The Nam Center for Korean Studies at the University of Michigan is pleased to announce the third Michigan Korean Studies Summer Institute (MiKSSI), to be held in Ann Arbor from June 22-27, 2025. This one-week residential intensive program, to be conducted in Korean and English without interpretation, will focus on collaborative learning, collective thinking, and critical agenda-setting around a key issue in Korean Studies.

The theme of this summer will be Literature and Korea's Twentieth Century. 

Two leading scholars, Kyeong-Hee Choi (University of Chicago) and Sunyoung Park (University of Southern California), will be joining students in residence and directing in-person seminars for participants.

Applications for the Institute are open to PhD students in any discipline, whose research concerns Korea. Applications are currently open, and can be submitted via this form. The final deadline for submissions is March 15, 2025. 

More information on the Institute and application instructions can also be found on their website above.