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Study abroad opportunity
Korea University 2023 International Summer Campus
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The Center for Korean Studies will be selecting nine undergraduate students to participate in the Korea University International Summer Campus program this summer with tuition waiver and housing. Application Deadline: Friday, March 31, 2023.

Hybrid symposium
Today's Challenges: Transitions in South Korea-U.S. Relations, Koreans in the U.S. and Black-Korean Ties
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This hybrid symposium explores three interconnected topics in the broader framework of geopolitics in Asia and the United States domestic politics - i) Koreans in the United States; ii) South Korea-United States relations; iii) Black-Korean relations in the United States and South Korea.

2023 UCLA CKS "Comfort Women" Creative Project Contest
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Through this creative project contest, CKS aims to educate the UCLA community on ongoing issues pertaining to “comfort women” from Korea, Taiwan, China, the Philippines, and elsewhere, who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army during the Pacific War.

Visiting Scholars Program
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Each year, the UCLA Center for Korean Studies welcomes scholars from universities and institutions throughout the world, who are drawn to UCLA for its dynamic research environment.

John Duncan Fellowship in Korean Studies

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The 'John Duncan Fellowship in Korean Studies' Fund will serve students studying Korean studies at UCLA.

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Legal Fight Over Century-Old Korean Papers Found in L.A. Ends
For more than a decade, 15,000 to 16,000 pages of documents that chronicle the very early years of Korean immigration to California have been in limbo.

성균관대 한국학 전문기관 IUC 설립 이끌고 대표 맡은 존 던컨

An article by Los Angeles Times Reporter Larry Gordon

'한국학' 연구하는 외국인 학자들
'한국학' 연구하는 외국인 학자들

UCLA-USC 한국학연구소 교류사업
미주 중앙일보 03/13/2014

방향감각 잃은 한국 기독교…역사에 길 물어야
Korea Daily

미국내 최대 한국학 프로그램 남미전파 징검다리 구실
동아 No.900 | 2013/8/20

Global Voices: Pleas for Korean peace 60 years after fighting ended
The Liems, the filmakers of the documentary films ,"Memory of Forgotten War" and "The Woman, the Orphan, and the Tiger," discussed their film and their hopes for the May 8-10 UCLA conference in an interview with The Times.

[책과 지식] 새로 읽는 조선

수수께끼 매달려 10년간 연구
5일 개막 게티 뮤지엄' 루벤스전'기획.

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