[KS] OUT NOW! Korean Studies: Global Research and Critique, 2026 v50 n1

[Cheehyung Harrison Kim]

Greetings, KS Community.

The Center for Korean Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa is
delighted to announce the publication of *Korean Studies: Global Research &
Critique, 2026, Volume 50, Number 1 <https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/55510>*

This publication is a momentous occasion as the journal passes the *50th
volume milestone*. We are the *oldest continuously published journal *in
the field outside the Korean peninsula. We've been at it since Summer 1977!

We made some changes. We have a *new name: Korean Studies: Global Research
& Critique*. We are now publishing *two issues a year* (Regular in the
Spring, Special Issue in the Fall). We have a *new cover* design. And
*footnotes
are back!*

*Check out* this issue's fascinating research articles, a pertinent
commentary, and thoughtful book reviews. In *F**all 2026*, we look forward
to the *Special Issue "Korean Poetry in the Global Age," *guest-edited
by *David
Krolikoski* (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa)

As always, I'd very much like to hear about a paper you want to publish or
an idea for a Special Issue. Thank you.

C. Harrison Kim, Editor, chk7 at hawaii.edu

*Korean Studies: Global Research and Critique (**Volume 50, Number 1,
Spring 2026)* <https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/55510>


[image: Cover KS v50 n1 2026.jpeg]
[Cover: Unionized Korean women divers of Tshushima, 1967]


*Editor’s Note*

*Cheehyung Harrison Kim *(University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)

pp. v-vii DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a987597



*Articles*



*Engineers of the Human Soul: North Korean Literature Today (from 1977, v1)*

*Marshall R. Pihl *(University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)

pp. 1-49 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a987598



*Carving Out Space for Korean History: Contributions of Korean Scholars in
East Asian Studies in the United States, 1955–1965*

*Sang Mee Oh *(George Mason University Korea)

pp. 50-75 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a987599



*Women Divers Resisting Oppression: A Brief History of Jeju Divers and
Their Representations in North Korea’s Literature, Performance Art, and
Screen Culture*

*Kyounghwa Lim
<https://muse.jhu.edu/search?action=search&&query=author:Kyounghwa%20Lim>
*(Chung-Ang
University)

pp. 76-105 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a987600



*From Policy to Pop: Navigating South Korean Cultural Policies and Their
Impact on Korean Popular Music*

*Wonseok Lee *(Yale University)

pp. 106-135 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a987601



*Korea’s Path of Liturgical Inculturation: Ancestral Rites in
Confucian-Christian Interplay, Social Change, and Women*

*David Kwon *(Seattle University)

pp. 136-166 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a987602



*Commentary*



*Coming (Out) to Terms with Queerness in Korea: Language Matters*

*Eun-Young Julia Kim *(University of Notre Dame)

pp. 167-175 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a987603



*Book Reviews*



*Dawn of Labor** by Park Nohae (review)*

*Yejun Kweon *(University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)

pp. 176-178 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a987604



*The Red Decades: Communism as Movement and Culture in Korea, 1919–1945** by
Vladimir Tikhonov (review)*

*Kyu-hyun Jo *(University of Malaya)

pp. 178-182 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a987605



*North Korea’s Mundane Revolution: Socialist Living and the Rise of Kim Il
Sung, 1953–1965** by Andre Schmid (review)*

*Holly Stephens *(University of Edinburgh)

pp. 182-185 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a987606
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