Dr. Victor Cha, Senior Adviser and Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, presented a public talk on “The Impossible State: North Korea and the Future of the Korean Peninsula” at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. Victor Cha is the senior advisor and Korea Chair at the Center… Read more »
Third Annual International Conference: A Middle Power and the Middle Kingdom in Today’s Asia: The Korea-China Relationship On October 19th, the Institute for Korean Studies held its third annual conference, entitled “A Middle Power and the Middle Kingdom in Today’s Asia: The Korea-China Relationship.” The conference was made possible with funding from the Dr. Lee… Read more »
Application Deadline: October 31, 2018 The Institutes for Korean Studies at the George Washington University and Indiana University Bloomington invite students to apply for the first annual GW-IU Undergraduate Research Exchange Program. We are seeking to select students who are interested in conducting research about Korea. All students receive mentoring from faculty at the Institute for… Read more »
Professor Roald Maliangkay of the Australian National University is the IKS Scholar-in-Residence for 2018, thanks to the Core University Program grant from the Academy of Korean Studies. Roald Maliangkay is Associate Professor in Korean studies and Director of the Korea Institute at the Australian National University. He focuses on the mechanics of cultural policy and… Read more »
On Monday, September 17, IU President Michael A. McRobbie, Vice President for International Affairs Hannah Buxbaum, IKS Director Seung-kyung Kim and their fellow IU delegation members traveled to a satellite city just outside Seoul to meet with representatives of the Academy of Korean Studies – including new President Byung-ook Ahn – to thank them for their… Read more »
IKS held its Korean Speech Contest on March 31. Eighteen students participated. Winners were chosen from Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Levels. Congrats to all the participants and winners: Beginner 1st Place: Lirui Yang 2nd Place: Jia Zhou 3rd Place: Morgan Klutzke Intermediate 1st Place: Lucas Maurer 2nd Place: Yingfei Sun 3rd Place: Nur Ain Nabilah… Read more »
The College of Arts and Sciences Office of International Affairs is currently accepting applications for their College exchange program with Sungkyungkwan University (SKKU) for the Fall 2018 semester and Academic Year 2018/2019. Applications are due by March 9, and IKS will award a $500 scholarship to students who are selected to participate in this program…. Read more »
In September 2017, IKS was awarded a publication grant from the Academy of Korean Studies to publish an anthology based on IKS’s inaugural conference: “Peace Corps Volunteers and the Making of Korean Studies.” The volume is edited by IKS Director Seung-kyung Kim and Professor Michael Robinson. It is expected to be published in 2019 by the University of Washington Press.
IKS co-sponsored a screening of the South Korean film As One, which portrays the true story of North and South Korea uniting to form a unified women’s table tennis team to compete in an Asian tournament. This event was co-sponsored by the Department of Business Law and Ethics and IU Cinema as part of the Cultural Foundations for… Read more »
IKS, the East Asian Studies Center, and the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures will host a Korean Speech Contest on March 31, 2018, in GISB 1128 from 10:00am – 12:00pm. Prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place finishes in beginner, intermediate, and advanced categories. Participation is limited to currently enrolled… Read more »