Virtual International Week Festival
April 05, 2021 - April 09, 2021
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Online
Events throughout the week of April 5-9:
- Virtual Tour: Korean Art in the US:
Rediscovering Korea’s Past and the Korean Gallery at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art: The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
View Virtual Gallery - Virtual Self-Guided Tour: Old Korean Legation Museum:
View Virtual Tour - Angel Island Immigration Center
- Discover Korean Immigrant Voices
- 5-part Film Series on Asian Americans: Features 5-hour long episodes which are available through April 12. View Film Series
Daily Events:
Video Presentation by First Lady Yumi Hogan
“Using Art and Creativity to Cross Boundaries, Build Bridges, and Reconnect to Our Humanity.”
Monday, April 5, 12:30 p.m.
Introduction to Korea
Presented by Adam Wojciechowicz: Korean Cultural Center, Korean Embassy
Monday, April 5, 1-2 p.m.
Book Talk and Panel Discussion: “Rights Claiming in South Korea"
Presented by GWU Institue for Korea Studies and the Sigur Center for Asian Studies
Tuesday, April 6, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Keynote Speaker Professor Immanuel Kim
GWU Associate Professor of Korean Literature and Culture Studies
Tuesday, April 6, 2:30-4 p.m.
Presentation by Dr. Ho Nguyen
Fulbright Scholar, Professor Emeritus, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Thursday, April 8, 1-2 p.m.
Panel Conversation on “The Misidentification of Asian Identity”
Friday, April 9, 3-4 p.m.
Led by Dr. Julie Park, Director of Asian Affairs, University of Maryland and Robin Ha, illustrator, and author of Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir, with co-host Bishnu Ghimire. The presentation will be followed by a Q & A.
Poetry Reading and Q & A: Sun Yung Shin
Moderated by Professor Rachel Smith
Friday, April 9, 4:30-5:30 p.m.