History

1960S ~ 1980S
Establishing the Foundation for Korean Studies
1957 Committee for the Translation of Korean Classical Writings affiliated with Korea University established
1963 Committee for the Translation of Korean Classical Writing expanded, reorganized, and renamed as the Korean Cultural Research Center
1964 The journal Korean Cultural Studies first published
1972 The complete 7 volumes of the Korean Cultural History Encyclopedia published
1977 The complete 6 volumes of the Bibliography of Korean Studies published
1980 The complete 5 volumes of the History of Modern Korean Culture Encyclopedia published
1982 The complete 6 volumes of the Korean Folk Culture Encyclopedia published
1983 The Ji-hoon Korean Studies Fund established; The Korean Cultural Research Series published
1990S ~ 2000S
Establishing the Stage for the Globalization and Digitization of Korean Studies
1995 The Unabridged Chinese-Korean Dictionary published
1997 Promoted in status as the Research Institute of Korean Studies
1999 The Korean Studies Building opened
2002 Chosun Culture Electronic Atlas Project carried out (~2007)
2003 The International Center for Korean Studies (ICKS) established
2005 Online Services Partner Agreement for Chinese-Korean Korean-Chinese Dictionary with web portals signed
2007 The 2007 Humanities Korea Project awarded; Humanities Korea (HK) Korean Culture Research Group established
2009 The Korea University Korean Dictionary published
2009 Instrumental Language Courses in the Center for Cultural Learning was launched
2010S ~
Globalizing Korean Studies
2011 The international journal Cross-Currents first published
(joint publication with the Institute for East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley)
2012 Center for Manchu Studies established
2012 Collection of Ancient Korean Poem published
2013 Center for Lexicography established
2013 Cultural Dynamics Library Series published
2015 In the Center for Cultural Learning, Humanities Course (Seoul Citizen College, Seongbuk District Citizen School) was established
2016 RIKS Academy, PONY CHUNG Fellowship operated
2016 Center for Digital Humanities established
2017 International Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS)-in-ASIA held
Research Institute of Korean Studies (RIKS), Korea University
145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Korea
Tel : 82-2-3290-1610~1613 / Fax : 82-2-926-8385