The Center for Korea Studies fosters teaching, research, and outreach related to Korea at the University of Washington and in North America. 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.
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May 14, 2018
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Doctoral Candidate Patrick Thomsen writes about the struggle to define Samoan identity and who has the authority to judge what is Samoan, and what is not in his article “One
May 14, 2018
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Doctoral Candidate Patrick Thomsen publishes an op-ed on intersections and the multiple forms of social exclusion as well as the importance of having space for intersectional scholars in Reflections from
May 14, 2018
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Doctoral Candidate Patrick Thomsen writes about New Zealand’s skilled migrant scheme and wealth has become a defining factor for prospective applicants in his piece called “National’s immigration policy is about wealth,
May 14, 2018
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Doctoral Candidate Clint Work is interviewed by Santiago Chile’s newspaper El Mercurio on the release of U.S. hostages by North Korea.
May 10, 2018
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Doctoral Candidate Patrick Thomsen discusses the optimistic reaction among South Koreans to the recent declaration of peace in “Time to centre Koreans in analyses of the peace process“. Patrick is currently
May 9, 2018
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Doctoral Candidate Clint Work provides historical perspective regarding Trump’s potential action to remove or at least draw down U.S. troops in Korea in his article titled “U.S. Troops in Korea: From
May 1, 2018
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Doctoral candidate Clint Work, whose research focuses on Korea, writes about the challenge in developing a plan for U.S. troop withdrawals from Korea amidst peace talks between Seoul and Pyongyang. His piece
April 30, 2018
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Professor of International Studies and Chair of the Korea Studies Program, Clark Sorensen, comments on the participation of Kim Yo Jong, little sister of Kim Jong Un, at the Korean peace
April 25, 2018
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Professor of International Studies and Chair of the Korea Studies Program, Clark Sorensen, is interviewed about North Korea’s announcement it will shut down its nuclear testing site. He argues the freeze might be a
April 5, 2018
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In an article “A Season of North Korea Summits: The View from Beijing and Seoul” Jackson School doctoral candidate Clint Work analyzes how China and South Korea view North Korean diplomacy and