BTAA Korean Studies e-School | East Asian Studies Center

The Ohio State University's Institute for Korean Studies is a member of the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Korean Studies e-School consortium. As part of an effort to build a system of shared courses with Korean content among Big Ten schools, the Big Ten Academic Alliance, with funding from the Korea Foundation and coordination from the University of Michigan Nam Center for Korean Studies, offers a series of area studies courses on a variety of Korean topics. The structure of the BTAA e-School is based on the key notion that each course is taught as a cluster composed of a host campus, where the course is being physically taught, and home campus(es) where the classroom exists virtually. The East Asian Studies Center and Institute for Korean Studies coordinate and support the offering of these courses at The Ohio State University. Read more in our "Teaching a 5,000 year Korean performance tradition across borders" article.

BTAA e-School courses in which The Ohio State University participated are as follows:

Spring 2024

K-Pop: Genre, Identity, Industry, Fandom
Instructor: Pil Ho Kim, Ohio State
Participating Institutions: Purdue University, University of Illinois

Fall 2023

Performing Korean Diasporas: Korean and Korean American Experiences from the 20th Century to the Present
Instructor: Hayana Kim, Ohio State
Participating Institutions: University of Michigan, Michigan State University

Spring 2023

K-Pop: Genre, Identity, Industry, Fandom
Instructor: Pil Ho Kim, Ohio State
Participating Institutions: Indiana University, Rutgers University

Fall 2022

Introduction to Korean Linguistics
Instructor: Hyo Sang Lee, Indiana
Participating Institutions: Purdue University, Ohio State

Spring 2022

Dating, Sex, and Marriage in Korea
Instructor: John Finch, Indiana University
Participating Institutions: University of Illinois, Ohio State

Fall 2021

Modern History of Korea
Instructor: Suzy Kim, Rutgers University; Charles Kim, University of Wisconsin
Participating Institutions: Northwestern, Ohio State

Spring 2021

Making Places in Seoul
Instructor: Prof. Pil Ho Kim, The Ohio State University
Participating Institutions: The Ohio State University, University of Michigan, Rutgers University

Spring 2020

Making Places in Seoul
Instructor: Prof. Pil Ho Kim, The Ohio State University
Participating Institutions: The Ohio State University, University of Wisconsin, Penn State University

Fall 2019

The Koreas: Korean War to the 21st Century
Instructor: Prof. Charles Kim, University of Wisconsin
Participating Institutions: University of Wisconsin, Rutgers University, The Ohio State University

Spring 2019

The Koreas: Korean War to the 21st Century
Instructor: Prof. Charles Kim, University of Wisconsin
Participating Institutions: University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois, The Ohio State University

Making Places in Seoul
Instructor: Prof. Pil Ho Kim, The Ohio State University
Participating Institutions: The Ohio State University, University of Michigan, Indiana University

Spring 2018

Two Koreas: Political Economy of Regional Rivalry
Instructor: Dr. Young-Bae Hwang, The Ohio State University
Participating Institutions: The Ohio State University, University of Michigan, Michigan State University

Language and Culture in Everyday Life: Korean Discourse as a Window into Culture, Perception, Cognition, Identity, and Taste
Instructor: Prof. Susan Strauss, Pennsylvania State University
Participating Institutions: Pennsylvania State University, The Ohio State University, Michigan State University

Spring 2017

Autumn 2016

Gender and Class in Contemporary South Korea
Instructor: Prof. Seung-Kyung Kim, Indiana University
Participating Institutions: Indiana University, The Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University

Making Places in Seoul: History of Urbanism and Development
Instructor: Prof. Pil Ho Kim, The Ohio State University
Participating Institutions: The Ohio State University, University of Michigan, University of Maryland

Spring 2016

Korean History, 1945 to Present
Instructor: Prof. Charles Kim, University of Wisconsin
Participating Institutions: University of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania State University, The Ohio State University

Performance Traditions of Korea: P'ansori, Text and Performance
Instructor: Prof. Chan Park, The Ohio State University
Participating Institutions: The Ohio State University, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin

Two Koreas: Political Economy of Regional Rivalry
Instructor: Dr. Young-Bae Hwang, The Ohio State University
Participating Institutions: The Ohio State University, University of Maryland

Autumn 2015

Mediating the Koreas through Popular Culture: Music, Cinema, and Cyberspace
Instructor: Prof. Pil Ho Kim, The Ohio State University
Participating Institutions: The Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Wisconsin

Introduction to Korean History
Instructor: Prof. Charles Kim, University of Wisconsin
Participating Institutions: University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, The Ohio State University

Spring 2015

Autumn 2014

Cultures of the Cold War in Korea
Instructor: Prof. Travis Workman, University of Minnesota
Participating Institutions: University of Minnesota, The Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University

Spring 2014

Controversies in Contemporary Korea
Instructor: Prof. Juhn Ahn, University of Michigan
Participating Institutions: University of Michigan, Michigan State University, The Ohio State University

North Korea Beyond Images
Instructor: Prof. Se-Mi Oh, University of Wisconsin
Participating Institutions: University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, The Ohio State University

For further information on the BTAA Korean Studies e-School offerings at The Ohio State University, contact IKS Director Mitchell Lerner.