GW Institute for Korean Studies
Founded in the year 2016, the GW Institute for Korean Studies (GWIKS) is a university wide institute housed in the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University. The mission of the GW Institute for Korean Studies (GWIKS) is to consolidate, strengthen, and grow the existing Korean studies program at GW, and more generally in the greater D.C. area. The institute will enable and enhance productive research and education relationships between individuals and departments in several universities, and among the many experts scattered throughout the region and the world.
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The 33rd Annual Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium (2025)
Premodern Korea Lecture: The Grand Strategy of a Middling Power
Korea Policy Forum: Trade and Immigration Policy in US-ROK Relations in 2025
Korea Policy Forum: Building a Strategic U.S.-ROK Artificial Intelligence Partnership
Korea Policy Forum: The US–ROK Alliance Under the Trump and Lee Administrations
7th Annual North Korea Economic Forum Conference Day 1
7th Annual North Korea Economic Forum Conference - Day 2
Disability Rights in East Asian Democracies
Soh Jaipil Lecture with Dr. Immanuel Kim: “Rebranding North Korea"
2025 GWIKS Summer Study Abroad Highlights
GWIKS Signature Conference: The Linguistic Influence of K-Pop
Premodern Lecture Series: "Kǔmo sinhwa as anti-yiduan propaganda-fiction"
Journal of Korean Studies, Author Spotlight Interview Series: Dr. Hye-Kyoung Kwon
The 32nd Annual Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium (2024) - Part 1
Journal of Korean Studies, Author Spotlight Interview Series: Dr. Ria Roy
North Korea Economic Forum: The Trump 2.0 Administration and the North Korean Economy
Korea Policy Forum: The Future of U.S. Policy and the Indo-Pacific
Soh Jaipil Lecture Series with Peter Moody
Korea Policy Forum: U.S.-ROK Economic Relations
2024 Global Korea Forum
Korea Policy Forum: Citizen Activism
Korea Week: Conference on U.S.-ROK Relations Part II
Korea Week: Conference on U.S.ROK Relations Part I
Korea Policy Forum: Special Lecture with former Foreign Minister Park Jin
2024 North Korea Economic Forum: Day 1
Soh Jaipil Lecture Series with Joan Cho
Korea Policy Forum: Special Lecture with Secretary General Tae Yong-ho
2024 North Korea Economic Forum: Day 2
Korea Policy Forum: Special Lecture with Minister of Unification Kim Yung Ho
Premodern Korea Lecture Series: "Transmedia Storytelling"