Publications

Publications of the University of Washington, Center for Korea Studies

UW Center for Korea Studies Publication Series is a series devoted to conference volumes and other manuscripts such as memoirs. This series is published by the University of Washington Center for Korea Studies, supported by the Academy of Korean Studies, and is printed and distributed by the UW Press.

Peace Corps Volunteers and the Making of Korean Studies in the United States

Edited by Seung-kyung Kim and Michael Robinson (UW Center for Korea Studies Publications Series, 2020)

Beyond Death: The Politics of Suicide and Martyrdom in Korea

Edited by Charles Kim, Jungwon Kim, Hwasook Nam, and Serk-Bae Suh (UW Center for Korea Studies Publications Series, 2019)

International Impact of Colonial Rule in Korea, 1910-1945

Edited by Yong-chool Ha (UW Center for Korea Studies Publications Series, 2019)

Spaces of Possibility: In, Between, and Beyond Korea and Japan

Edited by Clark W. Sorensen and Andrea Gevurtz Arai (UW Center for Korea Studies Publications Series, 2016)

South Korea’s Education Exodus: The Life and Times of Study Abroad

Edited by Adrienne Lo, Nancy Ablemann, Soo Ah Kwon, and Sumie Okazaki (UW Center for Korea Studies Publications Series, 2015)

UW Press Series Korea Studies from the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies

The Korea Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies Series publishes single-author volumes on all aspects of Korean history, society, culture, and languages. The series’ longtime editor Clark W. Sorensen, Professor Emeritus of International Studies, University of Washington, retired in 2023. New editorship will be determined in 2024. This series is published by the University of Washington Press.

2021

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Maya K.H. Stiller, Carving Status at Kŭmgangsan: Elite Graffiti in Premodern Korea. 2021

2020

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Hwisang Cho, The Power of the Brush: Epistolary Practices in Chosŏn Korea. 2020

• Commended for the 2021 MLA Prize for a First Book, sponsored by the Modern Language Assoication 
• Commended for the 2022 James B. Palais Prize, sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies 

Hyung-A Kim, Korean Skilled Workers: Toward a Labor Aristocracy. 2020

2019

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Eric Mobrand, Top-Down Democracy: Political Parties and Electoral Management in South Korea. 2019

 

Kyoim Yun, The Shaman’s Wages: Trading in Ritual on Cheju Island. 2019

2018

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Juhn Y. Ahn, Buddhas and Ancestors: Religion and Wealth in Fourteenth-Century Korea. 2018

 

Sunglim Kim, Flowering Plums and Curio Cabinets: The Culture of Objects in Late Chosŏn Korean Art. 2018

2015

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Jisoo Kim, The Emotions of Justice: Gender, Status and Legal Performance in Choson Korea. 2015

• Recipient of the James B. Palais Prize 2017, sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies

2013

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Wrongful Deaths: Selected Inquest Records from Nineteenth-Century Korea

Compiled and translated by Sun Joo Kim and Jungwon Kim (Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies Series, 2014)

Heritage Management in Korea and Japan: The Politics of Antiquity and Identity

by Hyung Il Pai (Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies Series, 2013)

Fighting for the Enemy: Koreans in Japan’s War, 1937-1945 by

Brandon Palmer (Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies series, 2013)

2009

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Marginality and Subversion in Korea: The Hong Kyongnae Rebellion of 1812
by Sun Joo Kim

Building Ships, Building a Nation: Korea’s Democratic Unionism under Park Chung Hee
by Hwasook Nam

Japanese Assimilation Policies in Colonial Korea, 1910-1945
by Mark Caprio

Journal of Korean Studies

The University of Washington-Korea Studies Program, in collaboration with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, is proud to publish the Journal of Korean Studies.

The Journal of Korean Studies began at the University of Washington and was published in Korea (Dong-A Publishing Company) in 1969. The original series had 2 issues Volume 1 No. 1 (1969) and Volume 1 No. 2 (1971) were edited by Dr. David Mesler.

In 1979, Dr. James Palais (PhD Harvard 1968), former UW professor of Korean History edited and published Volumes 1-5 of the second series of the Journal of Korean Studies, Volumes 6-8 1988-92 were edited by Mike Robinson. For thirteen years it was a leading academic forum for innovative, in-depth research on Korea. In 2004, editors Gi-Wook Shin and John Duncan revived this outstanding publication at Stanford University and published Volumes 9-13.

In August 2008 editorial responsibility transferred back to the University of Washington. With the editorial guidance of Clark Sorensen and Donald Baker, the Journal of Korean Studies (JKS) continues to be dedicated to publishing outstanding articles, from all disciplines, on a broad range of historical and contemporary topics concerning Korea. In Fall 2016, editorship will transfer to Charles Armstrong and Theodore Hughes at the Center for Korea Research/Columbia University.

Articles appearing in the JKS are abstracted and indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index® (A & HCI), Sociological Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, PAIS International, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, Bibliography of Asian Studies, Historical Abstracts, and America: History and Life.

The Journal of Korean Studies is dedicated to quality articles, in all disciplines, on a broad range of topics concerning Korea, both historical and contemporary.

The Journal of Korean Studies is printed by Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. Digital copies are available through Project Muse and JSTOR.

For details regarding the article submission process please visit the Journal of Korean Studies website.