Culture

THE 1ST YOUTH ENGLISH ESSAY CONTEST

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 APPLY FOR THE 1ST YOUTH ENGLISH ESSAY CONTEST

SPONSORED BY

THE ASIA INSTITUTE

ENGLISH DEBATING INSTITUTE AT SUNY (STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK), SONGDO

ORGANIZED BY

THE GLOBAL YOUTH INSTITUTE

DATATEACH

APPLY AT

WWW.GYEEC.ORG

FIRST APPLICATION DUE: SEPT. 27

PRELIMINARY CONTESTS
SEPT. 28-OCT. 1

FINAL COMPETITION: OCTOBER 21

GRADES 9-12 OF HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS

MIDDLE SCHOOL (SEVENTH GRADE) TO HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS (ELEVENTH GRADE)

SUBMIT BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 18 AND OCTOBER 1

WINNERS ANNOUNCED ON OCTOBER 7TH

CONTEST HELD ON OCTOBER 14TH AT SUNY CAMPUS, SONGDO

REGISTRATION FEE: 55,000 WON

4. 대상: 중학교 3학년-  고등학교 3학년

5. 일시:①예선: 2017년 9월 18일(월) ~ 10월 1일(일)

②본선진출자발표: 2017년 10월 7일(토)

③본선: 2017년 10월 14일 (토)

6. 본선시험장소: 뉴욕주립대학교송도캠퍼스

7. 신청방법

①예선(온라인): 홈페이지를통해신청후온라인상에세이작성후제출

②본선(오프라인): 본선선발자 00명 (학년구분없이선발함)

추후변동될수있음

8. 문의:  YOUNG@ASIA-INSTITUTE.ORG

9. 응시료: 55,000원

10. 시상내역

시상명

-한국뉴욕주립대학교송도캠퍼스영어토론연구소상

-아시아인스티튜트상

대상

총 1명

금상

총 2명

은상

총 3명

동상

총 5명

수상자는상장과트로피, 부상

특전;

심사위원아시아인스티튜트와뉴욕주립대학교교수진에게심사및추후영작문지도관리

각종세미나, 포럼및대회애우선적으로초대

 

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History in Gs

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It is an interesting how these international meetings of powerful nations have grown as a social phenomenon. Are they nearing the end of their natural development.

 

G 5       1974
G 6       1975
G 7       1976
G 8      1997
G 20    1999
G 2      2005
G 0      2017

What should we do now in the United States after the 2016 election?

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What is my take-away from the US election? Pretty simple. We need to form a new political party that has a real core of committed members and that is not corrupt like the Democratic and Republican parties. It must draw its power primarily from  a deep commitment to the needs of ordinary citizens. We need to go back to Democracy, you might say.

Games and Reality

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I saw this video advertisement in the subway last week. A young women is featured who, along with her friends, is transformed into the characters in the video game itself. . The advertisement represents quite accurately the increasing blending of daily life with game life for young Koreans. It would not be an exaggeration to claim that for some, the life of

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“The Islands of Seoul Rhetoric, Culture, and the Human City” Lecture by Professor Marc Shell of Harvard University (Dec. 18, 2014)

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“THE ISLANDS OF SEOUL

RHETORIC, CULTURE, AND THE HUMAN CITY”

Islandology
Islandology

 

MARC SHELL

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

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PRESENTED BY:

 

KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY

KYUNG HEE CYBER UNIVERSITY

THE ASIA INSTITUTE

 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18

7 PM

 

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Seoul’s visual culture

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I am fascinated by Seoul’s visual culture. It seems that aspects of commercial art and spontaneous art are frequently combined in harmonious and compelling patterns. Here are a few examples.

 

This strip of concrete above a subway entrance includes a compelling combination of commercial art, graffetti and advant garde art.
This strip of concrete above a subway entrance includes a compelling combination of commercial art, graffetti and advant garde art.

 

A close up of the previous strip reveals a beetle on a tiny poster and an even smaller poster entitled "NEF" (or, in even smaller print, "never ending fun").
A close up of the previous strip reveals a beetle on a tiny poster and an even smaller poster entitled “NEF” (or, in even smaller print, “never ending fun”).

 

Seoul Graffiti
Seoul Graffiti

Emanuel talks about his book “A Different Republic of Korea” at the Seoul Book Forum

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Emanuel spoke with an audience of book lovers at the Seoul Book Forum (September 11, 2013) about his book “A Different Korea” and engaged in a long discussion about the value of Korean traditional culture. The four members of the discussion group wore the traditional Korean hats of teacher and students.

9 11 book concert

The entire event is available at

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bookforum

 

In addition, a collection of short reviews of the book are available at

 

http://book.naver.com/bookdb/review.nhn?bid=7289605