[KS] Korean Literature Association's New Website and More Updates

[sunyoung park]

To the Korean studies community:


I would like to announce the launching of the new website of the Korean Literature Association at http://koreanlit.org/. The website was designed by Prof. James Chae of Hongik University, whose contribution is herewith gratefully acknowledged. For those who are familiar with our previous website, we have moved to this new domain from http://korlit.org<http://korlit.org/>, which has now been retired.

For the past several months, KLA’s Executive Committee has put in some effort to make the new website into a resource for scholars of Korean literature in North America and beyond. Many thanks are due to the members of the committee--Jae Won Edward Chung, Jina Kim, Immanuel Kim, and Pil Ho Kim. The website introduces a few features and services that will hopefully be of use to our community, including a list of fellowships and grants, information on relevant professional societies, teaching resources, and an archive of sample syllabi. These resources are accessible to anyone, so please feel free to share and circulate them to students and colleagues.

In other news, coming up soon will be KLA’s Annual Conference, which will take place at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles on November 10 and 11, 2023. The conference title is "The Posthuman, the Human, and the Non-Human: New Narratives and Critical Perspectives in Korean Studies." Its program has been recently finalized and can be found at http://koreanlit.org/upcoming-meeting/. Conference materials—including the essays’ abstracts and the presenters' biographies—will be made available exclusively to active KLA members two months ahead of the event.

Finally, please consider supporting KLA by becoming an annual member, attending our conference, and/or by donating any sum that you feel comfortable contributing. The funds that we are raising will enable KLA to perform its function all the while facing the inevitable operational costs for website maintenance, conference organization, and more. The members of our Executive Committee work on a voluntary basis and receive no monetary compensation for their services. KLA is currently budgeting for the provision of travel grants and accommodation subsidies for our conference attendees. The more generously we can all contribute to the association, the more we can ensure that the younger and less established members of our community can participate, promote their scholarship, advance their careers, and ultimately nurture the field of Korean literature.

Thanks for your consideration! Please let me know if you have any questions. As always, thank you for your support for KLA, and even more thanks for all the good work that you have been doing to the benefit of the field and of our academic community. I wish you all a pleasant and fruitful season ahead.

Best regards,

Sunyoung Park
President, Korean Literature Association

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