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Nam Center for Korean Studies
Recent News
Margaret Condon Taylor’s Gift Celebrates an Extraordinary Friendship
Taylor’s gift to the Nam Center honors her fifty-year friendship with Professor Young-sook Kim and will help bring Korean performing arts to U-M and Ann Arbor. Their story celebrates the enduring impact of friendship and cross-cultural understanding.
Korean Traditional Music Orchestra of the Blind heralded as a "once-in-a-lifetime musical experience"
The event was made possible through a months-long collaboration with the Nam Center for Korean Studies, DONG-ARI (the Korean Student Association of Pioneer High School), and the dedicated teachers and staff of Pioneer High School.
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.
Events
Nov
18
Nam Center Colloquium Series | Beyond the Page and Across Realities: Rethinking Korean Language Learning with virtual reality and augmented reality in the Digital Age
Jayoung Song, Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University
4:00 PM
10th Floor
Weiser Hall
Nov
22
Korean Performing Arts Initiative | Nonan: A Sonic Collage of Korean Traditions and European Classics
Sinaboro, University of Michigan
5:00 PM
Off Campus Location
Dec
02
Nam Center Colloquium Series | Homo juluensis: A Pan-Eastern Asian Middle Pleistocene Hominin
Christopher Bae, Professor, University of Hawai'i
4:00 PM
10th Floor
Weiser Hall
Dec
03
Search for My Origins: Dinner and Conversation for Korean Adoptees with Dr. Christopher Bae
Christopher Bae
6:00 PM
10th Floor
Weiser Hall
Dec
05
Perspectives on Contemporary Korea 2025 | One Year after the Martial Law Declaration: Democratic Backsliding and Resilience in Korea and Beyond
Multiple Speakers
9:30 AM
10th Floor
Weiser Hall
Dec
05
II Event. Languages Summit
Reinforcing the Foundations and Securing the Future of Language Study at U-M
1:00 PM
Assembly Hall (4th Floor)
Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
