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- Kyujanggak 2010 Korean Studies Workshop20 November 2009, 9:57 am
The Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies will host its 4th Summer Workshop for graduate students July 5-16, 2010. This is an opportunity for graduate students and junior scholars to gain exposure to diverse disciplines of Korean studies and scholars outside their institution’s focus, as well as an opportunity to network with future colleagues. The workshop will [...]... - Korean Language and Culture Position Open at Arizona State University19 November 2009, 11:29 am
The School of International Letters & Cultures (SILC) at Arizona State University seeks to appoint an assistant professor of Korean language and culture beginning in the fall of 2010. Applications will be accepted from candidates whose scholarship is based in the humanities and who focus on any period from antiquity to the end of Taehan [...]... - AAS Dissertation Workshop Planned for 2010 Annual Meeting16 November 2009, 5:46 pm
The Association for Asian Studies has announced plans for its ninth Dissertation Workshop, “Popular Culture and Social Change,” to be held in conjunction with the annual meeting in Philadelphia March 28-31, 2010. The workshop will be organized and led by David Szanton and will follow the model used in previous workshops. The workshop is intended to [...]... - 3rd Korea-America Student Conference Invites Applications for 2010 Program11 November 2009, 11:16 am
The 3rd Korea-America Student Conference (KASC), a student-led cultural and academic exchange, is recruiting students for the summer 2010 program. During the month-long conference, some fifty students will discuss their research on topics of bilateral and global interest and enjoy prominent speakers. The theme for the conference, which will be held July 12-August 12, 2010, [...]... - Harvard-Yenching Library Travel Grants22 October 2009, 9:17 am
The Harvard-Yenching Library has announced its Travel Grant Program for the 2009-2010 academic year. The purpose of the grant is to assist scholars from outside the metropolitan Boston area in their use of the Harvard-Yenching Library’s collections for research. The application deadline is December 15, 2009. There will be nineteen grants of $400 each (seven in [...]... - Tenure-Track Position in East Asian Studies at Yonsei University22 October 2009, 9:07 am
The Underwood International College of Yonsei University invites applications for a tenure-track position as assistant professor of East Asian studies. Field is open, though special attention will be given to applicants working in history and to those with interdisciplinary research interests who are able to teach a range of courses in the humanities. Please note [...]... - Freeman/McPherson Post-doctoral Fellowship in East Asian Art20 October 2009, 3:19 pm
The Smith College Department of Art and the Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA) invite applications for a three-year, non-tenure track position as post-doctoral teaching and curatorial Fellow in East Asian art. Appointment will begin July 2010. Applicants must have demonstrably broad familiarity with the history of East Asian art; experience working with collections and [...]... - Korean Language Lecturer Position Available at Toronto14 October 2009, 11:30 am
The Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto invites applications for a teaching-stream appointment at the rank of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer to teach Korean language effective July 1, 2010. Successful applicants should have a minimum M.A. degree in Korean language with substantial experience and proven excellence in teaching Korean as a second language [...]... - The 10th Biennial Pacific-Asia Conference on Korean Studies 201010 October 2009, 12:09 pm
The 10th Biennial Pacific-Asia Conference on Korean Studies 2010 (PACKS 2010) will be held from November 24 (Wednesday) through November 26 (Friday), 2010, at the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. The conference organizers invite paper and panel proposals from established and junior scholars. Proposals from postgraduate students and emerging scholars are especially encouraged. [...]... - Pre-registration Deadline for Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference Near9 October 2009, 10:26 am
October 19 is the deadline to pre-register for the 19th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, to be held November 12-14, 2009, at the University of Hawaii Center for Korean Studies in Honolulu. Participants and others planning to attend the conference are strongly encouraged to pre-register in order to take advantage of lower registration fees and to assist [...]...
