The project is financed by the Korea Foundation within the KF Global e-school program. Besides five online courses per year, an annual Summer School for graduate students will be held with support from Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

The purpose of the CIVIS-KF Korean Studies E-School Consortium is to increase collaboration between the universities of the consortium listed below, creating opportunities for students and teachers to meet, exchange and collaborate. In accordance with this premise, the main objectives of the CIVIS-KF E-School consortium are:

• offering various E-School courses in Korean Studies
• offer an intensive teaching experience; promote the exchange of knowledge, ideas, and proposals on specific topics, stimulate new ideas and animate debates
• enhance the digital mobility of the CIVIS students to nurture an international mentality among students
• create links between partner universities, academic staff, and students, also offering opportunities for networking
• support collaborations or structured strategies in the field of learning and research

Participating CIVIS Partner Universities

Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany (Program Coordinator:  Prof. You Jae Lee)
Aix-Marseille University, France (Coordinator: Prof. Hyegyeong Kim)
University of Bucharest, Romania (Coordinator: Prof. Diana Yuksel)
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (Coordinator: Prof. Antonetta L. Bruno)
Stockholm University, Sweden (Coordinator: Prof. Sonja Häußler)

CIVIS Summer School 2024

The Summer School is held at the University of Aix-Marseille on May 20-24, 2024. Four students and two teachers from SU will participate.

CIVIS Summer School Program 2024 (171 Kb)

Previous courses

In the spring term of 2024 students from Stockholm University attended a course titled "Introduction of Buddhism in Korea" taught by professor Olivier Bailblé at the University of Aix-Marseille.

In the autumn term of 2023 Stockholm University gave a course on North and South Korean relations in which students from the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and the University of Aix-Marseille participated and students from Stockholm University attended a course on Everyday Korean History taught at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.