Fall 2024
Introduction to Korean Linguistics
Host: Indiana University
Professor: Hyo Sang Lee (korean@iu.edu)
Times: T/Th 4:45 – 6:00 PM ET
Participating Universities: Michigan State University, Ohio State University
Liaisons: Youngeun Kim (kimyo142@msu.edu), Hayana Kim (kim.9202@osu.edu)
Cultural Fusion: Korean Pop Culture in a Globalized World
Host: University of Iowa
Professor: Sang-Seok Yoon (sang-seok-yoon@uiowa.edu)
Times: T/Th 11:30-12:45 CST, 12:30-1:45 EST
Participating Universities: University of Maryland, University of Minnesota
Liaisons: Seong Minne Koh (skoh@umd.edu), Hangtae Cho (htcho@umn.edu)
Contemporary Korea through the Lens of International Migration
Host: University of Michigan
Professor: Jaeeun Kim (jaeeunk@umich.edu)
Times: T/Th 2:30-4:00 ET
Participating University: University of Minnesota
Liaison: Hangtae Cho (htcho@umn.edu)
Spectacular History of Korea
Host: University of Michigan
Professor: Se-Mi Oh (smoh@umich.edu)
Times: T/Th 10:00 - 11:30 PM EST
Participating University: Penn State University
Liaison: Lan Kim (luk18@psu.edu)
Language and Society of the Two Koreas
Host: University of Minnesota
Professor: Hangtae Cho (htcho@umn.edu)
Times: M/W 2:00-3:15 PM CST, 3:00-4:15 PM EST
Participating Universities: University of Wisconsin, University of Iowa, University of Nebraska
Liaisons: Charles Kim (charles.kim@wisc.edu), Sang-Seok Yoon (sang-seok-yoon@uiowa.edu), Ikuho Amano (ikuho@unl.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: T/Th 2:20-3:40PM EST
Participating Universities: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Rutgers University
Liaisons: Jeeyoung Ahn Ha (j-ahn3@illlinois.edu), Jae Won Chung (jchung@alc.rutgers.edu)
Imagining Disaster: Korea and the Apocalyptic Modern
Host: Rutgers University
Professor: Jae Won Chung (jchung@alc.rutgers.edu)
Times: Th 2:00 - 5:00 PM ET
Participating Universities: Ohio State University, Purdue University
Liasons: Hayana Kim (kim.9202@osu.edu), Song No (sno1@purdue.edu)
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)