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Assistant Director for Outreach, Events, and Internships

May 9, 2024

Assistant Director for Outreach, Events, and Internships

6ABC News Anchor Nydia Han speaks about anti-Asian hate and broadcast journalism at Penn

March 1, 2024

This week's event, co-sponsored by the James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies and the Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation that hosted 6ABC News Anchor Nydia Han, was featured in the Daily Pennsylvanian. Click here to read the full article.

Course Development Grants 2024-2025

February 27, 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.

James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies faculty and students participate in an international conference on Korean Studies hosted by the College of Humanities at Seoul National University

December 11, 2023

The faculty and students from the James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies participate in an international conference on Korean Studies hosted by the College of Humanities at Seoul National University from December 15, 2023 to December 17, 2023.

Now Accepting 2024-25 Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications

December 7, 2023

The James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania announces a Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2024–25 academic year. The postdoctoral fellowship is open to scholars whose research and teaching focus on Korea in the humanities (art, cinema, history, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater, and the like). The fellowship will cover the 12-month period between August 1, 2024 and July 31, 2025 and provide a stipend of $65,000 as well as conference travel funds up to $2,000.

Now Accepting 2024-25 AKS Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications

December 5, 2023

The James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for its 2024-2025 Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) Postdoctoral Fellowship. The postdoctoral fellowship is open to scholars whose research and teaching focus on contemporary Korea in the social sciences broadly defined (e.g., anthropology, communication, economics, education, geography, political science, sociology, and other related disciplines).

Call for Papers: 4th Korean Studies Young Scholars (KSYS) Graduate Student Conference

November 1, 2023

The James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) is pleased to announce the 4th KSYS Graduate Student Conference to be held on March 1st–2nd, 2024 at Penn. The conference will begin with lunch on March 1, 2024 and will be held all day March 2, ending with the conference dinner. 

Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Music

September 6, 2023

Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Music

K-12 PD Program: Art and Society in Contemporary Korea

August 31, 2023

The James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies, Penn's Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) and the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA) at the University of Pittsburgh are co-sponsoring an upcoming mini-seminar focused on Art and Society in Contemporary Korea. Our program will be held over two Saturdays, October 21st and October 28th, 2023, 9 AM — 4 PM.

Now Accepting 2023-24 Kim Center Undergraduate Fellow Applications

July 31, 2023

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 2023–2024 academic year. Fellows will be selected on the basis of academic merits and demonstrated interest in Korean Studies.

Undergraduate Fellow benefits include: