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May 15, 2024 Emeritus Professor Yong-ho Ch’oe, a Pioneering Scholar of Korean History, dies at 93

[It is with great sadness that we let you know that Dr. Yong-ho Ch’oe, Emeritus Professor of History and CKS member, a prominent Korea historian passed away on May 15, 2024.] Remembering Yong-ho Ch’oe, a Pioneering Historian of Korea, an Advocate of Local Community Advancement, and a Champion of Harmony between the East and the […]

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May 9-10, 2024 The 17th Worldwide Consortium of Korean Studies Centers Conference and Directors Meeting

in 2006The 17th Worldwide Consortium of Korean Studies Centers (WWC) Conference will be held at the Center for Korean Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa from May 9-10, 2024. Where: Center for Korean  Studies Auditorium When: May 9, 2024- May 10, 2024 The  Worldwide Consortium of Korean Studies Centers Conference (WWC Conference) was

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April 18, 2024 Book Talk: English Publication of Togani (도가니) and the Expanding World of Translation by Gong Ji-young, Bruce Fulton, and Ju-Chan Fulton

The Center for Korean Studies at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa presents: Book Talk: English Publication of Togani (도가니) and the Expanding World of Translation by Gong Ji-young, Bruce Fulton, and Juchang Fulton. When: Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 3:00pm-4:30pm Where: Center for Korean Studies Auditorium (1881 East-West Road, Honolulu) Atmospheric and fast-paced, this

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April 11, 2024 Book Talk: Powa-yuramgi and Modern Travelogues about Hawaii by Prof. Yelee An (Academy of Korean Studies)

The Center for Korean Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa presents: Book Talk: Powa-yuramgi (布哇遊覽記) and Modern Travelogues about Hawaii by Prof. Yelee An (Academy of Korean Studies).  When: April 11, 2024 at 3:00PM – 4:30PM Where: Center for Korean Studies Auditorium Abstracts: This book talk aims to illuminate Korean travelers’ perspectives on

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February 28, 2024 “Making over ‘The Big Reveal’: Medical Tourism YouTube Vlogs and the Globalizing of the South Korean ‘Look’ by Dr. S. Heijin Lee

The Center for Korean Studies and The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures jointly present: “Making over ‘The Big Reveal’: Medical Tourism YouTube Vlogs and the Globalizing of the South Korean ‘Look’ by Dr. S. Heijin Lee. When: February 28, 2024, 12:00pm-1:00pm Where: Moore Hall #258 (1890 East-West Rd, 96822) Abstracts: Sponsored by medical

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Febryary 8-9 2024 The 14th Critical Issues Forum- Transmedia Ecologies of Korean “New Retro” by Professor Michelle Cho, University of Toronto

The Center for Korean Studies is pleased to host the prominent annual forum, The 14th Critical Issues Forum on Korean Studies with a presentation titled Transmedia Ecologies of Korean “New Retro”. February 8th, 2024: Critical Issues Forum Lecture Speaker: Michelle Cho, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of East Asian Popular Cultures and Cinema Studies, University of Toronto.

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November 30, 2023 Asia Law Talk: Legislative Impact Analysis on Electric Vehicle Subsidies in South Korea: The Korean Clean Air Act, by Dr. Eubong Lee, KLRI

The Center for Korean Studies and Pacific Asian Legal Studies program at the William S. Richardson School of Law co-host: Asia Law Talk: “Legislative Impact Analysis on Electric Vehicle Subsidies in South Korea: The Korean Clean Air Act” on November 30, 2023 at 12:00pm-1:00pm. The event is held in the Moot Courtroom at the William

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November 15-22, 2023 The Korea Times Hawai’i: Celebrating the Digitization of The Korea Times (1973-2010)

The Center for Korean Studies at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa celebrates the digitization of The Korea Times Hawaii 1973-2010. “Showcasing: Selected Issues of The Korea Times Hawaii” will be happening at the Center for Korean Studies Lobby from November 15-22, 2023. A reception to celebrate the digitization was held on November 21, 2023!

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November 16, 2023 The 3rd Yang’s Lecture- Dr. Namhee Lee-The Politics of Time and Remembrance as Emancipatory

THE CENTER FOR KOREAN STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIʻI AT MĀNOA PRESENTS: The 3rd Drs. Sung-Chul Yang and Daisy Lee Yang Lecture Series “THE POLITICS OF TIME AND REMEMBRANCE AS EMANCIPATORY” When: November 16, 2023 at 3:00pm-5:00pm Where: CKS Auditorium This presentation explores the politics of time that the regime of discontinuity of post-1987

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September 5, 2023 Special Lecture: How To Be Moral – Practical Tips from a Choson Confucian by Dr. Don Baker

The Center for Korean Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa presents:  Special Lecture: How To Be Moral – Practical Tips from a Choson Confucian  by Dr. Don Baker on September 5, 2023 at 3:30 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Where: Center for Korean Studies Auditorium, UHM (1881 East West Road, Honolulu, HI) When: September

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