- Korean Cultural Minister Visits Center
Yu In-Chon, South Korea's minister of culture, sports and tourism, met Tuesday with UCLA Korean studies faculty members and Nicholas Entrikin, the vice provost for international studies. Yu, a well-known former actor, heard from CKS Director John Duncan and Professors Burglind Jungmann, Sung Deuk Oak, Lisa Kim Davis and Dong-suk Kim about their current research and thanked them for building an excellent Korean studies program at UCLA.... - Filling the Silent Space
One of the standing committees on South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission documents Korean War deaths including mass killings of some 100,000 South Koreans by their own military, police and allies. Dong-Choon Kim of Sung Kong Hoe University discussed the work of the committee he leads earlier this quarter at UCLA.... - Toward a Pan-American School of Things Korean
Now in its third year, the Korean Studies in the Americas program brings students to UCLA from four Latin American countries, supports collaboration among faculty, and sends American Koreanist scholars north and south for lectures. Funded by the Seoul-based Academy of Korean Studies, the UCLA-administered program has begun to snowball, attracting interest in the form of travel grants for Latin American students and faculty members visiting Korea and the United States.... - Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium
Beginning in the fall of 2008 there will be a student initiated and run Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium.... - God and a Few Close Friends
Rebecca Kim discusses why ethnic-oriented, collegiate Christian groups grow faster than multi-racial ones.... - Hints of Change in North Korea
In impoverished North Korea, Rudiger Frank of the University of Vienna observes modest changes in the direction of a market economy.... - Panels Assess Prospects on Korea Peace Day
One scholar says the United States needs to adopt an approach that allows North and South Korea to normalize relations quickly.... - Oak to Spearhead English-Language Studies of Korean Christianity
This summer Sung-Deuk Oak, a UCLA faculty member in Asian Languages and Cultures, was chosen to be the first scholar funded under the Dong Soon Im and Mi Ja Im endowment. He'll be charged with telling a remarkable story in the history of religion.... - Latin American Scholars Meet over Kimchi
A conference this month in Koreatown was the first step in bridging studies of Korea carried out in North and South America. Under a five-year grant, UCLA Korean studies researchers and their Latin American colleagues are planning collaboration and exchanges.... - 2007 Korean Studies Workshop
A Nine Day Program in Seoul, Korea, July 25-August 3, 2007...
- Korea-America Student Conference (KASC) recruiting for the 3rd Conference (July 12- August 12, 2010)16 November 2009, 4:33 am
The Korea-America Student Conference (KASC) is a student-led cultural and academic exchange program which brings 25 Korean and 25 American university students from all schools and levels of education (Undergraduate and Graduate alike) together to learn about and discuss U.S.-Korea relations. This year, students will travel under the theme "Learning from the past, while working in the present, toward the future of U.S.-Korea relations". Together, students will experience an intense month trave... - Korean Language Program Director Position at the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures12 November 2009, 6:26 am
The University of Michigan Department of Asian Languages and Cultures invites applications for the position of Korean Language Program Director starting September 1, 2010.... - The 10th Biennial Pacific-Asia Conference on Korean Studies 201011 October 2009, 4:38 am
The 10th Biennial Pacific-Asia Conference on Korean Studies 2010 (PACKS 2010) will be held from November 24 (Wednesday) through November 26 (Friday), 2010, at the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. The conference organizers invite paper and panel proposals from established and junior scholars. Proposals from postgraduate students and emerging scholars are especially encouraged. Topics related to Korea from a variety of disciplinary perspectives in the humanities and social science... - Disquieting Traces: Critical Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission9 October 2009, 6:37 am
Date: February 3, 2009 Time: 4pm Location: International Institute Room 1636 Dong-Choon Kim is Associate Professor of Sociology at Sung Kong Hoe University in Seoul, Korea, and currently serves as a Standing Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Republic of Korea. ... - "US-Korean Economic Relationship and Significance of Korea-US FTA" Guest Speaker: Honorable Sung-Hwan Son, Consul General of the Republic Of Korea in Chicago5 October 2009, 8:48 am
Date and Time: 4 pm - 5:30 pm, October 28, 2009 Location: Michigan League-Vandenberg Auditorium Room... - CKS Distinguished Korean Studies Lecture Series28 September 2009, 7:39 am
09/30/09 "Turning Past to History: Nostalgia and Redemption in the ‘Park Chung Hee Syndrome" Namhee Lee, Associate Professor of Modern Korean History, UCLA 10/14/09 "Korean Diaspora: History, Identity, and Community Consciousness" Edward Chang, Professor of Ethnic Studies, UC Riverside 12/02/09 "Why Aren’t There Any War Cemeteries in North Korea?" Heonik Kwon, Reader in Anthropology, London School of Economics and Politics 01/27/10 "Korean Kayagum Sanjo: Schools and Players" Keith Howa... - SeAH-Haiam Arts and Sciences Scholarships28 September 2009, 4:01 am
Deadline: March 15, 2010 2 to 3 awards of varying amounts are provided to support undergraduate and graduate students’ research travel, research work, fieldwork, or attending an academic conference related to Korean Studies, which will be used to support academic pursuits.... - 2009-2010 CKS Korean Film Series3 September 2009, 7:51 am
North Korea in Films All films will be screened at the Michigan Theater. October 24, 2009 2 pm, Michigan Theatre Crossing Directed by Kim Tae-gyoon, 107 min (2008) December 5, 2009 2 pm, Michigan Theatre Welcome to Dongmakgol Directed by Park Kwang-hyeon, 133 min (2005) January 9, 2010 2 pm, Michigan Theatre Repatriation Directed by Dong-won Kim, 149 min (2006) January 23, 2010 2 pm, Michigan Theatre The Game of Their Lives Directed by Daniel Gordon, 80 min (2002) February 13, 2010 2 pm, M... - Ahn Trio: The Insomniac Concert14 May 2009, 10:07 am
... - SeAH-Haiam Scholarship 2009 Recipients24 April 2009, 4:29 am
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