Professor Eleana Kim will join CKS on Monday, November 14 from 3:30 to 5:30 pm PT in Thomson Hall room 317 to discuss her recently published ethnography, Making Peace with Nature: Ecological Encounters along the Korean DMZ. Her book addresses the ecologies of the South Korean borderlands in areas adjacent to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

On Thursday, November 10, 2022, the Center for Korea Studies and the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Seattle hosted the Korean Peninsula Forum 2022. This year’s forum included two keynote speakers, Dr. Sang-hyun Lee of the Sejong Institute, and Mr. Scott Snyder of the Council on Foreign Relations. The two discussed how

To all of our students, staff, faculty, community members, and their families, CKS wishes you a happy Chuseok.

On August 4, 2022, UW CKS Director and Professor Emeritus, Clark Sorensen, spoke at the 2022 Korea Foundation Global Korean Studies Forum. Professor Sorensen discussed the history of Korea Studies in the Western US, while also providing perspectives for the field moving forward. Highlighting the incredible support of the Korea Foundation at campuses across the

The Center for Korea Studies is proud to recognize two of our outstanding students, JSIS International Studies M.A. student, Arianna Hall, and recently graduated History (Honors), Korean, and Asian Languages and Cultures B.A., Sariah Burdett, on their receipt of the Seoul National University Alumni Association of Washington Scholarship 2022. Arianna and Sariah are both incredibly

CKS Faculty member and JSIS Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Social Science, Yong-Chool Ha, joins Professors Akihiro Iwashita and Edward Boyle in editing the forthcoming publication, Geo-Politics in Northeast Asia. Publishing on August 2, 2022, via Taylor & Francis, Geo-Politics in Northeast Asia takes a nuanced approach to the strategic significance of the region. Abstract:

Tuesday, August 23, 2022, the University of Washington’s Tateuchi East Asia Library will host Booksori #88 from 4:00-5:00 p.m. PT. UW Alumni, Mr. Norman Thorpe, joins Korea Studies Librarian, Hyokyoung Yi, to discuss the harrowing events of the 1980 Kwangju Massacre. A former reporter for the Asian Wallstreet Journal based in Seoul from1977 to1982, Mr.

On Thursday, May 19, 2022, CKS welcomed a group of international education administrators traveling the USA with Fulbright Korea’s KIEA Program. We met to discuss internationalization efforts CKS and UW are involved with in Korea, and how future programing may be coordinated between the University and their home institutions. Thank you to Fulbright Korea and the World

Priority Registration for Autumn 2022 is right around the corner! Join Center for Korea Studies faculty in a diverse array of courses this Fall. JSIS A 212 History of Korean Civilization (5) I&S Instructor: Hajin Jun This course examines the long and dynamic history of Christianity in East Asia, beginning with its origins in the

New Associate Member of the Center for Korea Studies Ji-Hyun Ahn joins the Center for Korea Studies as an Associate Member. Professor Ahn is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington-Tacoma specializing in media globalization, Korean television and popular culture, Asian multiculturalism, and critical mixed-race studies. Her current research explores anti-Korean sentiment and the rise of