My anniversary, the old Chosun Hotel in Seoul, and any excuse to mention augmented reality
Michael GallagherPart of the impetus for writing this rests on the fact that I have been battling all day with a variety of tools and technologies so I wanted to pause…
Yearbook photos in Korea are ridiculously endearing: 서울고등학교 in Seoul (1959)
These are just a few photographs I scanned from my father-in-law's yearbook from 서울고등학교 Yearbook (1959) circa 1959, Seoul, Korea. Seoul High School is a famous high school and my father-in-law…
To Live and Dye in Korea at the end of the 19th century (via )
I am perhaps a bit more amused by the post title than I am anything else, but I love this kind of blogging. Pseudo-academic, ephemeral, fast, and enough left over…
Seo Sang Don (서상돈) in Daegu, Korea (1912)
Occasionally I reserve the right to just post cool photographs on my blog, which might have been the reason for starting it many years ago. This photograph is from 1912…
Wongoksa Pagoda (원각사지십층석탑) in Seoul, an early description
I love this description of Wongoksa Pagoda (원각사지십층석탑) in Tapkol Kangwon (탑골 공원) (Pagoda Park) from The Korean Repository by F. Ohlinger, H. G. Appenzeller, George Heber Jones (1895). I…
Unlocking Korean research potential with Digital Humanities Resources
With the rise (and, in some cases, fall) of digital humanities programs in North America and Europe (and presumably elsewhere), I have haphazardly looked around to see if Korea had…
Seaching for Seo Sang Don 서상돈 with social media
Seo Sang Don (서상돈) is my wife's great-great grandfather and the subject of numerous posts of mine. Spurred by my wife's aunt on a recent trip to Montreal, I am…