The Modern British and American Poetry Society of Korea, publisher of a peer-reviewed journal, Studies in Modern British and American Poetry (SMBAP), was founded in 1988. It is an independent literary association devoted to research and education in the studies of modern British and American poetry, translation, world poetry, and poetry education. SMBAP publishes original articles and groundbreaking research by established and emerging scholars from literary, theoretical, and comparative perspectives. SMBAP is published biannually in the Spring and the Fall and indexed/ abstracted in the KCI of the National Research Foundation of Korea.