USC Korean Studies Institute

The USC Korean Studies Institute wishes you a Happy ! A Happy Lunar New Year!

Professor David Kang will speak as a panelist at the 2nd Harvard Korean Security Summit: Korea An Oracle of Global Trends today, Feb. 9, 2021 from 2:50 - 4:25pm PT/5:50 - 7:25pm ET: Panel 2: Negotiating with a Nuclear North Korea What’s Old? What’s New? RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/uugigdj5.

The National Security Policy Speaker series presents a ZOOM web talk with Robert Einhorn - Arms Control and Nonproliferation Challenges Facing the Biden Administration. DATE: Wednesday, February 10th TIME: 12:00PM PST RSVP: https://nspss_einhorn.eventbrite.com... Sponsored by The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC), the UC San Diego Political Science Department’s Center for Peace and Security Studies (cPASS) and GPS’s Korea-Pacific Program

Bridging Asia, an annual conference where senior scholars discuss predoctoral scholar's papers, is a key part of our US-Asia Grand Strategy Predoctoral Fellowship. Thank you Steve Miller, Steve Walt, Saori Katada, Kelly Greenhill, Daryl Press, Erik Gartzke, Charles Glaser, Oriana Skylar Mastro, Bridget Coggins & Morgan Kaplan for your feedback on student work! Many thanks to the Charles Koch Foundation, Korea Foundation and USC Center for International Studies for co-sponsorship. If you're interested in becoming a US-Asia Grand Strategy Predoctoral Fellow, please apply by February 9th https://dornsife.usc.edu//us-asia-grand-predoctoral-fello/.

We are sad to share the news that Sun-Yoon Lee, Korean Studies Librarian/Multimedia Collections Librarian in USC’s East Asian Library passed away on January 16, 2021. From Catherine Quinlan, Dean of the USC Libraries: "Sun-Yoon began her career at USC Libraries in 1999 as the Korean Studies Librarian in the East Asian Library; she became the Multimedia Collections Librarian in 2007. Prior to coming to USC, Sun-Yoon worked at the University of Texas, Austin, and University of... Illinois, Urbana/Champaign. She was an engaged member of the profession, serving on countless committees of the Council on East Asian Libraries, Association for Asian Studies, and presenting regularly about electronic resources and supporting library services using technology. Sun-Yoon was an exceptional librarian and generous colleague who was committed to supporting USC’s students and faculty. Sun-Yoon will always be remembered for her kindness, dedication, and gentle spirit. Our hearts and prayers are with Sun-Yoon’s family and friends." We are grateful to have worked with her and will miss her presence at USC.

Practice job talks via Zoom, with focused and expert feedback from faculty and peers, is just one part of the #USCKSI US-Asia Grand Strategy Predoctoral Fellows experience!

Apply to become a 2021-22 US-Asia Grand Strategy Predoctoral Scholar by Feb. 9, 2021. This interdisciplinary program identifies and mentors young scholars with rigorous and interesting research agendas related to security, Asia and US foreign policy. https://dornsife.usc.edu//us-asia-grand-strategy-fellowsh/

The University of Pennsylvania is hiring an Assistant Professor in Korean Studies: https://apply.interfolio.com/80178

KSI Undergraduate Fellows academic mentor, Na Young Lee leads an excellent workshop on how to use sources in research.

Professors Suk-Young Kim and Tony Fitzgerald from UCLA's Theater Department gave thought-provoking analyses of the performance of Blackness in the Korean pop music (K-Pop) industry.

Join us online this Friday at 4:00 PM PT: https://dornsife.usc.edu//black-k-pop-racial-surplus-and-/

Happy Chuseok! #GoogleDoodle

Aeneid Theatre Company, a student theatre group here at USC is creating a series of audio-dramas centered around USC's history. One of the audio-dramas is about the Ahn Family, and they are looking for Korean students who would be interested in voicing the characters in the audio-drama. Contact [email protected] for more info. "Land has memory, buildings have memories. The untold stories that haunt the quads and dormitories of this campus are crying out to be tol...d. This Fall ATC will research 6 histories based on physical locations on USC’s campus, particularly with an eye to underrepresented communities, and turn them into socially-distant audio-theatre experiences that can be listened to either while walking around USC’s campus or from home. For too long these pieces of history have gone unrecognized, and our goal is to help create a more thorough narrative of USC’s past, present, and future. We need YOU, yes YOU voice actor, to AUDITION for ATC's Audio-Drama. To do so, please fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/a767Q7kQN3B12VoE9. Prior experience voice acting is not required! Auditions for this project will consist of audio recordings. The week of September 28th you will receive an email with text to read and instructions on how to submit your audio files. Audition audio files must be submitted by 11:59 PM PDT on Friday, October 2nd. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us. We can't wait to HEAR from you." See more

32 PhD students are part of the #USCKSI GSA program in 20-21. It's amazing having students studying Korea-related topics from so many fields: Social Work, Cinema, EALC, American studies, history, communication & journalism, econ, public policy, sociology, linguistics & poli sci!

Please join us for a virtual lecture on October 9 at 4:00 PM PT on "Black K-Pop: Racial Surplus and the Global Consumption of Korean Pop Music" by Suk-Young Kim (UCLA), with commentary by Tony Fitzgerald (UCLA). RSVP online for the Zoom link https://bit.ly/30cLIBV.

Graduate students, this annual symposium is a great chance to present your research to peers in a virtual setting (or to get experience as a discussant). Paper proposals and discussant applications are due by October 9th https://dornsife.usc.edu/ksi/gradsym/.

The Korea Society dialogue with Professor Kang on US-Korea Relations happening now at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNQVzqF5vtY&feature=youtu.be.

Professor Kang will be part of this live webcast "US-Korea Relations: Defining the Alliance Anew," hosted by the Korea Society on September 10th at 12:00 pm (EASTERN): https://www.koreasociety.org//1372-us-korea-relations-defi

To USC graduate students studying Korea in any field, consider becoming a KSI GSA: https://dornsife.usc.edu//graduate-student-affiliate-prog/.

2020-2021 #USCKSI Undergraduate Fellows orientation.