Hosted by the Dangoor Centre, Faculty of Humanities, Bar Ilan University
On December 25, 2022, the 7th Israeli-Korean Studies Workshop was held at the Dangoor Centre, Faculty of Humanities, Bar-Ilan University. With the participation of a representative of the S. Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Yohan PARK, 3rd secretary and the Cultural Attaché in Israel, Embassy of the Republic of Korea. The workshop aim to create an academic community for Israeli and Korean scholars and graduate students who gather in a study workshop to share their research. “It enables the students to present their work at early and advanced stages and receive feedback and support from scholars and collogues, to improve their research and prepare them for academic presentations abroad,” explain Dr. Alon Levkovitz, from the Asian Studies Program BIU, who initiated and lead the workshop.
It enables the students to present their work at early and advanced stages and receive feedback and support from scholars and collogues, to improve their research and prepare them for academic presentations abroad
In the seven years since the first workshop, it has become a major focus of interest for Korean Studies scholars studying at all Israeli universities. The workshop was made possible due to the ongoing support of the Dangoor Centre, the Academy of Korean Studies and the Korean Embassy in Israel. The participants expressed their enthusiasm for the eight workshop to be held next year at Bar-Ilan University, and expressed satisfaction with the workshop results.
The Participants at the research workshop are: Yohan PARK, 3rd secretary and the Cultural Attaché in Israel, Embassy of the Republic of Korea; Yael Birman, University of Haifa; Tamar Fragman, Tel-Aviv University; Alice Kamishan, Tel Aviv University; Dr. Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein, Tel Aviv University; Dr. Alon Levkowitz, Bar-Ilan University; Dr. Irina Lyan, Hebrew University; Dr. Anna Lee, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Dikla Levy, Tel Aviv University; Tim Park, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Dr. Guy Podoler, University of Haifa; Leah Rabinovitch, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Dr. Evgenia Rozenfeld, Tel Aviv University and University of Haifa; Dr. Liora Sarfati, Tel-Aviv University; Nitzan Shwartz, Tel Aviv University; Dr. Guy Shababo, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Xenia Sklyar, Tel Aviv University; Shay Yeger, University of Haifa; Dr. Michal Zelcer-lavid, Bar-Ilan University; Noa Niv, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.