Korean Studies : Home

Welcome! 환영합니다!

This research guide will support you in discovering Korean Studies resources at UW-Madison and beyond. The Korean Studies Collection at UW-Madison contains over 8,500 physical volumes and other digital resources in the Korean language. The collection also consists of approximately 15,000 physical volumes and electronic resources in non-Korean languages related to Korean Studies. The Korean Studies Collection is actively growing. 

The Korean Studies Collection at UW-Madison Libraries emphasizes modern history, US-Korea relations, Korean language acquisition, etc. The primary Korean Studies books and periodicals are located on the 4th floor, Memorial Library. 

What's New

Digital Resources

• new Country Intelligence Reports/State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research Reports: Korea (1941-1961) (NetID required)
  Collection of government intelligence research and reports prepared between 1941 and 1961 on various topics related to Korea by the U.S. Department of State.

• new Korea: Records of the U.S. Department of State, 1930-1963 (NetID required)
  Archive of materials collected by U.S. diplomats on the internal and foreign affairs of Korea, from 1930 to 1963.

• new Kyobo Scholar (NetID required)
  Multi-disciplinary full-text article database from journals published by academic societies and research centers in Korea.

• new U.S. Army Center of Military History Historical Manuscripts Collection: The Korean War (NetID required)
  U.S. military documents from the Korean War era include after-action interviews and reports, orders, narratives, analyses, charts, maps, and photographs.

• new Yeonhaengrok (燕行錄) (NetID required)
  It is a full-text database of Yeonhaengrok. It is a travelogue of Korean envoys recorded while traveling to and from Yeongyeong (Beijing, China) during the Joseon Dynasty (13th to 19th century). 

Monthly New Arrival Books

• Human rights and transnational democracy in South Korea by Hwang, Ingu
• Between the streets and the assembly : social movements, political parties, and democracy in Korea by Lee, Yoonkyung 
• Carbon technocracy : energy regimes in modern East Asia by Seow, Victor
   
• New Selection Books - please submit a request if unavailable temporarily
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Events & Exhibits

• Subtitling for Parasite (2019) and Korean Cinema in the Anglophone World
  Darcy Paquet, film critic
  Thursday, March 31, 2022, 6:30 PM CDT
  @Webinar