[KS] Call for Nominations for the 2026 Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies

[Berkeley Center for Korean Studies]

ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Center for Korean Studies (CKS) at UC Berkeley is pleased to announce
the deadline for the 2026 competition for the Hong Yung Lee Book Award in
Korean Studies <https://ieas.berkeley.edu/cks/hylbookaward>. This annual
award is open and flexible regarding academic discipline. It encompasses the
conventional areas of Korean Studies (i.e., humanities, arts and media, and
social sciences) but also Korean Studies texts that engage the Korean
diaspora and/or comparative approaches. $10,000 will be awarded to the
author(s) whose nonfiction English-language academic monograph about Korea
demonstrates outstanding scholarly merit, research prowess, and
methodological innovation.

The deadline for submission is *January 15th, 2026*. A publisher can submit
titles released in 2024 and 2025 that explore the subject of Korea. Authors
can also take initiative and submit books independently. Books submitted
for the prior year competition that did not win and whose publication dates
fall within the specified range of eligibility will be automatically
reconsidered.

To submit a book for consideration, please send a digital version of the
book (if available) by email to stevenlee at berkeley.edu or a physical copy
to the following address:

Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies
c/o Steven Lee
Center for Korean Studies
Banway Building
2111 Bancroft Way, Suite 549L
Berkeley, CA 94720

Digital submissions are preferred. If submitting only a physical copy,
please send an accompanying email to cks at berkeley.edu with the name of the
author and title of the book.

The Center for Korean Studies establishes the policy and rules for the
prize, appoints the selection committee for review, and administers the
award event in honor of the awardee(s). The Koreanist faculty at UC
Berkeley conduct the preliminary review of all submissions. Subsequently,
the Center for Korean Studies forms an independent review committee
composed of representatives from the field of Korean Studies outside UC
Berkeley to review and assess the finalists’ books and select the winner.

The result will be announced in the fall of 2026, followed by an award ceremony
in the spring of 2027 featuring a special lecture by the awardee(s) and an
invited scholar respondent’s presentation at the Center for Korean Studies
at UC Berkeley.

For more information about the award and prior awardees, please visit
ieas.berkeley.edu/cks/hylbookaward.

Inquiries may be directed to: stevenlee at berkeley.edu

*Kelsey R. Wong* (she/her)
Program Director
Center for Korean Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Banway Building
2111 Bancroft Way, Suite 549L
Berkeley, CA 94720
cks at berkeley.edu

ieas.berkeley.edu/cks
facebook.com/UCBerkeleyCKS/
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