6월, 2016의 게시물 표시

Exchange Student Opportunity at Rikkyo University, Japan (2017)

Rikkyo University is one of major private universities in Japan. It is an Ewha's partner institution, having about 20,000 students and 500 international students. The Department of Korean Studies is recruiting a student who wants to study at Rikkyo University as an exchange student in 2017. Rikkyo University offers several courses in Japanese Studies in English such as: Spring 2016 Modern Japanese History 1 Japanese Society 1 Politics and Economy 1 Japanese Culture 1 Japan in Asia 1 Fall 2016 Environmental Studies in Japan Modern Japanese History 2 Japanese Society 2 Japanese Culture 2 Politics and Economy 2 Tokyo Studies Japan in Asia 2 Besides, exchange students can take Japanese language courses offered by Center for Japanese Language Education of Rikkyo University. The expected costs for studying as an exchange student at Rikkyo: 1. Regular tuition at Ewha 2. Housing RUID Asakadai and Shiki Spring (April-July): 214,800 yen Fall (September-February):

Global Korean Studies Student Conference at Sogang University (Summer 2017)

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Korean Studies program at Ewha will join annual student conference hosted by Korean Studies program at Sogang University. We are looking for Ewha students who can join this conference as our student representatives. It will be an exciting opportunity to meet and socialize with students at other universities. Date: 16 July 2017 (Saturday) Location: Sogang University If you are interested in this event, please feel free to contact Prof. Ro ( sro @ewha.ac.kr ).

Course Offerings for Fall 2016

Introduction to Korean Music ( 전공선택 ) 37558 Heather Willoughby T6, Th4 601 International Education Building This course is designed to introduce the student to a variety of music cultures from Korea. By studying specific pieces of music, we will explore some of the ways in which Koreans have historically and culturally approached concepts of sound, acoustic arts, music and performance practices. In the process the student will increase her listening skills, gain a vocabulary with which to intellectually discuss music, and learn to analyze certain aspects of music, meaning, and culture. (However, the no prerequisite knowledge of or experience with music is necessary) In so doing, we will investigate issues of identity (including gender identity), class, historiography, aesthetics and culture and philosophical ideologies. North Korean Society and Culture ( 전공선택 ) 37561 Kyong-Mi D. Kwon T3, Th2 601 International Education Building With the recent passing of Ki

Welcome New Faculty to Korean Studies

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Korean Studies has a new teaching faculty this fall semester. Inhye Han, from the University of California, San Diego, will join us from fall semester as one of our teaching faculty. Professor Han is Research Professor at Ewha Womans University's Institute for the Humanities. She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, San Diego (2014). Her current book project, Inter-Colonial Contradictions: Transcending National Narratives in Colonial East Asia, examines colonial-to-colonial cultural relations among the Japanese colonies of Korea, Taiwan, and semicolonized China. Professor Han's research interests include colonial East Asian literature and film, comparative hermeneutics in East Asia, diaspora studies, religion and empire studies. Her recent article "The Afterlives of An Chunggun in Republican China" appeared in Cross-Currents: East Asian Culture and History Review no.17 (2015). For more information, please visit http://eih