The Center for Korean Studies will host a presentation of the documentary film Koryo Saram: The Unreliable People and three illustrated lectures on aspects of Korean art on Monday, January 5, 2009, beginning at 4:00 p.m.
The program is being presented in conjunction with the exhibition Traces and Trajectories: Current Works by Ten Korean American Artists, [...]

The 6th Korean Studies Graduate Students Convention (KSGSC) in Europe will be hosted by the International Center for Korean Studies of Moscow State University, Russia, August 3-5, 2009. This conference gives graduate students in all Korea-related fields an opportunity to present research, share academic interests, and strengthen ties with other junior scholars.
M.A. students, Ph.D. [...]

The Second Aspiration for Unification Exhibition will be on display in the Koa Gallery at Kapiolani Community College from January 4 to January 10, 2009. The exhibition opening reception will take place January 5 at 5:00 p.m.
The works of invited artists Byung-Kwan Choi, Young-Joong Kim, and Young-Moon Kim are featured in the exhibition. Gallery hours [...]

The Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies at Seoul National University will host its third Summer Workshop from July 6 to July 17, 2009. The purpose of this workshop is to provide an annual platform for graduate students and junior scholars to gain exposure to diverse disciplines of Korean studies and scholars outside their institution’s focus, [...]

The Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies at Seoul National University has announced the second Kyujanggak International Symposium on Korean Studies, to be held August 27-28, 2009. The conference theme is “Creating and Keeping Records in Korea.” Korea’s documentary heritage––from archives to pictorial records––is the subject of a long-term research project at Kyujanggak, and the institute [...]

Korea University seeks applicants for a two-year, non-renewable, non-tenure track position in its Department of Korean History. This is a President’s endowed chair appointment for foreign faculty.
The search is open-rank, modern or premodern period. Administrative obligations are minimal. The successful candidate will teach one undergraduate course and one graduate seminar each semester. [...]

he Center for Korean Studies Colloquium Series ends the year with a presentation by Martina Deuchler on Thursday, December 18, 2008, at 4:00 p.m. in the Center’s conference room. The colloquium topic is “The Social in Society: Some Reflections on the Meaning of Descent Groups in Korean History.”
Martina Deuchler received her Ph.D. from Harvard University [...]

pplications are still being accepted for the position of Korea specialist librarian in the Asia Collection of Thomas H. Hamilton Library at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. For a description of the position and required qualifications, see the earlier announcement at Korea Specialist Librarian Position at the University of Hawai‘i.

The Politics Department and East Asian Studies Program at Oberlin College invite applications for a noncontinuing faculty position as a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the College of Arts and Sciences. Appointment to this position will be for a term of two years beginning in fall 2009 and will carry the rank of visiting assistant professor. [...]