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 focus on research methodologies in Korean studies through the examination of documentary and digital resources. The two-week comprehensive program consists of morning lectures and afternoon seminar discussions on subjects such as art, classical and contemporary literature, pre-modern and modern history, contemporary Korean issues, sociology, Confucianism, and Buddhism. All lectures will be conducted in Korean, and reading materials and handouts as well will be in Korean.

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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 Cheguk (the Korean Empire) in 1910.

The individual hired will teach undergraduate and graduate students in the trans-disciplinary environment of the School. Teaching load is two courses per semester. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Korean studies or a related discipline, native or near-native fluency in Korean, and working knowledge of one other East Asian language. Ability and desire to teach a range of humanities courses both in Korean culture and in the cultural evolution of East Asia are required. Desired qualifications include a demonstrable proficiency in classical Chinese, modern Japanese, or classical Japanese.

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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 bring together doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences who are developing dissertation proposals or are in early phases of research or dissertation writing and whose research is consistent with the workshop’s popular culture and social change theme. The workshop will be limited to twelve students from a broad array of disciplines and working on a wide variety of materials in a variety of time periods and in various regions of Asia. It also will include a small multidisciplinary and multi-area faculty with similar concerns.

The application deadline is December 11, 2009. For full details regarding the scope of the workshop, eligibility, application procedures, and the like, see the announcement on the AAS Web site: http://www.asian-studies.org/News/dissertation-workshop.htm.

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, is “Learning from the past, while working in the present toward the future of U.S.-Korea relations.”

KASC sites in 2010 include American University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan, and Stanford University. Conference roundtable topics include: The ABC’s of Education: Exploration of Education; War and Peace: An Analysis of Differing Perceptions; The Green Life Movement: Social Movement of Going Green; U.S. and Korea in the News: Media for Cultural Understanding; and Korea in 50 States: The Evolution of National Identity.

Although many participants will be Asian studies and East Asian studies majors, this is not a requirement. All types of students from any field and level of study are welcome at the conference. Knowledge of the Korean language is not required.

For applications and more information, visit www.iscdc.org or send e-mail to kasc@iscdc.org. The application deadline is March 5, 2010.

KASC is a program of International Student Conferences, Inc., a non-profit organization in Washington, D.C., dedicated to promoting peace by furthering mutual understanding, friendship, and trust through international student interchange.

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 Chinese studies, seven in Japanese studies, and five in Korean studies) to be awarded on a merit basis to faculty members and to graduate students engaged in dissertation research. Priority consideration will be given to those at institutions where there are no or few library resources in the East Asian languages and no major East Asian library collections are available nearby. Each grantee will also be provided with the privilege of free photocopying of up to 100 sheets. Awards must be used before August 1, 2010.

Applications for the travel grants, including a letter, a brief description of the research topic, and an estimated budget, should be addressed to: James K. M. Cheng, Librarian, Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138. Fax: (617) 496-6008. E-mail: jkcheng@fas.harvard.edu.

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 that only non-Korean citizens are eligible to apply for this position.

Teaching responsibilities are six credit-hours (two classes) per semester. This minimum of two classes will be in the Core Curriculum. All courses are taught in a seminar style, with enrollment capped at 25 students. Teaching duties will begin in either March or September 2010.

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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 Ph.D. are required.

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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 at the university level. Native or near native fluency is expected together with an excellent command of English. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

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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 sciences, including (but not limited to) history, linguistics, language pedagogy, literature, art, religion, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, political studies, economics, business, security and migration studies, are welcome. Special consideration will be given to papers and panels informed by a comparative perspective and broader regional approach.

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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 the conference staff in its planning.

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