Beginning January 31, 2008, students living anywhere in the world can examine key historical forces that have created and shaped the two Koreas before, during, and after the partition of the country in 1945 in a new Harvard Extension School online course, HIST E-1814 The Two Koreas.

Seoul National University and the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies have announced the scheduling of the first SNU International Symposium on Korean Studies, to be held October 16-18 2008.
Proposals are now being accepted for panels — four to eight papers for one or two sessions — with the goal of publication of an edited [...]

The University of Southern California College of Letters, Arts & Sciences seeks to appoint a faculty member to direct its Korean Studies Institute. The Institute fosters intellectual exchange on political, economic, historical, cultural, and social relations between Korea and the world, as well as between Koreans resident in the United States and their ancestral and [...]

The Korean Studies Institute (KSI) of the University of Southern California invites applications for the KEI (Korea Economic Institute) Post-Doctoral Fellowship for the 2008-2009 academic year. Applicants must be a specialist in one of the Korean social sciences, including history. The deadline for applications is February 1, 2008.
In addition to conducting his or her own [...]

Hanyang University in Seoul is seeking both established professors and junior scholars from Korea and abroad for its International Summer Program, which will run from June 23 to July 18, 2008. The program offers a wide range of transferable undergraduate courses in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, including a number of courses in the [...]

The 5th Korean Studies Graduate Students Convention (KSGSC) in Europe will be held at Leiden University, The Netherlands, August 21-23, 2008. This two and a half day conference, hosted by the Centre for Korean Studies at Leiden University, aims to give graduate students in all Korea-related fields an opportunity to present their research, share academic [...]

The University of Hawaii at Manoa Asian Studies Program has openings for two graduate teaching assistants for the 2008-2009 academic year. The positions carry a salary of $13,296 (paid over 12 months) and a tuition waiver for the academic year. The deadline for applying for the assistantships is Monday, March 3, 2008. See the job [...]

The spring deadline for grant opportunities available from The Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) is February 15, 2008. NEAC promotes research, teaching, conferences, and other events related to Japan and Korea. Grants are available for short-term research travel, for the purchase of instructional materials, for holding pedagogical workshops and [...]

The Academy of Korean Studies has announced its 2008 Cultural Program for Foreigners. As part of its mission to cultivate scholars and young leaders, AKS has organized an intensive cultural program for those in Korean studies. The program consists of special lectures on Korea, intensive readings and discussions in Korean, field trips, excursions, and traditional [...]

February 15 is the deadline for submission of applications for the 2008–2009 academic year scholarships administered by the Center for Korean Studies.
Summary information about the available scholarships can be found at http://www.hawaii.edu/korea/pages/schlrshps/schrecap.html.