Instructor

Jennifer Jung-Kim teaches courses on the history and cultures of Korea and East Asia in the UCLA Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, the International and Area Studies program, the Honors Collegium program, and also is affiliated with the Food Studies program. She enjoys designing new courses and incorporating Reacting to the Past historical role-playing games into her courses. She earned a UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award in 2021. Jennifer has been a popular instructor in our teacher-centered programs for many years.

Requirements

You can view seminar requirements here. 

Reading assignments and pre-recorded lectures for each week will be available iin this forum and are to be completed prior to the discussion sessions.

Please note that you can only miss one session and still be eligible to receive credit for the course. You will need to make up the missed session by attending an online event (lecture/meeting/discussion panel, etc.) that focuses on issues related to East Asia and submiting a 150-200 word summary of what you learned, and post it in make-up thread of the forum. The U.S.-China Institute offers at least one public event each month.

Seminar Schedule

Online discussions (via Zoom) will be each Tuesday, 5-6pm Pacific Time. Please join us with your camera on, but your microphone muted. We look forward to your questions and comments.