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Organisation or venue: British Library

British Korean Society viewing of Korean manuscripts in British Library

event date Wed 24 Apr 2019 posted 6 Apr 20191 May 2019
Korean manuscripts in the British Library

Worth joining the British Korean Society just for this! Tour of the British Library 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB Wednesday 24 April, 6.15pm for 6.30pm Book via British Korean Society website A chance to enjoy a private tour of the British Library and a viewing of highlights from its East Asian collections with the […]

A private tour of the British Library’s Korean manuscripts with the BKS

event date Thu 23 Apr 2015 posted 5 Apr 201525 Apr 2019
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We’ve had private tours of the collections at the V&A and British Museum. Now comes a not-to-be-missed opportunity to go behind the scenes at the British Library. But you’ll need to join the British Korean Society first Tour of the British Library 96 Euston Road | London NW1 2DB Thursday 23 April 2015 6.15 pm […]

LBF event, 8 Apr 6:30pm: Korean Literature Past and Present, with Yi Mun-yol

event date Tue 08 Apr 2014 posted 28 Feb 201425 Apr 2019
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The second of six evening events during London Book Fair week, which unfortunately overlaps with a session with Yoon Tae-ho at the KCC Korean Literature: Past and Present 8 April, 18.30-20.00 A rare opportunity to learn about the story of Korean literature, from beautiful early printed books, many housed in the British Library, to the […]

Bought for £10 from a Parisian cheese merchant, Lady Hyegyong’s Uigwe is now digitised

posted 9 Jun 201312 Dec 2019 updated 12 Dec 2019 by Philip Gowman 2 minute read
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The Joseon court knew how to document things. And one of those court records, recently digitised and put online by the British Library, shows they also knew how to celebrate. The Uigwe – The Royal Protocols of the Joseon Dynasty – were included in the UNESCO Memory of the World register in 2006. In its […]

Toegye Yi Hwang’s Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning

posted 12 Aug 201025 Apr 2019 updated 25 Apr 2019 by Eunjung Shin 4 minute read
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In the British Museum’s Korea Gallery can be found a wood block printed book, The Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning, written by Korea’s most famous Confucian scholar, Yi Hwang (이황, also known by his pen name, Toegye, 퇴계) (1501-1570). The volume is on loan from the British Library. The work was completed in 1568 and […]

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