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Welcome to the

Association for Korean Studies

in Europe (AKSE).

Its objectives are to stimulate and co-ordinate academic Korean studies in all countries of Europe, and to contribute to the spread of knowledge of Korea among a wider public. Founded in 1977, AKSE holds regular scholarly conferences and publishes an annual Newsletter.

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23rd June 2025

Announcement of 2025 AKSE Book Prize winners

The 2025 AKSE Book Prize was co-awarded (in alphabetic order) on June 21, 2025, to Dr. Jamie Doucette (University of Manchester), for his book, The Postdevelopmental State : Dilemmas of Economic Democratization…
Robert Winstanley-Chesters
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23rd June 2025

33rd AKSE Conference – June 24th – 27th, 2027, at the University of Bucharest

It was wonderful to see AKSE members and non-members at the 32nd AKSE Conference last week at the University of Edinburgh. At the AKSE General Meeting it was announced that…
Robert Winstanley-Chesters
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10th June 2025

Notice – Nominations to AKSE Council

Dr Sabine Burghart (Lecturer, University of Turku) and Dr Ivana Gubić (Lecturer, University of Zagreb) have been nominated by the AKSE Council for election to the Council of the Association.…
Robert Winstanley-Chesters

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