Events
Jan. 29, 2020 CKS Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Heather Mellquist Lehto’s Talk
How Korean Megachurches Have Changed the World — and Why You May Not Know about It Wednesday, January 29, 2020 4:00 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. The Center for Korean Studies Conference Room 1881 East-West Road University of Hawai’i at Mānoa South Korea contains many of the largest megachurches in the world. Yet even…
Women Building Political Will for Peace with North Korea
In 2015 Women Cross DMZ organized thirty women peacemakers from fifteen countries to cross the demilitarized zone from North Korea to South Korea calling for an end to the Korean War, reunion of separated families, and women’s leadership in building peace. They marched with ten thousand Korean women on both sides of the DMZ on…
Bridging the Sound of the Country’s Language and the Letters of the Middle Kingdom
Conspicuous in early Chosŏn historical accounts is the dynasty’s preoccupation with language. First, the ruling house showed obsessive devotion to learning the spoken and written language of the “Middle Kingdom” from Ming (1368-1644). At the same time, Hanliwen (漢吏文)—the language of diplomatic protocol in use since Yuan (1297-1368)—was an active component of study. Second, Chosŏn‘s…
Inter-Korea Strategy of the Moon Jae-in Government and the Future of the Peninsula
Achieving peace on the Korean Peninsula is of utmost importance to the administration of Republic of Korea President Moon Jae-in, says Korean policy expert Ki-jung Kim. Kim, a professor in the Yonsei University Department of Political Science and International Relations, will examine the Moon government’s policies in a public seminar titled “Inter-Korea Strategy of the…
Call for Papers: Korean Human Rights Research Seminar
City University, London, with the support of the Academy of Korean Studies, is organizing a research seminar on the theme of contemporary human rights developments in the Republic of Korea. The seminar will be held at the Northampton Square campus of City University January 16, 2020, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Papers are invited that…
Reappraising Korea’s ‘Socialist Century’
Oslo University Professor Vladimir Tikhonov (Pak Noja) will survey the influence of socialism on Korea in the 11th Forum on Critical Issues in Korean Studies Thursday, October 3, 2019. Professor Tikhonov’s lecture, titled “Korea’s Socialist Century: A Reappraisal,” will begin at 4:00 p.m. in the Center for Korean Studies auditorium. Socialism in the Korean context…