Korean studies

Korean studies is an academic discipline, focusing on the study of Korea. Areas commonly included under this rubric include Korean history, Korean literature, Korean art, Korean music, Korean language, Korean sociology, Korean political science, Korean economics, Korean folklore, and Korean ethnomusicology. It may be compared to other area studies disciplines, such as American studies and Canadian Studies. Korean studies is sometimes included within a broader regional area of focus including: "East Asian studies", "Far East Studies", "Oriental Studies", or "Asian studies."

The term first began to be used in the 1940s, but did not attain widespread currency until South Korea rose to economic prominence in the 1970s. In 1991, the South Korean government established the Korea Foundation to promote Korean studies around the world.^[1]

• The Academy of Korean Studies (한국학중앙연구원, AKS) est.1978
• The Korea Research Foundation (한국학술진흥재단, KRF) est.1981
• The Korea Foundation (한국국제교류재단) est.1991.

Notable foreign centers of Korean studies

A-Z order

• University of British Columbia - Centre for Korean Studies
• University of California, Berkeley — Center for Korean Studies
• University of California, Los Angeles — Center for Korean Studies
• University of Chicago — Center for East Asian Studies
• Columbia University — Weatherhead East Asian Institute
• Harvard University — Korea Institute
• University of Hawaii — Center for Korean Studies
• Indiana University - East Asian Studies Center
• Indiana University Bloomington - Center for Korean Studies
• University of Leeds - Korea Research Hub, UK, Leeds
• University of London School of Oriental and African Studies — Centre of Korean Studies
• University of Michigan — Nam Center for Korean Studies
• University of Pennsylvania — Center for East Asian Studies
• University of Sheffield — School of East Asian Studies
• University of Washington - Korea Studies Program, East Asia Studies, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
• Ohio State University
• Yale University — East Rock Institute

• Le Centre de Recherches sur la Corée (CRC ou « Centre Corée ») de l’EHESS

Academic Journals

• Journal of Korean Studies (JKS) University of Washington, Seattle.
• Korean Studies (KS) University of Hawaii.
• Korea Journal Seoul, publisher Samuel Lee.

Associations for Korean Studies overseas

• The Association for Korean Studies in Europe (AKSE)
• British Association for Korean Studies (BAKS)

Koreanologists

The term Koreanologists indicates (typically foreign) academic scholars of Korean language and culture. Koreanists usually indicates a speaker or translator of Korean. Notable Koreanologists include James Scarth Gale, William E. Skillend and Richard Rutt. A subcategory of Koreanologists is Historians of Korea, including Bruce Cumings, James Palais, Roger Tennant and others.

Notes

^ "Introduction". Korean Foundation website. http://www.kf.or.kr:8080/eng/intro/presentCondition.jsp. Retrieved 2006-01-12. 

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• List of academic disciplines

External links

• The Korea Foundation, Seoul 한국국제교류재단
• krf.or.kr, The Korea Research Foundation 한국학술진흥재단
• Academy of Korean Studies, Seoul and Korean Studies Net. 한국학중앙연구원
• Online database of Korean Studies specialists
• Yuldo.net: A Korean Studies Site