Korea Studies: Korean Studies Faculty at KU

Provides a starting point for Korea Studies, including resources to find books, articles, newspapers, etc.

Korean Studies Courses

2018 Fall Undergraduate and Graduate Courses related to Korean Studies

KOR 104: Elementary Korean I

KOR 204: Intermediate Korean I

KOR 504:Advanced Modern Korean I

KOR 562: Modern Korean Texts I

AMS 344: Topic: North Korea in U.S. Imagination

ANTH 293: Myth, Legend & Folk Beliefs East Asia

CEAS 500: Topic: North Korea in U.S. Imagination

EALC 105: Asian Religions

EALC 130: Myth, Legend & Folk Beliefs East Asia

EALC 331: Studies in: Modern Korean Art and Culture

EALC 361: Colonial Korea

ECIV 104: Eastern Civilizations

ECIV 304: Eastern Civilizations

HA 166: The Visual Arts of East Asia

HA 361: Buddhist Art of Korea

HA 363: Modern Korean Art & Culture

HA 550: Capstone in Art History: Buddhist Art of Korea

HA 561: Buddhist Art of Korea

HIST 362: American Way War Since World War II

HIST 390: Colonial Korea

REL 106: Asian Religions

REL 130: Myth, Legend & Folk Beliefs East Asia

REL 510: Religion in Korea

REL 511: Buddhist Art of Korea

2019 Spring Undergraduate and Graduate Courses related to Korean Studies

KOR 108: Elementary Korean II

KOR 208: Intermediate Korean II

KOR 498: Directed Readings in Korean

KOR 508: Advanced Modern Korean II

KOR 564: Modern Korean Texts II

ANTH 293: Myth, Legend & Folk Beliefs East Asia

CEAS 610: Minorities in Japan

EALC 105: Asian Religions

EALC 130: Myth, Legend & Folk Beliefs East Asia

EALC 331: Studies in: Modern Korean Art and Culture

EALC 331: Studies in: Language & Society in East Asia

EALC 333: Asian Literature in Translation, Honors

EALC 362: Post-Colonial Korea

EALC 380: Popular Cultures of East Asia

EALC 562: Post-Colonial Korea

EALC 610: Minorities in Japan

ECIV 104: Eastern Civilizations

ECIV 304: Eastern Civilizations

GEOG 396: East Asia

HA 166: The Visual Arts of East Asia

HA 362: Ceramics of Korea

HA 363: Modern Korean Art & Culture

HA 550: Ceramics of Korea

HA 562: Ceramics of Korea

HIST 350: The Korean War, 1950-1953

JOUR 590: International Journalism

REL 106: Asian Religions

REL 130: Myth, Legend & Folk Beliefs East Asia

2019 Summer Undergraduate and Graduate Courses related to Korean Studies

KOR 104: Elementary Korean I

KOR 108: Elementary Korean II

EALC 331: Studies in: Modern Korean Art & Culture

ECIV 104: Eastern Civilizations

HA 166: The Visual Arts of East Asia

HA 363: Modern Korean Art & Culture

Korean Studies Faculty

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Korean Studies faculty (teaching and research area)

Baskett, Michael, Associate Professor, Chair, Film & Media Studies
http://film.ku.edu/michael-baskett
Asian films, silent and early world cinema, colonial and diasporic cinemas, film/media history and criticism, and postcolonial film studies

Butler, James J. Jr., Senior Scientist​​
http://www.kgs.ku.edu/General/Personnel/abc/butler.html
Well hydraulics, direct-push methods for hydrostratigraphic characterization, ground-water flow and transport in heterogeneous formations, stream-aquifer interactions, phreatophytes. Experience in China, Korea, and Japan.

Canda, Edward R., Professor, Social Welfare
http://data.socwel.ku.edu/users/canda/
Korean social welfare in relation to Korean philosophy and religions

Cheong, So-min, Associate Professor, Geography
https://geog.ku.edu/so-min-cheong
Environment, marine policy, economic geography, tourism, East Asia

Cho, Hyesun, Associate Professor, Education
https://ct.ku.edu/hyesun-cho
TESOL, second language/literacy education, academic and social identities of language learners and teachers, critical literacy, participatory action research, critical multiculturalism and technology-integrated instruction

Chong, Kelly H., Associate Professor, Associate Chairperson, Sociology
http://sociology.ku.edu/chong
Gender, religion, race and ethnicity, and East Asian studies; politics of gender and conversion in contemporary South Korean evangelicalism

Doll, Vickie Fu, Librarian
https://lib.ku.edu/vickie-doll
Chinese and Korean Studies

Ercums, Kris, Curator, Spencer Museum of Art
https://ceas.ku.edu/ercums-kris
Global Contemporary & Asian Art, including Korean art

Kim, ChangHwan, Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Sociology

http://sociology.ku.edu/changhwan-kim
Areas of work and organizations, race and ethnicity, Korea studies, and quantitative methodology

Kim, Joo Ok, Assistant Professor, International & Interdisciplinary Studies - American Studies
http://americanstudies.ku.edu/joo-ok-kim
Race and the Korean War, Latina/o studies, Asian American studies, transpacific and transnational studies, and literary and cultural studies

Lee, Ji-Yeon, Lecturer and Academic Program Associate, East Asian Languages & Cultures
https://ealc.ku.edu/ji-yeon-lee
Korean language teaching

Lindsey, William R., Associate Professor, Religious Studies
http://religiousstudies.ku.edu/william-r-lindsey
Religion in Japan; religion in Korea; theory and method in the study of religion; ritual; the body; gender; religion and childhood

Seo, Hyunjin, Associate Professor, Journalism and Mass Communications; Docking Young Faculty Scholar
https://ceas.ku.edu/seo-hyunjin
Digital media, network analysis, public diplomacy, nation branding, public relations

Stevenson, Daniel B., Professor, Department Chair, Religious Studies
http://religiousstudies.drupal.ku.edu/daniel-stevenson
Buddhism in China, Tiantai and Pure Land traditions

Stiller, Maya, Assistant Professor, Art History
https://arthistory.ku.edu/maya-stiller
Specializes in Korean Art and Visual Culture; Research interests include traditional and contemporary Korean Buddhist art and culture and Korean ceramics

Yun, Kyoim, Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures
https://ceas.ku.edu/yun-kyoim
Korean language and culture; folklore and shamanism

Emeritus faculty

Frederickson, H. George, Professor Emeritus, Public Administration
http://people.ku.edu/~gfred/
Public administration, public administration ethics, theories of public administration, systems of multi-level governance, and American local government; experience in Korea and China