''Korean Studies'' ({{Korean, hangul=한국학) is an English-language international

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that seeks to further scholarship on Korea and Koreans abroad by providing a forum for interdisciplinary and multicultural articles, book reviews, and essays in the humanities and social sciences. The journal was founded at the

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Center for Korean Studies under the directorship of Dae-Sook Suh. Volumes 1–3 list the Center faculty, but no editor. Volumes 4–6 list Peter D. Lee as editor, and subsequent volumes show editorial successions by Center faculty at intervals of (usually) three to six years. The journal continues to be edited at the UH Center for Korean Studies and published by the

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. The cover design changed in 1996, on its 20th anniversary. The translation of its title as ''Hangukhak'', which appears in Korean script on the cover, has generated some controversy because only South Koreans call their country Hanguk. North Koreans call theirs Chosŏn (also spelled Joseon). ''Korean Studies'' appears annually. However, volumes 25–26 (2001–2002) contain two issues each. Its first electronic edition appeared in 2000 on Project MUSE.

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Korean studies journals Cultural journals English-language journals Academic journals established in 1977 Annual journals Academic journals published by university presses

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