On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, the Center for Korea Studies celebrated the University and community contributions of Mr. Ickwhan Lee. The reception welcomed members from all parts of the local community, UW faculty members, and Mr. Lee’s family. Working with the Burke Museum, our venue for the evening, the event featured a series of historical

UW-CKS congratulates Assistant Professor of American Ethnic Studies, Jang Wook Huh, on his receipt of a 2023 ACLS Fellowship. Professor Huh’s award will support the completion of his project, “Afro-Korean” Encounters: The Literary Intersections of Black Liberation Struggles in the US and Anticolonial Movements in Korea, 1910-1953. Please see the details of Professor Huh’s forthcoming

The Center for Korea Studies welcomes Professor Hyun Ok Park (York University) to discuss her new work, The Sewŏl Square: Sublimation, Hatred, and Singularity. The colloquium will take place on Thursday, April 20, from 3:30-5:30pm in Thomson Hall 317. Please visit our Eventbrite page to register or follow the QR code below: The repressed desire to name “the real

The Origins of the South Korean Film Renaissance Lingnan University & University of Washington Joint Film Studies Conference November 2-4, 2023, Hong Kong Lingnan University Keynote Speakers KIM Hong Joon (Director, Korean Film Archive) & Industry Expert (TBA) When Park Chan-wook’s debut feature The Moon Is… the Sun’s Dream was released in the spring of

UW-CKS congratulates Assistant Professor of American Ethnic Studies, Jang Wook Huh, on his receipt of the 2022 Constance M. Rourke Prize. The Constance M. Rourke Prize is awarded annually to the best article published in American Quarterly that was written by a current member of the American Studies Association. Professor’s Huh’s piece, “The Harlem Renaissance in Translation:

On Thursday, May 11, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Thomson Hall 317, join Professors Heekyoung Cho (Asian Languages and Literature), Jang Wook Huh (American Ethnic Studies), Ungsan Kim (Asian Languages and Literature), and Korea Studies Librarian Hyokyoung Yi for presentations on the creation of The Routledge Companion to Korean Literature. The event will be

Spring registration is underway! Join Center for Korea Studies faculty this Spring for a diverse range of coursework. The Korean Peninsula and World Politics Instructor: Yong-Chool Ha JSIS A 213/POL S 213 Date and Time: MW 2:30-4:20pm Credits: 5 This course introduces Korean politics, economics, society, and international relations by focusing on the development in

Our colleagues at Asian Languages and Literature and Cinema and Media Studies are excited to announce a new course offered this Spring by Assistant Professor Ungsan Kim: “From Korea to Taiwan: Queer Asian Cinema” (ASIAN 498C/CMS 497A). Professor Kim’s course will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 until 2:20pm. Please see below for

The 87th TOPIK administered by the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Seattle will take place on April 8, 2023, at Bellevue College (room TBD). All students of the Korean language who are preparing to study or work in Korea are encouraged to take the test. Registration for this year’s exam is open until February

On October 14, 2022, CKS Faculty member and JSIS Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Social Science, Yong-Chool Ha, published “The Impact of the Ukraine War on Russian–North Korean Relations” in Asian Survey. Co-authored with Professor Beom-Shik Shin, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Seoul National University, the pair’s work argues how Russian aggression