The Center for Korea Studies fosters teaching, research, and outreach related to Korea. To this end the Center currently supports a Korea Studies colloquia series, a visiting scholars program, student scholarships, international student exchange programs, an outreach program to K-12 educators, Korean language textbook development, and the publication of research on Korea.
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March 25, 2024
Posted by: Madison Anne Morgan
Jackson School Professor Yong-Chool Ha has recently published the book “Late Industrialization, Tradition, and Social Change in South Korea” (University of Washington Press, 2024). Within the book, Ha — the
October 4, 2023
Posted by: Monique Thormann
Clark Sorensen, Jackson School Professor Emeritus of International Studies at the University of Washington, has received the 2023 Korea Foundation Award in recognition of his contributions to the enhancement of
December 5, 2022
Posted by: Monique Thormann
Jackson School Professor Yong Chool-Ha co-authors an article titled, “The Impact of the Ukraine War on Russian–North Korean Relations,“ in a special issue on the impact of the Ukraine War
October 31, 2022
Posted by: Monique Thormann
Join in Jackson School international activities this month! Follow this link for an ongoing list of Jackson School public events throughout the month, and read University of Washington President Cauce’s UW
April 22, 2021
Posted by: Monique Thormann
Longtime advocate of the Jackson School of International Studies and the Korea Studies Program at the University of Washington Senator Paull Shin passed away on April 12. Sen. Shin’s legacy is
March 11, 2020
Posted by: ohunt
Yong-Chool Ha, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Social Science at the Jackson School, is featured in UW News for recent work editing a new volume in University of Washington Press’
August 10, 2019
Posted by: Monique Thormann
In “Why Japan and South Korea are feuding,” Donald Hellmann, Professor Emeritus and a Japan expert, comments on why the feud goes beyond the two countries.
April 16, 2019
Posted by: andomm
Nuclear energy expert, geoscientist and Jackson School Lecturer Scott Montgomery was recently quoted in a CNBC article on North Korea evading sanctions but relying on alternative energy sources to keep the economy
March 1, 2019
Posted by: andomm
In his recent commentary piece “The biggest obstacle to deal with Korea isn’t Kim Jong Un” Clint Work, a doctoral candidate from the Jackson School, argues that the American foreign policy establishment
November 27, 2018
Posted by: Monique Thormann
To better understand cyber threats, Donghui Park, a doctoral student in international studies, has learned coding and studies information technologies with guidance from the Jackson School International Policy Institute Cybersecurity