The Center for Korean Studies fall colloquium series will begin with a presentation by Professor Jae-Gu Kim of Myongji University titled “CEO Leadership and Organizational Culture at the Korean Big Four Conglomerates.”
Kim is associate professor of organizations and strategy in the Department of Business Administration at Myongji and is currently a visiting scholar at [...]

The Center for Korean Studies is one of several local organizations joining in sponsorship of The Sound of Ecstasy and Nectar of Enlightenment October 8, 2009, at Kennedy Theatre.
The program of chants, drum and cymbal dances, and the elegantly costumed “Butterfly Dance” from the sacred Young San Ceremony will be presented in concert by [...]

onolulu television station KBFD-TV has won first prize at the 17th Worldwide Korean Language Broadcaster Conference for its new documentary film on the University of Hawaii Center for Korean Studies.
The documentary, titled UH Center for Korean Studies Embraces the World, features the background of the founding, history, and achievements of the Center for Korean Studies, [...]

enter for Korean Studies faculty member Sang Yee Cheon has been selected as a recipient of the University of Hawaii Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching in 2009. This award recognizes faculty who exhibit an extraordinary level of subject mastery and scholarship, teaching effectiveness and creativity, and personal values beneficial to students.
Cheon, who is an [...]

The deadline for applications to participate in the Fifth International Workshop on Korean Studies, sponsored by the Worldwide Consortium of Korean Studies Centers, has been extended to May 15, 2009. The workshop, on the theme “Korea Coping with Globalization,” will be held July 7–10, 2009, at the Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai‘i at [...]

The Center for Korean Studies has announced the award of scholarships to more than two dozen students for the 2009-2010 academic year. Complete information about Center-administered scholarships and grants, application procedures, and deadlines can be found at http://www.hawaii.edu/pages/schlrshps/cksschol.html. The recipients of awards for the coming year are:

FLAS academic year ($15,000 + tuition)

Edward Coats, MA, Korean [...]

The first Kim Ch’ŏn-hŭng Memorial Fund Scholarship has been awarded to Nathan Nass, a master’s-degree student in ethnomusicology at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa.
The award was announced April 24, 2009, at a reception prior to the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Department of Theatre and Dance annual dance concert at Kennedy Theatre, which was [...]

The Center for Korean Studies spring colloquium series continues on Thursday, April 16, 2009, with a presentation titled “Hyundai Motor Company in China” by Professor Jae-Gu Kim of Myongji University. The colloquium will be held in the Center for Korean Studies conference room beginning at 4:00 p.m. Jae-Gu Kim is associate professor of organizations and [...]

The on-line version of the latest volume (32) of Korean Studies, the journal of the University of Hawai’i Center for Korean Studies, is now available through Project MUSE, the on-line repository of humanities and social sciences journals.
Access to the table of contents and article abstracts is open to all at http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/korean_studies/toc/ks.32.html. Access to the full [...]

To honor the 100th anniversary of his birth, the UH Dance Program will dedicate its annual spring concert to Kim Ch’ŏn-hŭng, one of Korea’s foremost masters of Korean court dance. In memory of Mr. Kim, students will have the opportunity to learn Mugo, a court dance infrequently seen outside of Korea, and perform the dance [...]