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Book Announcement
December 9, 2019
We would like to announce publication of a new book edited by Hyunjoon Park and Hyeyoung Woo: Korean Families Yesterday and Today. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2019.
Hyunjoon Park is Korea Foundation Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies.
Hyeyoung Woo is Associate Professor of Sociology at Portland State University.
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Now Accepting 2020–21 Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications
December 4, 2019
The James Joo-Jin Kim Program at the University of Pennsylvania announces two Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellowships in Korean Studies for the 2020–21 academic year. The postdoctoral fellowship is open to scholars who work in the humanities and social sciences, with research focused on Korea.
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1st Korean Studies Young Scholars (KSYS) Graduate Student Conference: Youth and Young Adulthood in Korea
August 29, 2019
CALL FOR PAPERS
1st Korean Studies Young Scholars (KSYS) Graduate Student Conference: Youth and Young Adulthood in Korea
The University of Pennsylvania, February 21-22, 2020
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Graduate Student Conference Travel Grant, 2019-2020
August 28, 2019
The James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies awards a graduate student travel grant on a rolling basis, each in an amount up to $750, to assist graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania in any field of Korean Studies with the cost of attending a conference where they present a paper.
For more information, click here: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/koreanstudies/funding-opportunities/graduate-student-conference-travel-grant
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Introducing the 2019-2020 Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellows in Korean Studies!
August 19, 2019
The James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to introduce two incoming Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellows for the 2019–2020 academic year: Ria Chae (left) and So-Rim Lee (right).
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Justine Guichard (2016–2017 Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellow)
June 28, 2019
Justine Guichard has accepted a position in Korean Studies at Paris Diderot University (Paris 7), where she will teach politics and law.
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Announcing the New Director of the James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies
June 17, 2019
It is with great pleasure that we announce Hyunjoon Park (Korea Foundation Professor of Sociology) as the new director of the James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Director Park’s appointment will begin on July 1, 2019. Hyunjoon Park brings to the James Joo-Jin Kim Program his comprehensive leadership experience, deep knowledge of Korean studies, and a forward-looking perspective.
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EALC Postdoctoral Moon Family Fellowships in Korean Studies (2019—2020)
April 16, 2019
The Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania announces two Postdoctoral Moon Family Fellowships in Korean Studies for the 2019–20 academic year.
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Book Announcement
December 13, 2018
We would like to announce publication of a new book by Eugene Y. Park: A Genealogy of Dissent: The Progeny of Fallen Royals in Chosŏn Korea. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2018.
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CEAS now offering East Asia FLAS awards to students for the current academic year 2018-19
September 4, 2018
Penn's Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) was awarded funding from the US Department of Education for FLAS (Foreign Language & Area Studies) fellowships to support Penn students who study modern East Asian Languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean)and either related area or international studies or East Asia-related aspects of professional fields. Up to 5 graduate students and 4 undergraduate students will be supported for the current Academic Year 2018-19. The deadline for submission of the applications will be September 10th, 2018.