The Dongwha Cultural Foundation, Inc., of Englewood, N.J., is a non-profit organization that promotes and educates about Korean culture and arts through various types of educational programs. The organization would like to be in touch with other Asian study, Korean language study, or Korean cultural study colleges or organizations interested in working together to bring [...]

The Association for Asian Studies Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) has available a number of Korea-related grants as a result of generous funding from the Korea Foundation. Grant applications must be received in the AAS Ann Arbor office by Thursday, October 1, 2009.
Grants are available in a number of categories, including North America or Korea [...]

The Korea Institute at the Australian National University College of Asia and the Pacific is offering a two-year research fellowship focusing on any one of three possible fields of investigation: (1) the politics of Korea, with a focus on contemporary developments; (2) the economics of Korea, including Korea’s global involvement in multilateral issues; or (3) [...]

The Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto invites applications for a teaching-stream appointment at the rank of lecturer/senior lecturer to teach Korean language effective July 1, 2010. Successful applicants should have a minimum M.A. degree in Korean language with substantial experience and proven excellence in teaching Korean as a second language [...]

Art historian and educator Evelyn Becker McCune, long a friend and benefactor of the Center for Korean Studies, is the subject of an August 7, 2009, profile by Mike Tharp in the Merced (Calif.) Sun-Star. McCune, well known as the author of The Arts of Korea: An Illustrated History (Charles E. Tuttle, 1962), turned 102 [...]