The College of Liberal and Professional Studies and the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania invite applications for the position of director of the Korean Language Institute for summer 2009. This eight-week intensive summer language program for 25 students is offered in partnership with Kyung Hee University at its Suwon campus [...]

The Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies invites applications for its 2009-2010 postdoctoral fellowship program. These fellowships give recent Ph.D.s the chance to use the Kyujanggak collection and other resources at Seoul National University to carry out research projects or prepare a manuscript for publication. Applications by junior faculty members whose research pertains directly to the [...]

To honor the 100th anniversary of his birth, the UH Dance Program will dedicate its annual spring concert to Kim Ch’ŏn-hŭng, one of Korea’s foremost masters of Korean court dance. In memory of Mr. Kim, students will have the opportunity to learn Mugo, a court dance infrequently seen outside of Korea, and perform the dance [...]

The editors of Acta Koreana invite scholars working in the field of Korean music to submit articles for possible inclusion in Acta Koreana, vol. 12, no. 1 (June 2009), which will be a theme issue on Korean music.
Subjects and themes of articles are not limited to Korean traditional music, but may also include topics and [...]

The Department of Korean Studies, Graduate School of International & Area Studies (GSIAS), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), seeks to appoint a professor of Korean culture/society beginning in March 2009.
Candidates must possess a Ph.D. in a related area and must have native or near-native proficiency in both Korean and English. Preferred qualifications include: college-level [...]

The 20th Annual Graduate Student Conference sponsored by the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Pacific and Asian Studies will take place March 11 (Wednesday) through March 13 (Friday), 2009, at the UH Center for Korean Studies.
The conference–titled Redefining Borders: Looking Toward the Future of Asia-Pacific Studies–is open to students from all disciplines and [...]

The Center for Korean Studies fall colloquium series continues on Thursday, November 6, 2008, with a presentation titled “Dr. Syngman Rhee’s Activities in Hawai’i, 1913-1945″ by Duk Hee Lee Murabayashi. The colloquium will be held in the Center for Korean Studies auditorium beginning at 4:00 p.m.
Duk Hee Lee Murabayashi is one of Hawai’i’s foremost [...]