The article gives a brief analysis of the development of Korean studies in Irkutsk State University over the past 30 years and their state at present. In the 1990s, in line with the spirit of the times, ISU focused mainly on applied aspects of Korean studies, teaching the Korean language in particular. In the 2000s a remarkable transformation took place which was both quantitative and qualitative. ISU significantly expanded contacts with Korean universities, interaction with which was not only in the field of teaching the Korean language, but also in jurisprudence, international relations, and history. In the second half of the 2010s, practically all academic Korean studies centers and communities of Irkutsk merged on the platform of ISU. As a result, teachers and researchers were able to accumulate their efforts, knowledge and resources to carry out projects in education and research.

Ivanov Konstantin Vladimirovich, Candidate of Sciences (History), Director, Center for Korean Studies, Head, Department for Research, Associate Professor, Department of World History and International Relations, History Faculty, Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: ivanov_kv@isu.ru 

Kolodina Evgeniya Anatolyevna, Candidate of Sciences (Philology), Associate Professor, Head, Department of Oriental Languages, International Institute of Economics and Linguistics, Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: kolodinaevg@mail.ru 

Li Ekaterina Vadimovna, Candidate of Sciences (Philology), Associate Professor, Department of Oriental and Regional Studies of the Asia-Pacific Region, Institute of Philology, Foreign Languages and Media Communication, Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: trzh@yandex.ru 

Oleynikov Ilya Vasilievich, Candidate of Sciences (History), Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, History and Regional Studies, History Faculty, Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: oleynikov@isu.ru 

Shornikov Dmitry Vladimirovich, Candidate of Sciences (Law), Associate Professor, Director, Scientific Research Institute of Legal Protection of Baikal, Head, Department of International Law and Comparative Law, Law Institute, Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: abirvalg35@mail.ru

Ivanov K.V., Kolodina E.A., Li E.V., Oleynikov I.V., Shornikov D.V. Prospects for the Development of Korean Studies in Eastern Siberia in the 21st Сentury the Case of Irkutsk State University. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2020, vol. 34, pp. 46-58. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2020.34.46 (in Russian)

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