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Open Faculty Position in Korean Studies

Stanford University seeks candidates for a faculty position in Korean Studies, appointed as a Center Fellow in FSI and affiliated with APARC. Applications are due by November 30, 2024.

Open Faculty Position

Fall 2025 Fellowships for Korea Researchers Open for Applications

APARC offers postdoctoral fellowships for emerging scholars and visiting fellowships for established experts researching multiple Asia-Pacific topics, including Korea. All fellowships begin in Autumn quarter 2025.

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Flyer for the talk "Is South Korea Trapped or Transitioning?" with portrait of speaker Kim Boo-kyum

Mr. Boo Kyum Kim on Addressing South Korea's Demographic Crisis

Nov 13, 4P M PT | South Korea's former Prime Minister considers the country's challenges of declining birth rate and accelerating population aging and paths for sustainable national growth.

Recently at the Korea Program

Domestic Political Challenges Facing the U.S.-South Korea Alliance | Scott A. Snyder

North Korea Foreign Policy Under the Three Kims | Yong Suk Lee and Benjamin R. Young

Korean Cuisine Gone Global | Celebrity Chefs Judy Joo and Ryu Soo-young with leading scholars

Who We Are

The Korea Program at Stanford’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center is a West Coast hub of scholarship on contemporary Korea and the issues shaping the future of the Korean Peninsula and U.S.-Korea relations. Our work examines these topics from regional and comparative perspectives through cultural, political, and economic lens. We train and support emerging Korea scholars and convene experts from academia, government, business, and civil society for dialogue, research, and publishing activities that inform policymakers in the United States and Korea and strengthen the bonds between the two countries.

About Us

(Right to left): Gi-Wook Shin, ROK Ambassador to the US Cho Yoon-je, and Siegfried S. Hecker seated at a conference room at Stanford

Our Research

Together with academics and stakeholders in government and civil society, we explore Korean issues and policy solutions through economic, social, political, and security lens.

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Hallym-Stanford Innovation Cnference Panel

Our Publications

We share our research findings through peer-reviewed journals, scholarly and trade presses, policy reports, and Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center’s publishing program.

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