2020-10-09
- The global success and recognition of BTS, a seven-member South Korean music group, demonstrates that their artistry and message has captured the attention of millions. In addition to providing music and entertainment, BTS inspires their global fandom, ARMY, to engage in a myriad of actions connected to social issues. The combination of how BTS expresses this call to social action, and how the...
2020-01-28 - Los Angeles Career Forum 2020 March 21 & 22 (Sat. & Sun.) https://careerforum.net/en/event/los/ At the Los Angeles Career Forum, there will be a Kickoff Breakfast, where students will be able to network with company reps and other job seekers, panel discussions with representatives from startups and engineers, as well as...
2020-01-28 - The recruiting seminar will be held: Date: February 20th, Thursday Time: 11:00AM – 3:00PM Place: 2090B Foreign Language Building Bond Consultants will be holding a recruiting seminar at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign again this year, and we are looking for students who are interested in the Japanese language/culture and/or...- 2020-01-23 - Elementary KOR courses (KOR 201 & 202) will be offered online during summer term II 2020. Anyone can register, as there is no senior or graduate student restriction on summer KOR registration. Please feel free to contact Jeeyoung Ahn Ha (j-ahn3@illinois.edu), director of the Korean language program, with any questions about the courses. KOR 201 [...
- 2020-01-22 - The Second Midwest Korean Speech Contest will be held at Northwestern University on Saturday, April 18 from 1:00 to 6 pm. All participants will have opportunities to experience Korean culture, followed by Korean dinner. [Eligibility] The winner in each level (beginning, intermediate and advanced) at the 5th UIUC Korean Speech Contest, which will be held at...
- 2019-07-01 - Actus Consulting Group is recruiting Japanese speakers for various entry positions in Japanese companies in the U.S. Click here to see available positions (updated on July 1, 2019) and contact Nina Koch at (847)-466-1516 if you...
- 2019-03-05 - Students are invited to participate in the Fourth Annual Korean Speech Contest on Thursday, April 4th. This event is open to all, and will be co-hosted by the Korean language program in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and the Korean Students Association (KSA). Here is...
2019-01-24 - Korean Conversation Table is an informal weekly gathering where participants get to practice their spoken Korean with native speakers of Korean. All who would like to practice speaking in Korean is welcome, so please join us. For more information, please contact Jeeyoung Ahn Ha, director of the Korean language program (j-ahn3@illinois.edu <...- 2018-09-19 - PASONA has been organizing a Two-month Summer internship program at a Japanese company in JAPAN named “PASONA International Exchange Program” since 1987 and it marked the 30th anniversary this year. This summer internship program allows outstanding undergraduate and graduate students to participate in a two-month...
- 2018-08-28 - Date & Time: Friday, Oct 5, 2018, 2:00 pm (Talk 2:00-3:30 pm; Reception 3:30-4:30 pm) Location: Levis Faculty Center, Room 300 (919 West Illinois Street, Urbana) Dr. Roald Maliangkay discusses the cultural impact of shows and nightlife at the Seoul Walker Hill resort from 1962-2012. The Walker Hill, opened in 1963, comprised a hotel with a casino and other luxury...
- 2018-08-28 - The next Korean placement/proficiency test will be administered on Friday, January 11 2019. For more information on where to sign up online for the test, please contact Ms. Debbie (debrice@illinois.edu) in November.
- 2018-08-27 - Unfinished business and life after death are the themes of The Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda, a haunting tale of redemption by Elisabeth Wilkins Lombardo (BA, Asian Studies 1990), a 47-year-old rising Maine writer, who died in 2015, and whose debut novel will be published in October. Click here...
- 2018-04-09 - Bond Consultants will be holding a recruiting seminar at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and they are looking for students who are interested in the Japanese language/culture and/or would like to pursue a career within a Japanese company in the US market. The recruiting seminar will be held: Date: April 12th, 2018 (Thursday) Time: ...
- 2018-03-29 - Event Type Reception/Open House Sponsor Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies; EALC Korean Language Program; Korean Student Association Location 319 Gregory Hall (810 S. Wright St., Urbana) Date Apr 6, 2018 5:00 - 7:00 pm Registration...
2018-03-29 - CEAPS Speaker Series - Jong Bum Kwon "Homeless, Abandoned: Affective Lives in Post-industrial South Korea" Event Type Seminar/Symposium Topic south korea Sponsor Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies Location 1080 Foreign Languages Building - Lucy Ellis Lounge (707 S Mathews Ave.,...