The Cornell University Department of Asian Studies invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in premodern Korean studies beginning July 1, 2008. Preference will be given to specialists with interests in broader East Asian contexts.
The selected candidate will be asked to teach general undergraduate courses and graduate seminars in the area of his [...]

The University of Hawai’i Academy for Creative Media and the Korean Film Council (Yŏnghwa ChinhÅ­ng Wiwŏnhoe) will present a special master class on the Korean film industry Friday, August 31, 2007, at 3:00 p.m. in Crawford Hall 115 on the UH Mānoa campus. The event is open to all.
The program will feature Jonathan H. Kim, [...]

Gunther Dilworth has created a new Web site (currently a blog) on Korean unification studies. The site seeks to inspire debate and discussion as well as to inform readers about issues related to the unification of North and South Korea.
Key topics on the site include North and South Korean policies on unification, divided-states theory, inter-Korean [...]

Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, is seeking applicants for a full-time, tenure-track position as assistant professor of East Asian studies (Korean studies) beginning in fall 2008. Applicants should be trained in social sciences or humanities and prepared to teach Korean studies courses from interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives. The successful candidate will be expected to teach [...]

The Korean National Commission for Unesco has announced the publication of the summer 2007 issue of Korea Journal. This issue’s special topic is “The ‘Religious’ in Contemporary Korean Culture.” The issue also includes five articles outside the issue’s special theme.

Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies invites contributions for a special issue on contemporary Korea. The editors are now seeking articles in the fields of the social sciences, in particular, papers in economics, business, political science, and modern history (after 1945). Those interested in submitting articles should contact Prof. Carl J. Saxer, Asia Research [...]

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Indiana University seeks applicants for a tenure-track position in modern or contemporary Korean politics, society, or culture, at the level of assistant professor, to begin in the fall of 2008. Specialization may be in any field of the social sciences or humanities, [...]

The July 2007 list of new acquisitions in the Korea Collection of the University of Hawaii Thomas H. Hamilton Library (in PDF format) is now available on line at: http://www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/korea/0707.pdf.