The Center for Korean Studies spring 2009 colloquium series will open Friday, January 30, 2009, with a presentation titled “Sports and Politics in Asia” by Professor Victor D. Cha of Georgetown University. The colloquium will be held in the Center for Korean Studies auditorium beginning at 4:00 p.m.
Victor D. Cha is director of Asian studies [...]

The Center for Japanese Studies and The Center for Korean Studies will present a seminar titled “Media, Memory, and the Repatriation of Koreans from Japan to North Korea” led by Prof. Tessa Morris-Suzuki Thursday, January 29, 2009, at 3:00 p.m. in the Center for Korean Studies Auditorium.
Morris-Suzuki is professor of Japanese history at the [...]

Papers, Essays and Reviews (P.E.A.R.), a new interdisciplinary English-language journal of international studies at Yonsei University in Seoul, in conjunction with the Center for International Studies, is now accepting submissions from graduate students for its first issue. The periodical publication includes varying disciplines and methodologies, but each issue will attempt to be thematic. The inaugural [...]

The Academy of Korean Studies has announced the establishment the International Summer Hanmun Workshop, an intensive training program in reading and translating texts written in literary Chinese (hanmun). The workshop will be conducted for four weeks, from June 29, 2009, to July 24, 2009.
The workshop is for advanced graduate students, junior scholars, and faculty in [...]

The Centre for the Study of Korea at the University of Toronto has announced the award of the second James Scarth Gale translation prize to Prof. John Frankl of Underwood College, Yonsei University, for his translation of Yi Sang’s “Lingering Impressions of a Mountain Village.” The translation is available on the CSK’s Web site: www.utoronto.ca/csk/prize.html.
The [...]

Binghamton University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in modern Korean history and culture, starting in fall 2009. Qualified candidates must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree. The university is seeking an outstanding scholar and teacher who has the ability to teach both undergraduate and graduate courses.
Applicants should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, [...]

The Academy of Korean Studies has announced its 2009 Cultural Program for Foreign Students and Scholars in Korean Studies. This intensive cultural program consists of various components such as special lectures on Korea, intensive readings and discussions in Korean, field trips, excursions, and traditional cultural activities.
The program will run for four weeks from July 13 [...]