Homo Academicus () 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.
Premise The program features four Harvard University students who travel the world visiting culturally historic areas and places of learning. 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. 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. Partnership with BBC on which to be shown internationally is in the works.
Overview
Episode 1 Theme: The Old Desire () Air date: February 28, 2013
Episode 2 Theme: Descendants of Confucius () Air date: March 7, 2013
Episode 3 Theme: Questions and Memorizing () Air date: March 14, 2013
Episode 4 Theme: The Best Study () Air date: March 21, 2013
Episode 5 Theme: Speaking of Studying Again () Air date: March 28, 2013
DVD releases Season One DVD name Ep# Disc# Release date (South Korea) Special features Season 1 5 3 May 21, 2013 All 5 episodes of series
References
External links Homo Academicus - Official Website