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The Institute of Russian Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies was established as the Institute of the Soviet Union and East European Issues on January 13, 1972 in Seoul. In those days, the international community was dominated by cold war ideology, which made any communication or exchange between the Republic of Korea and the Communist bloc virtually impossible. The IRS was the first research center that began collecting and examining periodicals from the Soviet Union, North Korea, and other socialist states. Being the only Soviet Union and East European Issues research institute in Korea, the IRS was able to obtain an unrivaled position in this field. In a country where little research was being conducted on socialism, the IRS exerted a strong influence on the direction of these studies, leading the discourse on communism. From the early 1990s the IRS began to narrow its research subjects to Russia and the CIS region. Concentrated studies on the economies, politics, societies and cultures of the CIS region and Russia became the focus of the Institute. In 1993, the Institute officially changed its name to the Institute of Russian Studies, and in July of 1999, due to space constraints, the IRS relocated to Hankuk University’s Global Campus in Yongin.
The IRS regularly invites distinguished scholars from Russia and other parts of the world to give special talks.
Invited speakers come from diverse academic fields, including politics, economics, and literature.
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193 | 2024 Korea-Russia think tank network construction project carried out | 2024.04.04 | 24 |
192 | Held an academic conference on “Russia’s New Territorial Policy and Territorial Discourse” | 2024.04.04 | 24 |
191 | Gangwon Foreign Language High School holds a special lecture on Russian regional studies | 2024.02.19 | 45 |
190 | 2024' Russia Report: Annual seminar ‘Unfinished War: Outlook for Russia in 2024’ held | 2024.02.19 | 51 |
189 | Seocho-gu Banpo Library held humanities lecture | 2024.02.19 | 44 |
188 | ‘Arctic Research Seminar’ held at ‘2023 8th Arctic Cooperation Week’ | 2024.02.19 | 38 |
187 | 10th IRS Forum held with Russo-Korean Society | 2024.01.04 | 53 |
186 | Dongtan Seoyeon High School humanities lecture held | 2024.01.04 | 52 |
185 | Professor Wooik Choi wins contract for the ‘Establishment and Utilization of Korean Arctic Information Map Interface (3rd Year)’ project | 2024.01.04 | 44 |
184 | Hosting of Russian film festival and civic culture lecture | 2024.01.04 | 50 |