History of the Department

2023

• Sep. 1: Sohee Yoon was appointed as a Teaching Assistant
• Sep. 1: Assistant Professor Yuka Ootani joined the faculty

2021

• Sep. 1: Hyemi Jung was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2019

• Sep. 1: Dongwoo Yeom was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2018

• Mar. 2: Assistant Professor Youngran Ko joined the department

2017

• Sep. 1: Jiyeong Ahn was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2016

• Sep. 1: Miran Oh was appointed as a Teaching Assistant
• Mar. 2: Minseong Seo was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2014

• Sep. 1: Professor Insun Heo appointed as Department Chair
• Sep. 1: Assistant Professor Junho Choi joined the faculty
• Mar. 2: Visiting Professor Haruna Ishimaru joined the faculty
• Mar. 2: Soeun Cho was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2013

• Jun. 24: Professor Chungkyun Shin appointed as Department Chair

2012

• Mar. 2: Visiting Professor Hiroko Yamanaka joined the faculty
• Mar. 02: Sungtaek Lim was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2011

• Sep. 3: Professor Hanchang Lee appointed as Department Chair

2010

• Mar. 2:Hyunjung Kim was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2009

• Sep. 3: Professor Kyungtaek Lim appointed as Department Chair

2008

• Mar. 2: Myungguk Sung was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2007

• Sep. 1: Professor Sanghee Yoo appointed as Department Chair
• Mar. 2: Visiting Professor Tsuyoshi Aomori joined the faculty
• Mar.2: Hyunseon Shin was appointed as a Teaching Assistant

2005

• Sep. 17: 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Department of Japanese Language and Literature (10th Japanese Language and Literature Night)
• Mar. 2: The department system was reintroduced for the Department of Japanese Language and Literature

2004

• Mar. 2: Teacher Education Program approved for establishment in 2004

2003

• Mar. 2: Doctoral program in Japanese Language and Literature established in the Graduate School

2002

• Mar. 2: Full-time Lecturer Kyungtaek Lim joined the faculty

2001

• Mar. 2: Full-time Lecturer Chungkyun Shin joined the faculty

1999

• Sep. 1: Full-time Lecturer Geunsoo Seol joined the faculty
• Mar. 2: Master’s program in Japanese Language and Literature established in the Graduate School
• Mar. 2: Implemented the undergraduate division system (Department of Japanese Language and Literature under the School of East Asian Languages and Literature)

1992

• Feb. 1: Graduate School of Education (Japanese Language) established

1990

• Apr. 1: Full-time Lecturer Changki Park joined the faculty

1988

• Mar. 2: Full-time Lecturer Insun Heo joined the faculty

1986

• Sep. 1: Assistant Professor Hanchang Lee joined the faculty from Jeju National University
• Aug. 1: Assistant Professor Sanghee Yoo joined the faculty from Chonnam National University

1985

• Mar.02: In the first year, 44 freshmen were admitted