Korean literary studies in North America, once a discipline held together by the dedication of a few scholars, is a burgeoning field today. The last few years saw the publication of an unprecedented number of scholarly monographs and translations. Major … Read more
In this film, a 12-year-old Korean-Chinese boy living on the Chinese side of the North-Korean Chinese border befriends a North Korean boy his age who is in China to find food for his ill sister. Against the backdrop of starvation … Read more
KASC competitively selects 34 delegates from Korea and the U.S. to explore U.S.-ROK issues. The 2016 conference will convene in South Korea. When July 25 - August 15, 2016 Where Jeju Island, Busan, Seoul Final Application Deadline December 1, 2015 Click … Read more
Blakemore Freeman Fellowships are awarded for college graduates, graduate students and working professionals for one academic year of advanced level language study in East or Southeast Asia. Eligible languages are Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Burmese, Indonesian, Khmer, Thai, and Vietnamese. Tuition plus a stipend … Read more
A Japanese-born ethnic Korean filmmaker chronicles her father’s fierce loyalty to North Korea. Her father, as a teen, had moved from South Korea to Japan. He grew Marxist in his views and declares himself a North Korean. In 1971, he … Read more
James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi - Yoko Kimura, shamisen & voice - Yumi Kurosawa, koto. The Ciompi Quartet are joined by members of Kyo-Shin-An Arts for a concert encompassing works by Eastern and Western composers. Opening the concert is Debussy's Quartet … Read more
Joel S. Wit is currently a visiting scholar at the U.S.-Korea Institute and a senior research fellow at Columbia University for East Asian Studies. Mr. Wit received his M.I.A. from Columbia University in 1979 and his B.A. from Bucknell University … Read more
the 2015-2016 Korean-American Scientist and Engineers Association (KSEA) South-Atlantic Regional Conference will be held at North Carolina State University (NCSU) on March 18-19, 2016. The aim of the regional conference is to support interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary scientific networking among Korean-American … Read more
A workshop with presentations on new books: Nayoung Aimee Kwon (Duke University) Intimate Empire: Collaboration and Colonial Modernity in Korea and Japan Travis Workman (Univ. of Minnesota) Imperial Genus: The Formation and Limits of the Human in Modern Korea and … Read more
Welcome back to Chapel Hill, Korean Tar Heels! Join UNC KASS for a gathering to kick off the school year.
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