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Homo Academicus | |
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공부하는 인간: 호모 아카데미쿠스 | |
Genre | Documentary/ News program |
Starring | Lilli Margolin Scott Yim Jenny Martin Bryan Kauder |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original languages | Korean English |
No. of episodes | 5 (as of June 7, 2013) |
Production | |
Producers | 정현모, 남진현 |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | KBS1 |
Release | February 28, 2013 present | –
Homo Academicus | |
Hangul | 공부하는 인간: 호모 아카데미쿠스 |
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Hanja | 工夫하는人間: 호모 아카데미쿠스 |
Revised Romanization | Gongbuhaneun In-gan: Homo Akademikeuseu |
McCune–Reischauer | Kongbuhanŭn In'gan: Homo Ak'ademik'ŭsŭ |
Homo Academicus ( Korean: 공부하는 인간: 호모 아카데미쿠스) is a South Korean documentary television program broadcast by Korean Broadcasting System (KBS). It is narrated by Yoo Seung-ho, and hosted by Lilli Margolin, Scott Yim, Jenny Martin, and Bryan Kauder. [1] [2]
The program features four Harvard University students who travel the world visiting culturally historic areas and places of learning. [3] The correspondents interview students and parents in an effort to show contemporary methods of and motivations for studying, and to place traditions, conversations, and landmarks in an historical context. [4] The program depicts how cultural differences, privileges, and inequities affect education and styles of learning. It is hosted in English and narrated in Korean, with subtitles for each language. Countries covered by the show's correspondents include China, France, India, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Uganda, and the United States. [5] [6] Partnership with BBC on which to be shown internationally is in the works.
DVD Name | Ep# | Disc# | Release Date (South Korea) | Special Features |
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Season 1 | 5 | 3 | May 21, 2013 [7] | All 5 episodes of series |