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 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 Worldwide Consortium of Korean Studies Centers’ Fifth International Workshop concluded July 10 with presentation of awards to three of the graduate-student participants for best papers offered at the meeting. The three were among twenty-six students from eighteen universities in the United States, Korea, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, and China taking part in [...]

The Fifth International Workshop on Korean Studies sponsored by the Worldwide Consortium of Korean Studies Centers convened at at the University of Hawai‘i Center for Korean Studies July 7, 2009, for a four-day program of presentations and discussions around the theme “Korea Coping with Globalization.”
The Worldwide Consortium of Korean Studies Centers workshops are designed to [...]

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 spring colloquium series continues on Monday, April 27, 2009, with a presentation titled “Two Different Images of the Nuclear Bomb in Japan and Korea, 1945–1960″ by Dong-Won Kim of Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Kim will compare Japan’s and Korea’s respective images of the nuclear bomb between 1945 and 1960. The [...]

Applications are due by April 30, 2009, for participation in the Fifth International Workshop on Korean Studies, sponsored by the Worldwide Consortium of Korean Studies Centers. 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 Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, [...]

The University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present its 2009 Annual Dance Concert at Kennedy Theatre April 24 and 25 and May 1, 2, and 3. This year’s concert, featuring both classical and contemporary dance, is dedicated to Korean dance master Kim Ch’ŏn-hŭng (1909-2007).
Kim was one of Korea’s foremost [...]

The Center for Korean Studies will host a one-day symposium titled “Korean American Diaspora” April 21, 2009, beginning at 11:00 a.m. in the Center’s auditorium. The symposium is being presented in collaboration with the Association for Asian American Studies, which is holding its 2009 annual meeting April 22-26 at the Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel [...]

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 [...]