Spring 2024 (U-M Winter 2024)
Discourse in Everyday Life in Korea: Shaping Culture, Ideology, and Identity
Host: Penn State University
Professor: Susan Strauss (sgs9@psu.edu)
Times: T/Th 12:05 - 1:20 PM ET
Participating Universities: University of Minnesota, University of Maryland
Liasons: Hangtae Cho (htcho@umn.edu), Seong Minne Koh (skoh@umd.edu)
From Sijo to K-Pop: Art Form as a Literary Genre
Host: Rutgers University
Professor: Young-mee Cho (jchung@alc.rutgers.edu)
Times: T/FR 10:20 - 11:40 AM ET
Participating Universities: The Ohio State University, University of Iowa
Liasons: Pil Ho Kim (kim.2736@osu.edu), Sang-Seok Yoon (sang-seok-yoon@uiowa.edu)
Introduction to East Asian History: Korea
Host: University of Wisconsin
Professor: Charles Kim (charles.kim@wisc.edu)
Times: T 2-3:15 PM ET
Participating Universities: Penn State University, University of Maryland
Liasons: Jayoung Song (jayoung.song@psu.edu), Seong Minne Koh (skoh@umd.edu)
Korea and the US Since 1882*
Host: University of Wisconsin
Professor: David Fields (charles.kim@wisc.edu)
Times: MWF 1:05 - 1:55 PM ET
Participating Universities: Michigan State University, University of Nebraska
Liasons: Catherine Ryu (ryuc@msu.edu), Ikuho Amano (ikuho@unl.edu)
[Graduate] K-Pop: Genre, Identity, Industry, Fandom
Host: The Ohio State University
Professor: Pil Ho Kim (kim.2736@osu.edu)
Times: F 3:00 - 5:45 PM ET
Participating Universities: Purdue University, University of Illinois
Liasons: Song No (sno1@purdue.edu), Jeeyoung Ahn Ha (j-ahn3@illlinois.edu)
Fall 2023
Contemporary South Korean Culture
Host: Indiana University
Professor: John Finch (finchjd@indiana.edu)
Times: M/W 3-4:15 PM ET
Participating Universities: Nebraska/Penn State
Liaisons: Ikuho Amano (ikuho@unl.edu), Jayoung Song (jayoung.song@psu.edu)
The Korean War: A Local and Global History
Host: University of Iowa
Professor: Alyssa Park (alyssa-park@uiowa.edu)
Times: T/Th 12-1:15 PM ET
Participating Universities: University of Illinois, Indiana University
Liasons: Jeeyoung Ahn Ha (j-ahn3@illinois.edu), Seung-kyung Kim (sk84@indiana.edu)
Korean Languages and Contemporary Pop Culture
Host: University of Iowa
Professor: Sang-Seok Yoon (sang-seok-yoon@uiowa.edu)
Times: T/Th 10:30-11:45 AM ET
Participating Universities: University of Minnesota, Purdue University
Liasons: Hangtae Cho (htcho@umn.edu), Song No (sno1@purdue.edu)
Translating Korean Poetry: Theory and Practice
Host: University of Michigan
Professor: Youngju Ryu (yjryu@umich.edu)
Times: M/W 4-5:30 PM ET
Participating Universities:University of Wisconsin, Rutgers University, Indiana University
Liasons: Charles Kim (charles.kim@wisc.edu), Jae Won Chung (jchung@alc.rutgers.edu), Seung-kyung Kim (sk84@indiana.edu)
Language and Society of the Two Koreas
Host: University of Minnesota
Professor: Hangtae Cho (htcho@umn.edu)
Times: M/W 3:00-4:15 PM ET
Participating Universities: University of Iowa, University of Maryland
Liasons: Sang-Seok Yoon (sang-seok-yoon@uiowa.edu), Seong Minne Koh (skoh@umd.edu)
Performing Korean Diasporas: Korean and Korean American Experiences from the 20th Century to the Present
Host: Ohio State University
Professor: Hayana Kim (kim.9202@osu.edu)
Times: M 2:15-5 PM ET
Participating Universities: University of Michigan, Michigan State University
Liasons: Evan Vowell (edv@umich.edu), Catherine Ryu (ryuc@msu.edu)