BAKS: promoting the study and understanding of Korea in the United Kingdom
welcome
The British Association for Korean Studies (BAKS) exists to promote the study and understanding of Korea in the United Kingdom. It issues an online Newsletter, organises conferences and workshops, publishes those proceedings in a series entitled BAKS Papers, and assists in providing information about Korea to members and non-members. It maintains an electronic discussion list. Membership is open to all those concerned with Korea in education, business, and the public services, as well as members of the general public.
BAKS is a sister
organisation of the British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS) and the
British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS), and collaborates with them in
periodic joint conferences.
POST-GRADUATE BURSARY
Anglo-Korean Society Post-Graduate Bursary
Academic Session 2009/2010
The Anglo-Korean Society through the Bursary Committee of the British Association for Korean Studies is offering a single GBP 500 bursary on a competitive basis to post-graduate students.
The Anglo-Korean Society was founded in 1956 to foster friendship between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Korea. By providing opportunities for contacts between British nationals and Koreans residing in or visiting Britain, the Society seeks to bring together everyone in the UK who has an interest in Korean matters, and to act as a forum for social and cultural exchange in an environment of friendship and understanding.
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BAKS CONFERENCE
The next conference of the British Association for Korean Studies (BAKS) will take place between the 8th and 10th of September 2008. The venue will be Clare College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. The theme of the proceedings will be "The Koreas at 60 - Looking Forward / Looking Back."
Details on the conference venue can be found by clicking on the link on the left: 'BAKS Conferences and Workshops'.
