The World Congress for Korean Studies 2007 will be held in Busan, South Korea, from August 23 to August 25. The main theme for the Congress is “Korea in the World: Democracy, Peace, Prosperity and Culture.” The sponsors, the Korean Political Science Association, invite proposals for papers, panels, and roundtable discussions in a variety of [...]

The Centre for Korean Studies at the University of Toronto is hosting a translation prize for non-fiction pieces of writing on Korea. The winner of the top prize will receive an award of Cdn$1000. The objective of this award is to promote, and make public, materials useful for the teaching of courses on modern Korea.

Professor Shi Young Lee of Chung Ang University will discuss the findings of a research project on resistance to the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement in a colloquium at the Center for Korean Studies Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at 4:00 p.m. The research, conducted by Lee, Professor Sun-Ki Chai of the University of Hawai’i at [...]

Mary Yu Danico, associate professor of sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, will deliver a public lecture titled “Korean American Global Identities: What Does it Mean to be Korean American in Seoul?” Thursday, March 15, 2007, at 12 noon in George Hall Room 301.
The lecture will discuss the situational identity of 1.5- and second-generation [...]

The Center for Korean Studies Colloquium Series will present a discussion of the complexities of dealing with a nuclear North Korea on Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at 4:00 p.m. in the Center’s auditorium. The featured speaker will be C. Kenneth Quinones, director of Global Studies and professor of Korean studies at Akita International University [...]

The Centre of Korean Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, in association with the Academy of Korean Studies, invites applications for a new Korean language fellowship for postgraduates. The fellowship offers six to nine months of intensive Korean language training for holders of a bachelor’s degree wishing to pursue a master’s [...]