The Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) is pleased to announce “Korean Studies Grant 2017”. The aim of this grant is to deepen the world’s understanding of Korea by supporting academic activities of Korean studies. Submission Deadline: Applications must be submitted before 23:59 (Korea Standard Time) on February 28, 2017. ※ Application and the required documents should be sent by e-mail… Read more →
BAKS Council feted by HE Hwang Joonkook, ROK Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 27 January 2017
The BAKS Council was entertained for lunch at the Ambassador’s residence by HE Hwang Joonkook, ROK Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and his wife on 27 January 2017. The Council enjoyed a wide-ranging discussion on Korean Studies with the Ambassador and with Director Kim Taeil, Education Attache. The menu is here. Read more →
Korea University Graduate Student Conference in Asian Studies in conjunction with the 2017 AAS-in-ASIA Conference
Korea University Graduate Student Conference in Asian Studies in conjunction with the 2017 AAS-in-ASIA Conference Korea University, Seoul, South Korea Friday, June 23rd, 2017 The Korea University Graduate Student (KUGS) Conference invites graduate students from around the world conducting research in Asian Studies to submit abstracts for individual papers for our 2017 conference. This conference will be held in conjunction… Read more →
Oxford-Wolfson Min Sunshik Graduate Scholarship in Modern Korean Literature (for Master of Studies in Korean Studies)
Oxford-Wolfson Min Sunshik Graduate Scholarship in Modern Korean Literature (for Master of Studies in Korean Studies) Wolfson College and the International Communication Foundation are offering a fully-funded graduate scholarship at the University of Oxford from the beginning of the academic year 2017-2018 for a student undertaking a Master of Studies in Korean Studies. Preference will be given to applicants focussing… Read more →
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa–Assistant or Associate Professor of Modern Korean History
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position as assistant or associate professor of modern Korean history. The appointment is to begin August 1, 2017, subject to availability of funds and position clearance. Duties and Responsibilities 1. Teach lower-division survey courses, upper-division, and graduate-level courses in area(s) of specialization; 2. Advise undergraduate and graduate students;… Read more →
Lecturer in Korean Studies, University of Central Lancashire
Lecturer in Korean Studies University of Central Lancashire – School of Languages and Global Studies REQ002187 Hours: Full Time (1.0 FTE) Basis: Indefinite Grade: H (£34,576 to £40,082) Closing Date: Wednesday 5th October 2016 Interview Date: Wednesday 19 October 2016 The School of Languages and Global Studies at the University of Central Lancashire wishes to appoint a Lecturer in Korean… Read more →
Joint East Asian Studies Conference (JEASC), Triennial Conference 2016
Joint East Asian Studies Conference (JEASC), Triennial Conference 2016 Hosted by SOAS, University of London 7th to 9th September 2016 The British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS), The British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS) and the British Association for Korean Studies (BAKS) together with the Centre of Taiwan Studies at SOAS will hold the JEASC Triennial Conference at SOAS, London from Wednesday… Read more →
SOAS – Lecturer in International Business and Management (Japan and Korea)
12 months fixed term contract from September 2016. The School of Finance and Management at SOAS invites applications for two posts of Lecturer in International Management tenable from September 2016 (12 months fixed term). You will be expected to convene and teach core theory and regional/thematic modules in international management, the business environment and/or finance at undergraduate and postgraduate… Read more →
Book Review: The Capitalist Unconscious, by Hyun Ok Park
Hyun Ok Park. The Capitalist Unconscious: From Korean Unification to Transnational Korea. Columbia University Press, 2015. 400 pp. ISBN: 9780231171922 Reviewed by Christopher Green, PhD candidate at Leiden University. Follow him on twitter @dest_pyongyang. Crisis as a driver of social change is scarcely a new idea. The desire to fundamentally alter the status quo appears to transcend partisan politics. Perhaps that is inevitable, for if one… Read more →
Asia Literary Review–Special Issue on Korean Writers
The Asia Literary Review has just published a second special issue, this time focusing on young Korean writers, and will be launching in London in the second week of May, with events featuring Han Yujoo and Cheon Myeong-kwan, and Deborah Smith, translator of Booker-shortlisted The Vegetarian, by Han Kang, at Asia House, SOAS and the Korean Cultural Centre. For full… Read more →