The Inha-Hawaii International Symposium: How We View Each Other–Korea and the United States
November 28-29, 2007 (Wednesday and Thursday)
Center for Korean Studies Auditorium
1881 East-West Road
University of Hawai’i at Manoa
The Center for Korean Studies at the University of Hawai’i and Inha University have been very interested in how we, from two parts of the Pacific Ocean, look [...]

The Division of Integrated Biodefense, Imaging Science and Information Systems (ISIS) Center, Department of Radiology, Georgetown University (Washington D.C.) seeks applicants for a position as senior analyst for its Team East Asia.

The University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Pacific and Asian Studies seeks applicants for a tenure-track position as assistant professor with East Asia focus (position number 83675) to begin August 1, 2008, pending availability of funds.

The editors of the Korea Yearbook – Politics, Economy, Society (Rüdiger Frank, James E. Hoare, Patrick Köllner, and Susan Pares) are calling for papers for the 2008 edition of the yearbook. Published since 2007 by Brill (Leiden and Boston), the Korea Yearbook is a hybrid publication consisting of both concise overviews of domestic and external [...]

The Harvard East Asia Society (HEAS) invites graduate students from all fields to present at the 11th Annual Harvard East Asia Society Graduate Student Conference February 29 to March 2, 2008, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The HEAS Graduate Student Conference aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of ideas and the discussion [...]

The Republic of Korea government will award its Citizen’s Medal (Mokryongjang) to Center for Korean Studies faculty member Edward J. Shultz in a ceremony at the Korean consulate general in Honolulu November 14, 2007.
According to reports in the Hawaii editions of Chungang ilbo and Hanguk ilbo, the Korean government chose Shultz as a recipient of [...]

The October 2007 list of acquisitions in the Korea Collection of the University of Hawaii Thomas H. Hamilton Library is now available on line at the Korea Collection homepage: http://www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/korea/acquisitions.htm. For additional information, contact the Korea Collection librarian, Daniel C. Kane (dkane@hawaii.edu) at (808) 956-2319.

The Center for Korean Studies fall colloquium series continues November 21, 2007, with a presentation titled “The Marketing Activities of Korean and Japanese Corporations: A Comparison” by Professor Hyun Chul Kim of the Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul National University.
Even though Korea and Japan are located near one another, there are very few [...]

The next conference of the British Association of Korean Studies (BAKS) will take place September 8-10, 2008, at Clare College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. The theme of the proceedings will be “The Koreas at 60 – Looking Forward / Looking Back.”