Marking the 70th year after Korean liberation from the Japanese colonial rule, the Korea Foundation organized and held the Korean History Workshop for Overseas Doctoral Students in Seoul and Incheon from July 21, 2015 to July 25, 2015 with the aim of promoting research on Korean history and fostering next-generation scholars of Korean history. The workshop was attended by 27 doctoral students of Korean history from prestigious universities in 21 countries such as the University of Oxford, the University of Tokyo, St. Petersburg State University, and the University of Chicago.

The workshop began with a keynote lecture on Korean history and nationalism by former President of the Northeast Asian History Foundation Yongdeok Kim. Following the keynote lecture, the workshop participants addressed history-related issues of Korea and examined Northeast Asia in the context of history under such topics as Korea-Japan relations, Korea-China relations, and the origin of territorial disputes in Northeast Asia.

Distinguished scholars also made presentations on Korean history research trends and research achievement. The lecture by UCLA’s John Duncan on research approaches to Korean history provided the participants with an opportunity to learn from the Professor's first-hand experience about problems and solutions in Korean history research faced by scholars from abroad.

The participants presented papers related to their doctoral research and received advice on writing better dissertations from senior scholars in Korea and other countries.

They also visited repositories of Korean history archives such as the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies and the National Institute of Korean History to learn how to use Korean history resources and acquire detailed information on each institution's support for Korean history research. In addition, they visited places of historical importance during the Open Port Period, the Colonial Period, and the Korean War - the turbulent periods in modern and contemporary Korean history - such as the Incheon Open Port, the Museum of Korea Emigration History, and the Memorial Hall for Incheon Landing Operation.