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The Institute for Korean Studies
Founded in January 2021 with a generous grant from The Academy of Korean Studies, The Institute for Korean Studies (IKS) at Penn State is a community of University researchers who are committed to developing and strengthening the research and education on Korean society, language, and culture.
News and Events
Book Talk By Young A. Jung
Thursday, October 24 | 7:00–8:15 p.m. EDT Zoom Link Korean Kirogi Families: Placemaking, Belonging, and Mothering examines the dynamics of transnational Korean families, or "Kirogi families," focusing on social capital, belonging, and mothering. Through ethnography and media analysis, the book...
Institute for Korean Studies the 3rd Korean Applied Linguistics Symposium
Beyond grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary:
Cutting-edge perspectives, practices, paradigms, tools,
scales, and theories in assessing Korean learners’
performance and interactional competence
Friday, February 16, 2024 (6-8:45 pm EST)
Virtual Symposium: Webinar link here
Two Penn State Students Win Gold at the 2023 Mid-Atlantic Korean Speech Contest!
Congratulations! Two students in the Korean language program at Penn State, Audrey Raine Maier (Level 1) and Jihee Lee (Level 3), won the Gold Prize at the 2023 Mid-Atlantic Korean Speech Contest.