Archive for CKS News

CKS Executive Committee Election Results

Seungsook Moon, chair of the CKS Executive Committee, has announced the results of the recent balloting to choose new members of the Executive Commitee. The top three vote-getters were Hwasook Nam of the University of Washington, Joy Kim of the University of Southern California, and Christopher P. Hanscom of Dartmouth College. They will serve three-year [...]

Posted by: Beadle on Thursday, August 27th, 2009

October 1 Deadline for NEAC Korea Grants

The Association for Asian Studies Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) has available a number of Korea-related grants as a result of the generous funding of the Korea Foundation. Grant applications must be received in the AAS Ann Arbor office by Thursday, October 1, 2009.
Grants are available in a number of categories, including North America or [...]

Posted by: Beadle on Monday, August 24th, 2009

CKS Executive Committee Election

Ballots have been mailed to current members of the AAS Committee on Korean Studies for the selection of three new members of the CKS Executive Committee. To be counted, completed ballots must reach the chair of the committee, Seungsook Moon (Department of Sociology, Vassar College, Box # 507, 124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12604), by [...]

Posted by: Beadle on Monday, August 3rd, 2009

CKS Executive Committee Election

To: NEAC CKS Members (include all Koreanists who are currently members of the Association for Asian Studies)
The CKS Executive Committee consists of seven members elected by the CKS membership to serve staggered three-year terms. The Executive Committee at present consists of Theodore Hughes, Sun Joo Kim, and Jun Yoo 2006-2009; Seungsook Moon (Chair) and [...]

Posted by: Beadle on Thursday, June 18th, 2009

New Initiatives at the Association for Asian Studies

The Association for Asian Studies is undertaking significant initiatives regarding the AAS annual meetings and the Journal of Asian Studies. AAS President Robert Buswell of UCLA and Journal of Asian Studies editor Jeffrey Wasserstrom of UC Irvine describe these initiatives, some of which will be of particular interest to Korean studies, in this essay on [...]

Posted by: Beadle on Friday, January 30th, 2009

CKS Executive Committee Election Results

In balloting conducted by mail, Seungsook Moon of Vassar College and Janet Poole of the University of Toronto have been chosen to serve three-year terms on the Executive Committee of the Committee on Korean Studies. They succeed Hyaeweol Choi of Arizona State University and Nam-hee Lee of UCLA, whose terms expired this year.
The CKS Executive [...]

Posted by: Beadle on Sunday, December 2nd, 2007