The Korea Foundation is running a series of lectures about Korea on Saturdays from Sept. 22 until Nov. 3.

The series will seek to explain the interactions between contemporary and traditional culture in Korea.

In the first talk, “The Furies Unleashed: Korea in the Balance, 1950-1951,” Andrew Salmon, the author of two books on the Korean War, will talk about the opening stages of the conflict.

The next talk, “Park Taewon’s Modernology: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness in 1930’s Seoul” will be given by Kelly S. Walsh, a literature scholar at Yonsei University.

This will be followed by a talk on the Seochon district and Seoul’s city walls by architecture firm CEO Doojin Hwang, and a look at Korean feng shui at Gyeongbokgung by Jang Ji-yeong, a professor at Daejeon University.

The last two talks will look at traditional music and cuisine.

The lectures, which start at 2 p.m., are free but registration is required, and the talks on Oct. 13 and 20 will involve visits to historical sites, for which an entrance fee is required.

To register you will have to join the Korea Foundation site (www.kf.or.kr) and click on the “join the events” link.

For more information, contact (02) 2151-6506 or kf_lecture@kf.or.kr.

(paulkerry@heraldcorp.com)