Center for Korean Studies | University of Hawaiʻi System News

In memoriam: Korean studies trailblazing historian, visionary builder

Kang helped UH Mānoa become the first university in the U.S. to grant a PhD in Korean history.

Ch’oe joined the UH Mānoa Department of History in 1970, where he served for 30 years.

Edward J. (Ned) Shultz will receive one of the highest honors bestowed upon Korean studies scholars around the world.

The Center for Korean Studies hosted a symposium focusing on early Korean women immigrant leaders on January 26.

The center is recognized as the oldest and largest in the U.S. and Canada.

UH President David Lassner provided an update on UH’s continuing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, tenure legislative task force and more.

The award recognizes groundbreaking efforts in the Korean independence movement.

The newly created Research Institute Program for Korean Studies grant will award $820,000 over the next 10 years.

Donald Reid Womack plans to use the fellowship to write a geomungo concerto for virtuoso Yoon Jeong Heo.

Acclaimed Korean artist Song Byeok will visit UH Mānoa to showcase his art and participate in a conference on the North Korean diaspora.