The Journal of Korean Studies

The Journal of Korean Studies (JKS), the flagship peer-reviewed publication in the field of Korean studies, publishes a broad range of original scholarly articles related to Korean history, culture, politics, and society, as well as reviews of new Korea-related books, making it both a venue for original research and a guide to the field’s expanding literature. Its contributors and readership span disciplines and continents, bringing together historians, literary and cultural scholars, sociologists, political scientists, and anthropologists representing the wide range of disciplinary approaches in Korean studies.

JKS is based at Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC), where it is housed within the Korea Program, and is published by Duke University Press.

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The journal was originally established in 1969 at the University of Washington and was previously housed at Shorenstein APARC's Korea Program from 2004 to 2008. In March 2026, with the publication of Volume 31, Issue 1, and after years at other institutions, the program welcomed the journal back to Stanford and is pleased to serve as its home base once again. Learn more about the journal's history. 

Manuscript Submissions

JKS welcomes manuscripts from researchers at all career stages, working across the full range of topics, periods, and methodologies reflected in the field of Korean studies. Korean studies is undergoing genuine growth with new generations of scholars producing compelling work that is reshaping our understanding of Korea’s past and present. The Journal of Korean Studies exists to support and disseminate that work.

For information about submission guidelines, policies, and to submit a manuscript to JKS, please visit the journal's website at Duke University Press. 

Journal Editors

Paul Chang, Tong Yang, Korea Foundation, and Korea Stanford Alumni Association Senior Fellow, Shorenstein APARC, Stanford University.

Yumi Moon, Associate Professor of History, Stanford University.

Dafna Zur, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford University.

Managerial Editor

Kerstin Norris, Research Associate, Shorenstein APARC’s Korea Program, Stanford University.