History of the Department

2023

• 09월 01일 Sohee Yoon was appointed as a Teaching Assistant
• 09월 01일 Assistant Professor Yuka Ootani joined the faculty

2021

• 09월 01일 Hyemi Jung was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2019

• 09월 01일 Dongwoo Yeom was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2018

• 03월 02일 Assistant Professor Youngran Ko joined the department

2017

• 09월 01일 Jiyeong Ahn was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2016

• 09월 01일 Miran Oh was appointed as a Teaching Assistant
• 03월 02일 Minseong Seo was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2014

• 09월 01일 Professor Insun Heo appointed as Department Chair
• 09월 01일 Assistant Professor Junho Choi joined the faculty
• 03월 02일 Visiting Professor Haruna Ishimaru joined the faculty
• 03월 02일 Soeun Cho was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2013

• 06월 24일 Professor Chungkyun Shin appointed as Department Chair

2012

• 03월 02일 Visiting Professor Hiroko Yamanaka joined the faculty
• 03월 02일 Sungtaek Lim was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2011

• 09월 03일 Professor Hanchang Lee appointed as Department Chair

2010

• 03월 02일 Hyunjung Kim was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2009

• 09월 03일 Professor Kyungtaek Lim appointed as Department Chair

2008

• 03월 02일 Myungguk Sung was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2007

• 09월 01일 Professor Sanghee Yoo appointed as Department Chair
• 03월 02일 Visiting Professor Tsuyoshi Aomori joined the faculty
• 03월 02일 Hyunseon Shin was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2005

• 09월 17일 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Department of Japanese Language and Literature (10th Japanese Language and Literature Night)
• 03월 02일 The department system was reintroduced for the Department of Japanese Language and Literature

2004

• 03월 02일 Teacher Education Program approved for establishment in 2004

2003

• 03월 02일 Doctoral program in Japanese Language and Literature established in the Graduate School

2002

• 03월 02일 Full-time Lecturer Kyungtaek Lim joined the faculty

2001

• 03월 02일 Full-time Lecturer Chungkyun Shin joined the faculty

1999

• 09월 01일 Full-time Lecturer Geunsoo Seol joined the faculty
• 03월 02일 Master’s program in Japanese Language and Literature established in the Graduate School
• 03월 02일 Implemented the undergraduate division system (Department of Japanese Language and Literature under the School of East Asian Languages and Literature)

1992

• 02월 01일 Graduate School of Education (Japanese Language) established

1990

• 04월 01일 Full-time Lecturer Changki Park joined the faculty

1988

• 03월 02일 Full-time Lecturer Insun Heo joined the faculty

1986

• 09월 01일 Assistant Professor Hanchang Lee joined the faculty from Jeju National University
• 08월 01일 Assistant Professor Sanghee Yoo joined the faculty from Chonnam National University

1985

• 03월 02일 In the first year, 44 freshmen were admitted