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- All vacancies Fully funded PhD position in Korean Studies at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies The Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen invites applications for a full-time three-year PhD scholarship, with an expected starting date of 1 February 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter. The PhD project will be part of the research project Sensing Korea: Reframing Korean Studies in the Nordic Countries, funded by the Academy of Korean Studies. Sensing Korea aims to develop sensory and narrative approaches to Korean Studies in order to explore the diversity of Korean experiences beyond essentializing representations. The PhD scholarship is funded through the Core University Program for Korean Studies of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the Korean Studies Promotion Service at the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS-2026-OLU-2250001). Sensing Korea is led by Barbara Wall and hosted by Korean Studies at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen. The project runs for five years, from June 2026 to May 2031. The PhD candidate will be supervised by project leader Barbara Wall and will work closely with a project team comprising scholars based at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies as well as researchers from Korean Studies programs at other Nordic universities. The candidate is also expected to have an interest in communicating academic knowledge about Korea to a broader public. About The Department The project is based at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, which is part of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen. The department has approximately 800 students and 150 employees. At the department,



we research and teach in language, culture, religion and society, primarily with a focus on regions outside Western Europe and the USA. The work is rooted in language-based area studies and cross-cultural perspectives that provide insight into global contexts and cultural complexity. Introduction to the PhD programme PhD studies consist of research programmes that qualify students for independent and wide-ranging research, development and teaching at international level. The main emphasis is on PhD students organising and conducting their own research project (under supervision). The programme culminates in the submission of a PhD thesis, which the student must defend in public. The programme is prescribed to 180 ECTS points, corresponding to three years of full time study. The PhD will have to teach and carry out other tasks at the department as part of the PhD position corresponding to 840

working hours
(6 months). A PhD opens up a range of career opportunities in academia and elsewhere. As well as writing a thesis, PhD students work in active research environments in Denmark and abroad. They contribute to the academic environment, take research training courses and convey the results of their research in teaching, at academic conferences and to the general public.



Qualification Requirements Applicants must have qualifications corresponding to a master's degree in Korean Studies or a related field in the humanities. Particularly relevant disciplinary backgrounds and research interests include Literary Studies and Sensory Studies, as well as Musicology, Media Studies, Religious Studies, Cultural Studies, History, Art History/Visual Culture, Performance Studies, and East Asian Studies. If you have completed your education in Denmark, you must have a master's degree covered by the collective agreement for academics in the state sector. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Korean Studies or a related humanities discipline, with research interests in Literary Studies and/or Sensory Studies, or in another relevant field with a clear connection to sensory and narrative approaches to Korea. Excellent proficiency in Korean and English is essential. Proficiency in a Scandinavian language and/or Literary Sinitic (Hanmun) is considered an advantage. If you have completed your education outside of Denmark, you must either have a master's degree equivalent to a Danish master's degree (two years) or as minimum a bachelor's degree equivalent to a Danish bachelor's degree (three years) and be assessed as having professional qualifications at master's level. If you have completed your education outside of Denmark, we will obtain an assessment of your education from the Danish Research Agency. Applicants must possess skills in written and spoken academic English at a high level. Additional language skills and knowledge of related regions is an advantage. If deemed necessary, the department may request that applicants document their English or other language skills. Application All applications must be submitted online, in PDF or Microsoft Word format. The Application Must Include Personal sta

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