The Korean Center in the News
Seoul Philharmonic extends a hand
Nahmee Lee, associate professor of modern Korean history and a scholar at the UCLA Center for Korean Studies, is quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about a conductor who hopes to use music to reestablish cultural ties between North Korea and South Korea.
Posted: 4/19/2012
German-born Professor Pioneers Korean Art Teaching in the U.S.
Professor Jungmann at UCLA pioneered introducing Korean art in an America university in 1999. On promoting Korean art overseas, the professor says ``politicization’’ is a problem.
Posted: 3/9/2012
‘Korean language scientifically superior’
Korean language and culture have become popular subjects of interest for post-graduate students.
Posted: 12/16/2011
Korea shows how to keep identity in global age
UCLA prof. John Duncan says globalizing Korean Studies is key task for scholars outside peninsula
Posted: 6/1/2011
Professor John Duncan Receives Manhae Grand Prize
John Duncan, director of the Center for Korean Studies and a professor in the Asian Languages and Cultures Department, has received the Manhae Grand Prize in academics from the Manhae Foundation in Korea.
Posted: 8/25/2010
Life in Ceramics - Ceramics in Life: Five Contemporary Korean Artists
Life in Ceramics surveys the range of perspectives found among contemporary Korean ceramicists, bringing together for the first time the work of five important artists: Yikyung Kim, In Chin Lee, Kang Hyo Lee, Youngjae Lee, and Kwang-cho Yoon.
Posted: 5/14/2010
Alone With Her Passion
Though born in Germany and living in Los Angeles, Burglind Jungmann has always been drawn to Korea, its culture, its history and its art. The interview needs one correction: rather than of M.A. students Jungmann spoke of more than six hundred B.A. students she has taught at UCLA over the years.
Posted: 1/13/2010
Center Director John Duncan receives the Korea Foundation Award
On December 16, 2009, Professor John Duncan, Director of the UCLA Center for Korean Studies, received the Korea Foundation Award in Seoul, Korea for a lifetime of contributions to Korean studies worldwide.
Posted: 1/6/2010
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.
Posted: 8/18/2009
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.
Posted: 8/18/2009
