The Korean Center in the News

Center Director, Art History Prof Profiled

South Korean newspaper Joongang Ilbo yesterday featured a profile of John Duncan, UCLA professor of history and director of the UCLA Center for Korean Studies, and today features a profile of Burglind Jungmann, UCLA professor of art history.

Prof to Head Buddhist Institute in Korea

The English-language South Korean newspaper Joongang Daily reported July 18 that Robert Buswell, distinguished professor of Buddhist studies and director of the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies, will head of the Academy of Buddhist Studies at Dongguk University in Seoul this year. Buswell was quoted.