The 2010 Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop, which is organized by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and sponsored by the Korea Foundation, will be held at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California from August 7 to 11. Twelve Ph.D. candidates in Korean Studies from social sciences and humanities fields and four faculty participants will gather to give and receive critical feedback on dissertation proposals or dissertations-in-progress. The Workshop will also include sessions on methodological and theoretical issues relevant to the participants’ dissertations.