The Matsunaga Institute for Peace will sponsor a forum on Korea-Japan security issues February 16, 2007. The forum will be held in the Center for Korean Studies Auditorium on the UH Manoa campus.
The speakers at the forum will be former New York Times Asia correspondent Richard Halloran and C. Kenneth Quinones of Akita International University, [...]

The Academy of Korean Studies has announced its 2007 Cultural Program for Foreigners. This intensive cultural program for those in Korean studies is intended to help cultivate scholars and young leaders who can contribute to the development of Korean studies. The program is composed of various components such as special lectures on Korea, intensive readings [...]

The Faculty of Arts at Leiden University, The Netherlands, invites applications for a four-year Ph.D. position within the VIDI project “Sustaining Total War: Militarisation, Economic Mobilisation and Social Change in Japan and Korea (1931-1953),” starting May 1, 2007. ‘VIDI’ is a major research award by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

The Center for Korean Studies will host a reception in honor of Prof. Yong-ho Ch’oe of the University of Hawai’i History Department marking the publication of his book, From the Land of Hibiscus: Koreans in Hawai’i, 1903-1950, Thursday, January 25, 2007, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Prof. Ch’oe will give a short presentation on [...]

The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., is seeking applicants for a full-time renewable contract position in Korean as well as applicants for positions in seven other languages (Arabic, American Sign Language, Chinese, French, Hebrew, Japanese, and Spanish. Basic qualifications include a master’s degree in the language or a related field (Ph.D. preferred), fluency or [...]

The Korean American Foundation Hawai’i will host a commemorative ceremony at Pawaa Park on King Street in Honolulu January 13, 2007, from 11 a.m. to 12 noon. Hawai’i will join states across the nation in celebrating the arrival of Koreans in America on January 13, 1903.
This program is open to the public and will feature [...]

The Halla Huhm Korean Dance Studio will present an evening of Korean Dance Saturday, January 13, 2007, at Orvis Auditorium on the University of Hawaii Manoa campus. Tickets are $10. This program is co-sponsored by the Halla Huhm Foundation and the University of Hawaii at Manoa Music Department. For additional information, telephone (808) 949-2888.