Research subject Korean Language and Culture

Since early on a characteristic feature of Korean studies at Stockholm University has been to take both states on the Korean peninsula into consideration and recent research projects are continuing to work within this perspective. Research in Korean politics is focusing on inter-Korean relations and on human rights in the ROK since 1987, applying theories of democratic consolidation. Studies in Korean literature and culture are looking into the multifaceted, innovative trends in contemporary South Korea and, on the other hand, attempt to fill in existing gaps in the history of North Korean literature and culture. Informed by cultural-historical, comparatistic and philological approaches, Korean literature of the pre-modern as well as modern periods is positioned in relation to other East Asian literatures and world literature.