,…
Korean Heritage: 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 visitors come to Franklin Park to enjoy…
Goss Returns to Ohio State, Meets with Students of Japanese Linguistics
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…
Korean Heritage: 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 sent into exile. In a remote mountain village in Yeongwol,…
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…
This Awarded Blakemore Fellowship
The East Asian Studies Center is proud to announce that current MA student, Justin This, has been awarded a Blakemore Fellowship. This prestigious award will allow Justin, currently finishing his…