2024 Fall Undergraduate and Graduate Courses related to Korean Studies
KOR 100: Beginning Korean I
KOR 104: Elementary Korean I
KOR 204: Intermediate Korean I
KOR 504:Advanced Modern Korean I
KOR 562: Modern Korean Texts I
KOR 598: 5th Year Korean
ANTH 293: Myth, Legend & Folk Beliefs in East Asia
EALC 130: Myth, Legend & Folk Beliefs in East Asia
EALC 198: Studies in: The Visual Arts of East Asia
EALC 331: Studies in: Modern Korean Fiction and Film
EALC 373: Modern Korean Art and Culture
EALC 476: International Relations of Asia
EALC 703: Practicum in Teaching Korean
EALC 790: Topics in East Asian Languages and Cultures
ECIV 104: Eastern Civilizations
ECIV 304: Eastern Civilizations
HA 166: The Visual Arts of East Asia
HA 363: Modern Korean Art & Culture
HA 550: Capstone in Art History: The Art of Buddhism
HIST 390: Modern Korean Art & Culture
REL 106: Asian Religions
REL 130: Myth, Legend & Folk Beliefs in East Asia
2025 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
2025 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 (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.
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., Professor, 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
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
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 Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Professor, Director of KU Center for Digital Inclusion, Oscar Stauffer Professor of Journalism, Journalism and Mass Communications
https://ceas.ku.edu/seo-hyunjin
Digital media, network analysis, public diplomacy, nation branding, public relations
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, Director of Undergraduate Studies, 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
Canda, Edward R., Professor, Social Welfare
http://data.socwel.ku.edu/users/canda/
Korean social welfare in relation to Korean philosophy and religions
Stevenson, Daniel B., Professor, Department Chair, Religious Studies
http://religiousstudies.drupal.ku.edu/daniel-stevenson
Buddhism in China, Tiantai and Pure Land traditions