The 10th NEKST conference is sponsored by the Nam Center for Korean Studies at the University of Michigan with support from the Academy of Korean Studies. The conference organizing committee is composed of graduate students at the University of Michigan.

NEKST Organizing Committee

Graduate Students:

• Kaeun Park (Chair; Asian Languages and Cultures)
• Yeon-ju Bae (Anthropology)
• Sujin Cha (Political Science)
• Jieun Chang (Psychology)
• Youngkyun Choi (Romance Languages and Literatures)
• Chelle Jones (Sociology)
• Hojung Joo (Political Science)
• Sunhong Kim (Ethnomusicology)
• Gahyun Lee (Environmental Policy and Planning)
• Okyoung Noh (Art)
• Adelina Pinzaru (Asian Languages and Cultures)
• Megan Savoy (Anthropology) 
• Gerald Sutton (Asian Languages and Cultures)
• Dongkyu Yeom (Asian Languages and Cultures)

Faculty Advisor: 

• Youngju Ryu (Nam Center, Asian Languages and Cultures)

Post-Doc Advisors: 

• Thomas Michael Ryan (Nam Center)
• Rory Walsh (Nam Center)

Coordinator:

• Evan Vowell (Nam Center)

For further information, please visit: https://ii.umich.edu/ncks/news-events/events/conferences---symposia/10th-international-conference-of-nextgen-korean-studies-scholars.html or please contact NEKST2023@umich.edu