News

Announcing: The James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies

February 18, 2022

We are very excited about this new stage of development for Korean Studies at Penn thanks to a generous gift from James Joo-Jin Kim and Agnes Kim, and the James and Agnes Kim Family Foundation. 

"The University of Pennsylvania today announced a $25 million gift from James Joo-Jin Kim and Agnes Kim, and the James and Agnes Kim Family Foundation, supporting a range of initiatives at Penn. The largest portion of the multifaceted commitment will create the James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies in the School of Arts & Sciences."

Now Accepting 2022–23 Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications

January 12, 2022

The James Joo-Jin Kim Program at the University of Pennsylvania announces a Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellowship in Korean Studies for the 2022–23 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).

Korean Studies Spring 2022 Colloquium Series

December 14, 2021

The Kim program is pleased to announce the following talks for our Spring 2022 Colloquium series.  All talks will take place at 12:00pm EST in the Wolf Humanities Conference Room, Williams Hall 623 (location subject to change).  

Publication Announcement

September 28, 2021

Sangsoo Lee and Hyunjoon Park have published, "Trends and educational variation in the association between spouses' marital histories in South Korea, 1993-2017," with Demographic Research. Sangsoo Lee is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and the Kim Program Graduate Fellow. 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.

Call for Papers: 2nd Korean Studies Young Scholars (KSYS) Graduate Student Conference: Endeavors of Decentralization in Korea

September 23, 2021

The James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) invites graduate students to join us at the 2nd KSYS Graduate Student Conference, which will take place on March 11–12 (half-day), 2022 at Penn as an international and multi-disciplinary conference.

Guidelines for Attending and Participating in the Kim Program Korean Studies Colloquium

September 2, 2021

The Kim Program in Korean Studies adheres to the policies implemented by the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) and the University regarding protections in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the latest announcement from the University visit https://coronavirus.upenn.edu/announcement/message-campus-community-star...

Specific guidelines for the colloquium:

1. Vaccination requirements:

Introducing the New Faculty: So-Rim Lee

August 26, 2021

The Kim Program welcomes Dr. So-Rim Lee who is a Korea Foundation Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dahye Kim (2020-21 Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellow)

August 14, 2021

We are pleased to announce that Dahye Kim (2020-21 Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellow) starts her new position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at Northwestern University beginning in the Fall 2021 semester: https://alc.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/kim-dahye.html.

Korean Studies Fall 2021 Colloquium Series

August 4, 2021

The Kim program is pleased to announce the following talks for our Fall 2021 Colloquium series.  All talks will take place at 12:00pm EST in the Wolf Humanities Conference Room, Williams Hall 623.  

Kim Program End of Year Newsletter 2020-21

May 17, 2021

Dear Friends,

When I wrote greetings for the end-of-year newsletter around this time last year, I could not imagine that the pandemic would still affect our lives until now, making me start this year’s newsletter with the same greeting. “I hope you and your family are doing well in these challenging times.”