Two articles recently published. ‘Our Past, Your Future’ discusses Korean missionaries’ work in East Africa and ‘Urban megachurches and contentious religious politics in Seoul’ is about E.Land labour organizing and connections to Somang Church.… more →
The USC Korean Studies Institute is accepting applications for its 2015-2016 postdoctoral fellows program, open to scholars from all fields whose research pertains to Korea or involves Korea as part of a larger comparative or interdisciplinary research. Particularly encouraged are proposals from the social sciences and non-traditional fields, such as Korean-American studies.… more →
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is looking for applicants with a PhD in Korean Studies or in any Social Sciences or Humanities discipline related to the study of Korea. Candidates should have a dynamic research and teaching profile, a strong track record in Korean Studies and teaching experience at tertiary level. A native or near native fluency in Korean and competency in both spoken and written English is required and experience in teaching at university level is essential.… more →
How might one explain the rise of the discourse of “chongbuk chwap’a†종ë¶ì¢ŒíŒŒ (a term commonly translated as “pro-North leftistsâ€) given South Korea’s recent history of the democratization movement and the transition from a series of authoritarian regimes to a parliamentary democracy? In what ways does this discourse differ from the anticommunism of the earlier period? What are some historical and political implications of the discourse in contemporary South Korea?… more →
Wanted: “expertise in Korean politics and be able to contribute to the study of Korean politics from a regional, global, and/or public policy perspective. Applicants with strong training in the theory and methods of comparative politics, international relations, and/or public policy are encouraged to apply.”… more →
Another interesting CFP focusing on the significance of Southeast Asia in Korean studies. This small conference in Fall 2015 will examine intersection or comparison of Korean and Vietnamese experience to highlight similarities and differences between the two countries’ culture and historical experience.… more →
The Center for Korean Studies at the University of Washington invites paper proposals for “Serialization in Asia†to open up interdisciplinary and interregional discussions on the creation and consumption of cultural products in serialized form. Beginning most prominently in the nineteenth century, seriality emerged as one of the core components of cultural productions in many fields, and it continues to become an ever more powerful mechanism in the twenty-first century, ubiquitous in fields as diverse as literature, radio, film, TV, comic books, games, and various web-based formats.… more →
Seeking submissions of full-length research papers, shorter analytical essays, reflective photo-essays, ethnographic and auto-ethnographic reports or reviews on the widely conceived theme of “Patterns, Rhythms, Movements: East-Asian Perspectives in Cultural Geography.” Due August 31, 2014.… more →
What are the relations between print-based Korean cultural production and new media? How did old media that were once considered new–radio, film, and television, for example–interact with each other and with older print-based forms in colonial and/or postcolonial Korea? In what ways do contemporary new media shape current forms of experimental and/or popular literary, filmic, and artistic practices in an increasingly globalized context? How will research methodologies associated with the digital humanities change the way we approach scholarly work on Korea?
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In addition to Part 1 in Critical Asian Studies 45:4 (December 2013), Part 2 of Reframing North Korean Human Rights… more →
