Nam Center for Korean Studies
Recent News
2024 Leadership Updates at the International Institute
New director appointments start July 1, 2024.
Jaeeun Kim and Ji Yeon (Jean) Hong Named Korea Foundation Professors
The Nam Center congratulates our Korea Foundation Professors!
The Nam Center for Korean Studies at the University of Michigan International Institute encourages social, political, cultural, and economic understanding of Korea in the U-M community and beyond. Through its student and faculty support and ambitious public programming, the center seeks to increase the depth and breadth of resources devoted to Korean studies.
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Events
Sep
15
NCKS Chuseok Party 2024
A Korean fall harvest celebration for all ages.
2:00 PM
Outdoor lawn and ground floor
Weiser Hall
Sep
17
Full Moon Festival
Mid-Autumn Harvest Moon Celebration
8:00 PM
Detroit Observatory
Oct
01
Nam Center Colloquium Series | The Postdevelopmental State: Dilemmas of Economic Democratization in Contemporary South Korea
Jamie Doucette, Reader in Human Geography, University of Manchester
4:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Oct
22
Nam Center Colloquium Series | Borderland Dreams: the Transnational Lives of Korean Chinese Workers
June Hee Kwon, Associate Professor, Sacremento State University
4:00 PM
Room 1010
Weiser Hall
Nov
19
Nam Center Colloquium Series | The Enemy's Property
Theodore Hughes, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Humanities, Columbia University
4:00 PM
10th Floor
Weiser Hall
