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Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective @dksc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

DKSC presents our second roundtable for Palestine. We’ll feature three Korean activists engaged in solidarity activism for Palestine to share their experiences and reflections. Please join us later today! Mar 18 (Wed) 8PM (Eastern) / Mar 19 (Thur) 9AM (Korea) on Zoom (registration required)

This 2026 roundtable aims to continue DKS's ongoing conversation with Korean studies scholars on Israel's years-long genocide and the ongoing violence in Gaza. At the first roundtable in 2024, we examined how Korean studies scholars and educators are individually connected to this genocide and what it means to practice solidarity with Palestine from precarious positionalities. The forthcoming roundtable will feature three Korean activists who will share their experiences, reflections, concerns,
and positionalities. Through their
voices, we seek to explore how violence against Palestinians intersects with the Korean context. We also examine how resistance to and challenges against genocide have been and continue to be enacted within Korea, despite the silence of the Korean government and the dominance of hegemonic mainstream narratives that erase Palestinian suffering and resistance.

Panelists
•Bora Noon (BDS Korea)
•Goun (Seoul Human Rights Film Festival)
•Nam Woong (Queers in Korea for Palestine & Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea)

이번 라운드테이블에서는 가자지구에서 수년간 지속되어 온 이스라엘의 집단 학살과 폭력에 대해 한국학 연구자들의 관심을 환기시키며 성찰과 논의를 이어가고자 합니다. 2024년에 열린 첫 번째 라운드테이블에서는 불안정한 위치에 놓인 한국학 연구자 및 교육자들이 이 집단 학살과 어떻게 개별적으로 연결되어 있는지, 그리고 그러한 위치에서 팔레스타인과 연대한다는 것이 무엇을 의미하는지를 논의하였다면, 이번에 이어질 라운드테이블에서는 팔레스타인과의 연대를 다양한 방면에서 모색해 온 세 명의 한국 활동가들을 초대하여 세 분의 경험과 고민을 함께 공유하고자 합니다. 무엇보다, 활동가 분들의 목소리를 동해 팔레스타인에 대한 폭력이 한국의 맥락과 어떻게 교차하는지를 살펴봄으로써 팔레스타인의 고통과 저항을 지워내는 주류 담론과 이에 동조하는 한국 정부의 침묵 속에서도 집단 학살에 대한 저항과 도전이 한국 사회 내부에서 어떻게 이루어져 왔으며 현재도 진행 중인지 함께 이야기 하고자 합니다.

패널리스트
• 고운 (서울인권영화제)
• 눈보라 (팔레스타인평화연대/BDS Korea)
• 남웅 (퀴어팔레스타인연대QK48과 행동하는 성소수자인권연대)

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Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective @dksc.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

DKSC 📖 Publication Workshop | November 12 (Wed), 3:30-5PM EST Panelists will share insights on turning dissertations into books and navigating editorial and disciplinary expectations in the context of Korean studies. Sign up here: bit.ly/dkscbookwork...

BOOK PUBLICATION IN KOREAN STUDIES WORKSHOP

November 12 (Wed)
3:30- 5PM (EST)

PANELISTS
Bohyeong Kim (Vanderbilt)
David Krolikoski (Hawai'i)
Jinwon Kim (Smith)

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Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective @dksc.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

DKSC presents a roundtable discussion on the 10th anniversary of “Feminism Reboot,” on 9/26 (Fri) at 8PM EST. We will reflect on a decade of feminist and queer politics, activism, and scholarship in Korean Studies in both North America and South Korea. Register here: bit.ly/46jg871

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Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective @dksc.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

We’ve updated our mission statement on our webpage in both English and Korean: dkscollective.com/dks-collecti...

The Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective (DKSC) is a community of scholars, activists, and community organizers united by a shared commitment to challenging the colonial, racialized, and heteronormative foundations of Korean studies. As a field largely institutionalized within US academia during the Cold War, Korean studies has long operated as a knowledge project that served the strategic and ideological interests of the US empire. The production of academic knowledge about Korea was never neutral; it was embedded in a larger apparatus of military, political, economic, and cultural domination that continues to shape the field’s practices.

We come together to address the harms perpetuated by this legacy, including the ongoing marginalization of voices from Korean, diasporic, and other communities silenced by colonial, racialized, and heteronormative structures of power. We stand in solidarity with those who have experienced violence, erasure, or exploitation within the academy and beyond—particularly early-career scholars made vulnerable by institutionalized white supremacy, settler colonialism, and academic gatekeeping—while also recognizing the complicity of Korean and Korean American scholars who uphold or benefit from these systems.

We seek to change how Korean studies is practiced: what we study, how we study, and for whom. For us, decolonizing Korean studies is not a metaphor. It is a deliberate and ongoing process that demands structural change, collective care, and new imagination. This involves challenging institutional norms, confronting exploitative research practices, and promoting collaborative scholarship and pedagogy. We are deeply committed to the ethos of community building—an ideal too often appropriated or overlooked within academia’s hierarchical systems. We strive to cultivate a space rooted in radical trust where our shared knowledge and responsibility foster growth and repair.

Since our formation in 2023, we have actively organized public events, roundtable workshops, and mentorship programs to foster dialogue, support early-career scholars, and create spaces for solidarity across disciplines and communities. We are dedicated to deepening this work as we envision Korean studies grounded in justice, equity, and collective liberation.

