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Publication Announcement
September 14, 2020
Seok Lee, Associate Director of the James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies, published a chapter, "Beyond the Peninsula: Sports and the Olympic Games in Colonial Korea (1910–1945)" for The Routledge Handbook of Sport in Asia (New York: Routledge, 2020) and "Editor’s Introduction: Korean Sports History" in International Journal of Korean History.
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Publication Announcement
September 10, 2020
Hyunjoon Park has published this co-authored paper, "Men and Women's Different Dreams on the Future of the Gendered Division of Paid Work and Household Work after COVID-19 in South Korea" in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. The paper will be available for free access until October 24, 2020: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0276562420300809?dgci...
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Korean Studies Summer Virtual Colloquium Series
May 26, 2020
The Kim Program in Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the Korean Studies Summer Virtual Colloquium during the Summer 2020.
With the help from the Association of Korean Sociologists in America (AKSA), the Korean Studies Summer Virtual Colloquium will feature presentations from diverse scholars who study Koreans and Korean Americans. Each presentation will be followed by the Q&A session.
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Introducing the 2020-2021 Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellow in Korean Studies!
May 14, 2020
The James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to introduce the new Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellow for the 2020–2021 academic year: Dahye Kim.
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Kim Program End of Year Newsletter
May 6, 2020
Dear Friends,
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Introducing the 2020-2021 Kim Program Undergraduate Fellows!
April 14, 2020
The James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020-2021 Undergraduate Fellow Award. The award is aimed at students who are involved in the study of Korea and interested in active participation in the university’s Korean Studies program. Fellows are selected on the basis of academic merits and demonstrated interest in Korean Studies.
Hannah Byun (top left)
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Introducing the 2020-2021 Kim Program Graduate Fellows!
April 10, 2020
We are pleased to award the 2020-2021 Kim Program Graduate Fellow to the following recipients:
Yoonbin Cho (top left)
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Important Update
March 13, 2020
Following University policy regarding the COVID-19 concerns, beginning Monday, 3/16 the Kim Program staff will be working remotely unless there is a compelling reason to come to campus. We have our office phones set to forward messages to our email, so you may feel free to call or email any of us during our regular office hours.
If you do need to speak with someone in person, please schedule a time in advance and we would be happy to arrange a meeting by telephone, zoom, or in person if absolutely necessary. -
2020-21 Kim Program Graduate Fellow Applications Deadline Extended to March 11
March 3, 2020
The James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies will extend the deadline for its Graduate Fellowship Applications to March 11th, 2020.
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OMNIA: LESS AND LATER MARRIAGE IN SOUTH KOREA
February 13, 2020
Hyunjoon Park, Korea Foundation Professor of Sociology and Director of the James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies, sheds light on why marriage rates are falling in South Korea, particularly among highly educated women and low-educated men: https://omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/less-and-later-marriage-south-korea