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20-year History

20th Anniversary of IJS

20th Anniversary of IJS

Institute for Japanese Studies in Seoul National University will celebrate its 20th Anniversary this November.

Institute for Japanese Studies, which began its activities in 2004, was able to become the best-performing overseas research institute at Seoul National University thanks to the support and participation of many people during the first 10 years.

Moreover, based on these achievements, we have been able to establish ourselves as a representative Japanese research institute in Korea over the past decade through various initiatives that led Korea's Japanese research. We contributed to the establishment of future-oriented Korea-Japan relations by presenting a new Japanese research paradigm.

As a result, to mark the 20th Anniversary, Institute for Japanese Studies has prepared various programs to look back on the footsteps of the past 20 years in 2024 and to hear advice and suggestions for the new decade.

We deeply appreciate everyone who has shown great interest and support to The Institute for Japanese Studies, and we ask for your continued interest and encouragement so that our Institute for Japanese Studies is not satisfied with the past achievements and can become a research institute that dynamically pioneers the path of leap through new challenges.
Seoul National University's Institute for Japanese Studies is marking the arrival of adulthood by publishing its "20-year History". Following the "10-year History" in 2014, this represents the Institute's second phase of growth. The "10-year History," beginning before the formal establishment of the Institute for Japanese Studies in 2004, also served as a sociological record intertwined with the special significance of Japanese studies in Korea and the inception of Institute for Japanese Studies. This "20-year History" documents how Institute for Japanese Studies in Seoul National University has conducted its tasks in Japanese studies and expanded academic exchanges amid structural changes in international society and rapid transformations in Korea-Japan relations. Institute for Japanese Studies aims to continue pioneering new paradigms in Japanese studies amidst rapid scientific developments and future uncertainties, aspiring to serve as a lever of hope in Korea-Japan relations with you.
* Details will be updated in December

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