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Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective @dksc.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Reminder: The application deadline for the Publication Mentoring Workshop is in one week, by May 9 at midnight EST. This workshop for graduate students and postdocs will be held on June 6, 2025. See the CFP for details and submission guidelines. Link to apply: forms.gle/fb6B2KMgnZGh...

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Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective @dksc.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

We will be holding a Publication Mentoring Workshop (invite only) for grads/postdocs in June 2025. Please see the CFP for details, eligibility and submission guidelines. Application due May 9 Midnight EST. Link to apply via google form: forms.gle/fb6B2KMgnZGh...

Call for Papers: DKSC Publication Mentoring Workshop

DKSC is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for the Publication Mentoring Workshop, scheduled for June 2025. This workshop provides graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in all humanities and qualitative social science disciplines, working on a broad range of topics concerning Korea, with an opportunity to receive feedback on manuscripts intended for journal publication. Designed to guide participants through the academic publishing process, the workshop will pair selected students and postdoctoral scholars with critical experts in Korean studies from various disciplines, including history, film, media, and ethnography.
We welcome applications from PhD students and postdoctoral scholars researching Korea and the Korean diaspora across all disciplinary backgrounds. We especially encourage junior scholars who have attended previous DKSC mentoring workshops, roundtables, or events to submit works in progress.

Eligibility
Open to current PhD students and postdoctoral scholars who have not yet secured a tenure-track academic appointment and have an article-length manuscript (8,000-10,000 words) that is near submission.

Submission Details
• Workshop Date: Friday, June 6, 2025 (held virtually)
• Deadline: May 9, 2025 (midnight EST)
• How to Apply: Submit your information and your full manuscript via the Google Form:
https://forms.gle/fb6B2KMgnZGhFwRE8
• Selection & Notification: Manuscripts nearing completion and ready for constructive feedback are strongly encouraged. Successful applicants will be notified by May 16, 2025.

If you have any inquiries, please contact dkscollective2023@gmail.com

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Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective @dksc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

With hopes of chaos caused by the martial law being resolved, today marks the 77th anniversary of the Jeju 4.3 massacre in South Korea. Just a quick reminder of our online film screening event put together in recognition of the stories far to often erased and forgotten.

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Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective @dksc.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Join us for a special screening of Until the Stones Speak (2023) on April 11, 6 pm EST. Directed by Kim Kyung-man, this film follows the lives of five women who lived through the devastating turmoil of Jeju 4.3. luc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective @dksc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

DKSC shares Kang Kwang-seok’s firsthand account of the Namtaeryeong protest where farmers and citizens united against corruption in December 2024. This alliance between rural activists and urban youth reshaped Korean social movements. dkscollective.com/2025/02/21/2...

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“28 Hours at Namtaeryeong: I felt ashamed of my country. But I also saw its future in these women.”

Image Credit: IKP News Translators’ Note: From December 16 to 21, 2024, the “Jeon Bong-jun Struggle Group,” a coalition of eight agricultural and food-related organizations, drove tractors and othe…

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Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective @dksc.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

DKSC translates a powerful speech by a Korean pro-democratic protester calling for a new vision of democracy as a form of living-with-others. This speech was delivered during a mass demonstration on January 3, 2025, in response to the failed attempt to arrest the recently impeached president Yoon.

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“We are all part of this shared struggle”

Image Credit: Emergency Coalition for Yoon Suk-yeol’s Immediate Resignation and Social Reform (윤석열즉각퇴진·사회대개혁 비상행동) Translators’ Note: On December 31, 2024, a district court in Seoul ordered t…

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Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective @dksc.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Join us for our DKSC workshop, “Bridging Korean and Korean American Studies,” on Fri, Feb 21. Where does Korean American Studies fit within different disciplines? Is it part of Korean Studies' efforts to globalize the field? We invite three interdisciplinary scholars to explore these questions.

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Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective @dksc.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

We have added a new section to our Resources page, “Translating Palestine.” It includes articles and statements translated into Korean in collaboration with Korean Feminists for Palestine. They are authored by feminist and queer activists and scholars from, in, and in solidarity with Palestine.

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Resources Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective aims to provide a timely compilation of articles, books, films, documentaries, and other materials on specific topics. Korean Queer Documentaries Re…

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Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective @dksc.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Please join us for our first "DKSC Reads" to discuss together Minwoo Jung's "Queer Korea Impossible." Links to the article in both Korean/Eng. will be sent upon registration participants are encouraged to read the article beforehand. The event will also be in both Korean/Eng.

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Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective @dksc.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

With President Yoon impeached by the National Assembly, the Constitutional Court must now certify the decision. In this moment, we’re sharing a preliminary list of English-language monographs and Korean documentaries to critically understand South Korean democracies: dkscollective.com/resources/3/

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Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective aims to provide a timely compilation of articles, books, films, documentaries, and other materials on specific topics. Korean Queer Documentaries Read Rethink…

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Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective @dksc.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

At yesterday’s DKSC emergency roundtable, we explored feminist/queer perspectives on protests, the politics of remembering/forgetting, and the positionality of US-based Korean scholars, rethinking democracy beyond US-centric Cold War frameworks while interrogating heteropatriarchal nationalism.

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Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective @dksc.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Join us for an emergency roundtable on “K-democracy.” We’ll critically examine the heteronationalist and exceptionalist narratives of Korean democracy, the varied experiences of national “crisis” across communities, and the linkages between Korean exceptionalism and US empire. bit.ly/DKSCEmergency

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