<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Dear Colleagues,</span></font><br><br><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">The GW Institute for <span class="gmail-il">Korean</span> <span class="gmail-il">Studies</span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"> at the George Washington University is pleased to announce the </span><span style="font-size:16px">the publication of the Journal of Korean Studies Spring 2025 issue.</span></font><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">The articles are available online through </span></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><a href="https://read.dukeupress.edu/journal-of-korean-studies/issue/30/1">https://read.dukeupress.edu/journal-of-korean-studies/issue/30/1</a> </span><span style="font-size:12pt">an</span><span style="font-size:12pt">d Project MUSE.  </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">We are also delighted to feature an interview with author Dr. Hye-Kyoung Kwon, the winner of our annual Outstanding Article Award for 2024.  Dr. Kwon&#39;s winning article is titled &quot;The Post\u2013World War II Rise of AmorePacific: Women\u2019s Labor, South Korea\u2019s Cosmetic-Product Industry, and the Park Chung Hee Regime of 1961\u20131979.&quot; </span></font><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">The interview and others in our Author Spotlight Interview series can be found at: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhM_IyUMR-i3585GzlU_H3YWvZCsTSCDo">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhM_IyUMR-i3585GzlU_H3YWvZCsTSCDo</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">The <span class="gmail-il">Journal</span> <span class="gmail-il">of</span> <span class="gmail-il">Korean</span> <span class="gmail-il">Studies</span> is dedicated to publishing quality articles in all disciplines on a broad range <span class="gmail-il">of</span> topics concerning Korea, both historical and contemporary. JKS encourages transnational and interdisciplinary approaches to scholarship.<br><br>JKS welcomes submissions year round for <span class="gmail-il">publication</span>. For more information please visit &lt;<a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/journal-of-korean-studies/" target="_blank">https://www.dukeupress.edu/<span style="text-decoration-line:none">journal</span>-<span class="gmail-il">of</span>-<span style="text-decoration-line:none"><span class="gmail-il">korean</span></span>-<span style="text-decoration-line:none"><span class="gmail-il">studies</span></span>/</a>&gt; <a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/journal-of-korean-studies/" target="_blank">https://www.dukeupress.edu/<span class="gmail-il">journal</span>-<span class="gmail-il">of</span>-<span style="text-decoration-line:none"><span class="gmail-il">korean</span></span>-<span style="text-decoration-line:none"><span class="gmail-il">studies</span></span>/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">The Journal of Korean Studies, Spring 2025, Volume 30, No. 1</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">General Articles</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Bracing for Disorder: The Red Turbans and Chos\u014fn-Ming Relations by</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Ilsoo Cho</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Voices Inscribed by Land: P\u2019ansori Mountain Study and the More-than-Human World by Ivanna Sang Een Yi</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Consumption, Class, and the Cosmopolitan in Twenty-First-Century South Korean Culinary Dramas by Jenny Wang Medina</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Becoming Yugajok: From Bereaved Families to Social Activists in South Korea by Minyoung Kim</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Pending: The Temporality of Crisis and Normalcy during COVID-19 in South Korean Queer Activism by Yookyeong Im</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Systematized Hierarchy of the Korean Studies Space: Examining \u201cProfstudents\u201d in Southeast Asia by Sueun Kim</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Book Reviews</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">City of Sediments: A History of Seoul in the Age of Colonialism by Se-Mi Oh. Reviewed by Hannah Shepherd</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">North Korea, Tricontinentalism, and the Latin American Revolution, 1959\u20131970 by Moe Taylor. Reviewed by </span></font><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Benjamin R. Young</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Faire du terrain en Corée du Nord: Écrire autrement les sciences sociales [Doing fieldwork in North Korea: Writing social sciences differently] edited by Valérie Gelézeau and Benjamin Joinau. Reviewed by Benoit Berthelier.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Best regards,</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Peter G. Moody</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">PhD Columbia University<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Senior Editor, Journal of Korean Studies</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Postdoctoral Fellow at George Washington University</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>