Archive for Symposia

The North Korea Forum: Fees Reduced and Deadline Extended

In response to numerous concerns expressed to us recently regarding the state of the economy, Globis has reduced the fees and extended the application deadline for the North Korea Forum (which was announced on this site on February 10). The deadline has been extended to this Friday, February 20. To view the updated [...]

Posted by: redamron on Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Globis Announces the North Korea Institute Forum

As scholars, practitioners, and citizens interested in issues concerning North Korea, you are all no doubt familiar with the paucity of information concerning that country. With this in mind, I am writing to you on behalf of the Center for the Study of Global Issues (Globis) at the University of Georgia to announce a unique [...]

Posted by: redamron on Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Call for Proposals: 2nd Kyujanggak International Symposium on Korean Studies

The Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies at Seoul National University has announced the second Kyujanggak International Symposium on Korean Studies, to be held August 27-28, 2009. The conference theme is “Creating and Keeping Records in Korea.” Korea’s documentary heritage––from archives to pictorial records––is the subject of a long-term research project at Kyujanggak, and the institute [...]

Posted by: Beadle on Thursday, December 18th, 2008

The 16th Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium in the Korean Humanities

“Tradition and Modernity in Korean Literature: The Work of Hahn Moo-Sook” is the title of the 16th Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium in the Korean Humanities, to be held Saturday, November 8, 2008, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Harry Harding Auditorium, 1957 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052.
The featured speakers will be:

Chan E. Park, associate [...]

Posted by: Beadle on Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Call for Proposals: SNU International Symposium on Korean Studies

Seoul National University and the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies have announced the scheduling of the first SNU International Symposium on Korean Studies, to be held October 16-18 2008.
Proposals are now being accepted for panels — four to eight papers for one or two sessions — with the goal of publication of an edited volume [...]

Posted by: Beadle on Monday, January 21st, 2008

Nation Building in South Korea: A Panel Discussion

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ North Korea International Documentation Project and the Institute for European Russian and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University will co-host a panel discussion titled “Nation Building in South Korea: Koreans, Americans, and the Making of a Democracy” Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at the Wilson Center in Washington.
The panel [...]

Posted by: Beadle on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007