Hints of Change in North Korea
In impoverished North Korea, Rudiger Frank of the University of Vienna observes modest changes in the direction of a market economy.
read more »
Panels Assess Prospects on Korea Peace Day
One scholar says the United States needs to adopt an approach that allows North and South Korea to normalize relations quickly.
2008 Small Research Grants Program in Korean Studies
The Center for Korean Studies at UCLA is pleased to announce the call for applications/proposals for its 2008 Small Research Grants Program in Korean Studies. The purpose of this grant is to provide the participants with an opportunity to conduct research on Korea, in all different areas.
1st Korea-America Student Conference
Forty students from across the United States and South Korea come together in this uniquely student-led program to discuss topics from politics to culture to education.
Oak to Spearhead English-Language Studies of Korean Christianity
This summer Sung-Deuk Oak, a UCLA faculty member in Asian Languages and Cultures, was chosen to be the first scholar funded under the Dong Soon Im and Mi Ja Im endowment. He'll be charged with telling a remarkable story in the history of religion.
2008 Korean Studies Fellowships for Students from Latin America: Call for Applications
The Center for Korean Studies at UCLA with the collaboration of universities in Latin America is pleased to announce the 2008 Winter Quarter program of fellowships in Korean Studies for graduate and advanced undergraduate students from colleges and universities in Latin America.
Latin American Scholars Meet over Kimchi
A conference this month in Koreatown was the first step in bridging studies of Korea carried out in North and South America. Under a five-year grant, UCLA Korean studies researchers and their Latin American colleagues are planning collaboration and exchanges.
UCLA's Buswell Elected 1st Koreanist to Lead Asian Studies
In 2008, Robert Buswell will become president of the Association for Asian Studies, the largest group of its kind. It's a breakthrough for UCLA and Korean studies alike and may owe to the unusually wide expertise of this one-time Buddhist monk.
10 UCLA Koreanist PhDs Land Jobs in Field
Ten recent Korean studies PhDs will take up research and teaching jobs in 2006–07.
UCLA Center for Korean Studies Receives $1.2 Million Grant from the Academy of Korean Studies
The grant money will be provided over a five-year period to be used for establishing a network with Korean studies specialists in Latin America and for strengthening the Korean studies program at UCLA.
