The 19th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference will be held November 12–14, 2009, at the Center for Korean Studies of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in Honolulu. This conference aims to provide a forum for the presentation of research from any linguistic subdiscipline that contributes to our understanding of the structure of Japanese and Korean or [...]

The Worldwide Consortium of Korean Studies Centers invites proposals from graduate students for papers to be presented at its Fifth International Workshop on Korean Studies. The workshop, on the theme “Korea Coping with Globalization,” will be held July 7–10, 2009, at the Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, U.S.A.
The Worldwide [...]

A new on-line, peer-reviewed journal, Korean Histories, will be launched at Leiden University October 1, 2009, funded by a grant from the Academy of Korean Studies. Korean Histories will focus on historiography as a social process in Korea, will be devoted to research that heavily relies on sources other than the conventional written historical sources, [...]

Thanks to a generous grant from the Academy of Korean Studies, which has recently selected Leiden University as a central institution for the study of Korea in Europe, financial support will be available in the 2009-2010 academic year for four students who intend to obtain a Leiden University M.A. degree in Korean studies.
Support will be [...]

Recruitment is underway for the next appointee to the Korean Studies Chair of Sciences Po (Paris), supported by the Korea Foundation. The appointment, a full-time professorship, is for the 2009-2010 academic year. The deadline for application is March 30, 2009.
The full recruiting announcement with information on the application procedure is at: http://asia-centre.sciences-po.fr/academics/documents/SciencesPo_Korean_Studies_Chair_call_20092010_en.pdf.