May 8 & 9
Location: 1010 Weiser Hall
We invite graduate students in Korean Studies across all disciplines to participate in the 13th International Conference of NextGen Korean Studies Scholars (NEKST) at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The NEKST conference provides an opportunity for graduate students to share their research, receive feedback from faculty members and other graduate students, and contribute towards the building of an interdisciplinary community of future scholars in Korean Studies. NEKST 2026 is scheduled to be an in-person event. The two-day conference will feature panel presentations, workshop sessions for dissertation chapters, and roundtables devoted to critical issues in Korean Studies. Partial travel grants and lodging stipend are available for participating graduate students. Meals will be provided during the conference.
About
The 13th NEKST conference is sponsored by the Nam Center for Korean Studies at the University of Michigan, with support from the Academy of Korean Studies. The conference organizing committee is composed of graduate students at the University of Michigan.
Please note that meals are not provided for the public.
NEKST Organizing Committee (alphabetical order)
Graduate Students:
- Yuyao Cheng (Asian Languages and Cultures)
- Elizabeth Jeffery (Microbiology and Immunology)
- Jace Jung (English Language and Literature)
- Hanna Lee (Political Science)
- Remi Lee (Comparative Literature)
- Seohyung Kim (Anthropology)
- James Kiselik (English Language and Literature)
- Kunwoo Kwon (International and Regional Studies)
- Subin Min (Social Work and Sociology)
- Sonia Singh (Asian Languages and Cultures)
- Gerald Sutton (Asian Languages and Cultures)
Faculty and Staff Advisors:
- Juhn Ahn (Asian Languages and Cultures and Nam Center)
- John Grisafi (Nam Center)
- Jean Hong (Political Science and Nam Center)
- Minyoung Song (Nam Center)
For further information, please contact NEKST2026@umich.edu.
International/domestic flights and lodging funding will be partially provided with the generous support of the Nam Center for Korean Studies (NCKS) and the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) Grant.
For those who are interested in researching the archives at the University of Michigan, the U-M Library provides generous Asia Library Travel Grants for advanced graduate students and faculty of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean studies from other institutions to explore our Asian Library collections that encompass rich resources related to Korea, Japan, and China. We highly recommend potential speakers to apply for this travel grant. Potential speakers who receive this grant can extend their stay in Ann Arbor to conduct archival research in any out of ten libraries at the University of Michigan. This grant supports up to $1,000 to assist with the cost of travel, lodging, meals, and photo duplication.
