Homo Academicus
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.DVD releases
;Season One| DVD name | Ep# | Disc# | Release date | Special features |
| Season 1 | 5 | 3 | May 21, 2013 | All 5 episodes of series |