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Now Accepting 2025-26 Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications

November 15, 2024

The James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania announces a Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2025–26 academic year. The postdoctoral fellowship is open to scholars from any discipline with a research and teaching focus on Korea.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Digital Humanities and Social Sciences Korea Conference

October 30, 2024

Supported by the Core University Program for Korean Studies of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and Korean Studies Promotion Service at the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS-2023-OLU-2250002), the James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies will host the Digital Humanities and Social Sciences Korea Conference at the University of Pennsylvania on April 25, 2025. The conference aims to serve as a multidisciplinary platform that brings together digital scholarship on Korean studies across the humanities and social sciences.

Assistant Director of Administration

October 22, 2024

Assistant Director of Administration

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Now Accepting 2024-25 Kim Center Graduate Fellow Applications (2nd Round)

September 26, 2024

The Kim Center is able to recruit additional Graduate Fellows for this academic year, so we will accept applications until October 7. Details regarding Graduate Fellows' benefits and obligations can be found here: https://korea.sas.upenn.edu/news/now-accepting-2024-25-kim-center-gradua....

OMNIA Magazine: Ribbon-Cutting Marks Dedication of James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies

September 25, 2024

"On September 12th, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to mark the dedication of the James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies and honor its benefactor, James Joo-Jin Kim, W’59, G’61, GR’63, PAR’92, and his wife Agnes Chung-Sook Kim, PAR’92. Their daughter, Susan Y. Kim, President of the James and Agnes Kim Foundation and Executive Vice Chair of the Amkor Corporation, was also in attendance, as was their granddaughter (Susan’s daughter), Alexandra Kim Hay, SPP’16, and Alexandra’s husband, Alexander..."

Graduate Student Research Support Award

September 23, 2024

Graduate Student Research Support Award

Course Development Grants 2024-2025

August 15, 2024

Funded by the AKS (Academy of Korean Studies), the James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies will award grants of $1,000 to support members of the University of Pennsylvania faculty, lecturers, and graduate students for the development of new courses or the significant revision of existing courses related to Korea. The proposed course can be Korea-focused or comparative with substantial coverage of Korea. An additional $1,000 will be awarded upon the successful completion of the course. The grant will be dispersed as additional pay.

Korean Studies Colloquium Series for Fall 2024

July 24, 2024

Please join us for the Korean Studies Colloquium Series for Fall 2024! Lunch will be provided.

NOW ACCEPTING 2024-25 KIM CENTER GRADUATE FELLOW APPLICATIONS

July 23, 2024

The James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies is pleased to announce the Graduate Fellow Award, aimed at students who are involved in the study of Korea and interested in active participation in the university’s Korean studies program. Fellows will be selected on the basis of academic merits and demonstrated interest in Korean studies. Applicants for this one-year award should be full-time graduate students including MA and Ph.D students. 

Graduate Fellow benefits include:

NOW ACCEPTING 2024-25 KIM CENTER UNDERGRADUATE FELLOW APPLICATIONS

July 15, 2024

The James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies is pleased to announce the Undergraduate Fellow Award, aimed at students who are involved in the study of Korea and interested in active participation in the university’s Korean Studies program. The Kim Center will recruit up to five (5) Undergraduate Fellows for the 2024–2025 academic year. Fellows will be selected on the basis of academic merits and demonstrated interest in Korean Studies. 

Undergraduate Fellow benefits include: