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| Korea University Graduate School of Literature | |
|---|---|
| Name | Korea University Graduate School of Literature |
| Native name | 고려대학교 대학원 문학과 |
| Established | 1946 |
| Type | Private |
| Parent | Korea University |
| City | Seoul |
| Country | South Korea |
| Campus | Anam-dong |
Korea University Graduate School of Literature is the graduate-level humanities division of Korea University located in Seongbuk District, Seoul. It offers advanced study in Korean literature, English literature, Comparative literature, and related fields, drawing faculty and students with ties to institutions such as Seoul National University, Yonsei University, Ewha Womans University, Sungkyunkwan University, and Hanyang University. The school participates in regional and international collaborations with organizations including Academy of Korean Studies, National Institute of Korean Language, Korean Cultural Heritage Administration, Modern Language Association, and Association for Asian Studies.
The graduate program traces roots to postwar reforms influenced by thinkers associated with Syngman Rhee era intellectual circles and later scholars connected to Kim Gu, Yu Gwansun, and the April Revolution (1960). In the 1960s and 1970s it expanded under professors trained at Harvard University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Columbia University, and University of Tokyo. Institutional milestones include partnerships with National Library of Korea, exchanges with Peking University, University of California, Berkeley, Seijo University, Keio University, and hosting conferences with delegations from British Council, Goethe-Institut, and Institut français. The school weathered political shifts during the Gwangju Uprising, engaged in curricular modernization after the June Democratic Struggle, and contributed to cultural policy debates around the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2005 UNESCO Convention initiatives.
Programs include Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees emphasizing Korean poetics, Classical Chinese literature, American literature, British Romanticism, Postcolonial studies, and Translation studies. Specializations intersect with centers such as the Institute of Humanities, the Center for Korean Studies, and collaborative programs with Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ewha Institute for the Humanities, and Sejong Institute. Coursework often references primary sources from The Joseon Dynasty, archival materials from the National Archives of Korea, and critical theory drawn from scholars linked to Princeton University, Yale University, University of Chicago, New York University, and Stanford University.
Departments encompass Korean Language and Literature, English Language and Literature, Comparative Literature, French Language and Literature, German Language and Literature, Russian Language and Literature, Chinese Language and Literature, and Linguistics. Faculty include scholars who received training at Princeton University, London School of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, McGill University, University of Toronto, Zhejiang University, National Taiwan University, and Australian National University. Visiting professors have included affiliates from Sorbonne University, Trinity College Dublin, University of Hong Kong, Seoul National University Hospital humanities programs, and fellows from Korea Foundation and Fulbright Program.
Research outputs appear in journals and series connected with Korean Studies, Modern Language Review, PMLA, Journal of Asian Studies, Comparative Literature, and region-specific outlets like Acta Koreana and Korean Literary Translation Institute publications. The school supports projects on Hangul script history, annotated editions of works by Yi Kwang-su, Kim Sowol, Yi Sang, Park Kyung-ni, and studies of modernism influenced by T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Franz Kafka, and Gabriel García Márquez. Grants have been awarded by Korea Research Foundation, National Research Foundation of Korea, Asia Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and multinational consortia including Asia-Europe Foundation.
Facilities include seminar rooms in the Humanities Building, research offices in the Central Library adjacent to collections from the National Library of Korea, specialized archives for Korean Classics, digital humanities labs partnered with Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, and reading rooms hosting microfilm holdings from Library of Congress transfers. Campus resources extend to cultural venues like the Korea University Museum, performance spaces used for readings and recitals associated with Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, and collaborative spaces shared with the Korea University Museum of Art and the Anam Student Center.
Graduate student organizations coordinate colloquia, reading groups, and symposiums with alumni networks linked to cultural institutions such as National Theater of Korea, Korean Writers' Association, Munhakdongne Publishing Group, Hangilsa, and media outlets like KBS, MBC, SBS, The Korea Herald, and The Chosun Ilbo. Notable alumni work at Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, hold professorships at Korea University Sejong Campus, Chung-Ang University, Dongguk University, and participate in international programs with UNESCO, World Bank cultural initiatives, and the Korean Cultural Center network.
Admissions criteria reference academic records from institutions such as Seoul National University, Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies, KAIST, Chungnam National University, and require research proposals engaging sources from archives like National Institute of Korean History or libraries such as Yonsei University Library. Financial aid packages combine scholarships from Korea University Foundation, stipends funded by the Ministry of Education (South Korea), teaching assistantships, and external fellowships like Fulbright Program, Korea Foundation Fellowship, and grants from the Asian Cultural Council.
Category:Korea University Category:Graduate schools in South Korea