Fall 2025
Korean War: Local and Global History
Host: University of Iowa
Professor: Alyssa Park (alyssa-park@uiowa.edu)
Times: T/Th 12:30 – 1:45 PM CST, 1:30 – 2:45 PM EST
Participating Universities: University of Wisconsin, Rutgers University
Liaisons: Charles Kim (charles.kim@wisc.edu), Jae Won Chung (jchung@alc.rutgers.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 Nebraska, University of Minnesota
Liaisons: Ikuho Amano (ikuho@unl.edu), Hangtae Cho (htcho@umn.edu)
Seoul: History and Places
Host: University of Michigan
Professor: Se-Mi Oh (smoh@umich.edu)
Times: T/Th 11:30 - 1:00 PM EST
Participating University: University of Maryland, Purdue University
Liaison: Seong Minne Koh (skoh@umd.edu), Song No (sno1@purdue.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)
English in South Korea: Globalization, Symbolic Values, Policies, Discourse, and Teaching Opportunities/Techniques
Host: Penn State University
Professor: Susan Strauss (sgs9@psu.edu)
Times: T/Th 12:05 -1:20 PM EST
Participating Universities: Michigan State University, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Liaisons: Youngeun Kim (kimyo142@msu.edu), Jeeyoung Ahn Ha (j-ahn3@illinois.edu)
Spring 2026 (U-M Winter 2026)
Korean Politics
Host: University of Michigan
Professor: Jean Hong (jeanhong@umich.edu)
Times: TBD
Participating Universities: Ohio State University, Purdue University
Liaisons: Hayana Kim (kim.9202@osu.edu, Song No (sno@purdue.edu)
From Sijo to K-Pop: Art Form as a Literary Genre
Host: Rutgers University
Professor: Young-mee Cho (jchung@alc.rutgers.edu)
Times: M/W 2:00 – 3:15 PM EST
Participating Universities: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, University of Iowa
Liaisons: Jeeyoung Ahn Ha (j-ahn3@illinois.edu), Sang-Seok Yoon (sang-seok-yoon@uiowa.edu)
Korean Dramatic Tradition: Performing Korea and Performing Korean Diaspora
Host: Ohio State University
Professor: Hayana Kim (kim.9202@osu.edu)
Times: W/F 2:20 – 3:40 PM EST
Participating Universities: Penn State University, Indiana University
Liaisons: Jayoung Song (jayoung.song@psu.edu, Seung-kyung Kim (sk84@indiana.edu)
The Koreas: Korean War to 21st Century
Host: University of Wisconsin
Professor: Charles Kim (charles.kim@wisc.edu)
Times: T/Th 1:20 – 3:15 PM CST, 2:20 – 4:15 PM EST
Participating Universities: University of Minnesota, Michigan State University, University of Nebraska
Liaisons: Hangtae Cho (htcho@umn.edu), Youngeun Kim (kimyo142@msu.edu), Ikuho Amano (ikuho@unl.edu)
Performing Resistance: Cultural Expressions of Political Protest in Modern Korea
Host: Ohio State University
Professor: Pil Ho Kim (kim.2736@osu.edu)
Times: TBD
Participating Universities: University of Maryland, University of Wisconsin
Liaisons: Seong Minne Koh (skoh@umd.edu), Charles Kim (Charles.kim@wisc.edu)