The Center recently hosted two events in conjunction with Korean-American community organizations. This event was co-sponsored by the Pacific Institute for Peacekeeping. Since 1995, the Korean Studies Institute has undertaken the organization of conferences and meetings related to Korean studies. KSI will host an international conference on Gender and Korean Literature in October 1996. Audiences are drawn from a membership spanning USC, UCLA, twenty-six other academic institutions, and the community.
Topics are multidisciplinary, and vary with the speaker's area of expertise.
While the Southern California Japan Seminar is coordinated at USC, individual sessions are held at locations throughout Southern California. The Korean Studies Institute coordinates the meetings of the Southern California Korean and Korean-American Studies Group, which is Southern California's most active forum for the presentation and discussion of scholarly research concerning Korea and Korean Americans. Scholars are invited from other institutions, both throughout the United States and in Korea. The Colloquium began in the 1960s as an informal grouping of area specialists from local universities and colleges. It has since grown into a major regional organization of scholars dealing with China and now includes over 275 members.