The Korea Institute is pleased to announce the 2023-24 Kim Koo Visiting Professor at Harvard University. Cecilia Heejeong Kim, Professor of Composition and New Media, Sangmyung University, will be teaching in the Department of Theater, Dance and Media (TDM) for the Spring 2024 semester. Her course on Contemporary Mixed Media Theater Production in Asia will be open to undergraduate and graduate students.
The Kim Koo Visiting Professorship at Harvard University was established by the gift of Dr. Ho Youn Kim and Mrs. Mee Kim of the Kim Koo Foundation, in honor of the memory of...
Date: Thursday, December 7, 2023 Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm Location: Harvard Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH) 59 Shephard St. Cambridge, MA 02138
Event Overview
The Summer Opportunities & Funding Fair is Harvard’s largest summer experience event. Connect with Harvard departments and organizations representing a wide variety of opportunities. Meet ...
Please join us in-person to hear about the following KI summer offerings. Hear from a few students who went to Korea last summer. Start thinking about your possible summer plans in Korea!
Harvard Summer School in Seoul, Korea 2024 Program Summer Internships Summer Research Travel Grants KI Summer Language Study Grant to Ewha [Ewha International Summer College Tuition Waiver] KI Undergraduate Scholarship to attend Seoul National University International Summer Program [SNU-ISP Tuition Waiver] KI Undergraduate Research Assistantships Please see the Info Session...
With the Korea Institute’s generous support, I was able to make significant progress in dissertation research in the summer of 2023. My dissertation project examines the history of the pharmaceutical industry and market in South Korea as a lens into changing notions of health, sickness, and cure across the dynamic two decades after Liberation in 1945. Previously, I conducted fieldwork in South Korea for a year between 2021-22. During this time, I encountered a joyful challenge: most of the primary sources for this topic were not yet digitized and accessible...
Please join us for the Engaging the World: International Opportunities Fair on Thursday, September 28, 2023 from 1-4pm in the Cabot Science Library, Science Center.
The Harvard College International Opportunities Fair is an annual undergraduate student fair showcasing opprtunities and funding available to undergraduates throughout the year. Connect with the various international centers and offices that will send you abroad to study, research, intern or volunteer. Please stop by the Korea Institute table to find out about the undergraduate opportunities in Korea for...
As a Government concentrator who had lived in the United States my entire life, I was most familiar with the American political system. However, when considering my senior thesis, I knew that I wanted to have it focused on Korea. This was because as someone who has Korean immigrant parents but grew up in the United States, I had some awareness of Korean politics but wanted to gain a better understanding of specifically how Korean culture and politics are...
I went to the Ewha International Summer College (EISC) with the main goal of improving my Korean language skills. I left feeling culturally enriched, with a much greater understanding of the Korean and Korean American communities, and with friends from across the globe.
When I arrived on campus, I was greeted by my roommate from the Netherlands, and we instantly bonded over comparisons between our home countries, cultures, and...
Faculty Project: Stories of Ecological Devastation, Mental Illness, and Inequality Faculty Director: Prof. Karen Thornber
Over the summer, I researched Korean-language narratives exploring the intersections of environment, justice, and mental health to identify potential sources for Professor Thornber’s upcoming book. Through this experience, I had the chance to work with diverse sources across many genres and time periods, from Korean premodern literature to environmental campaigns in K-pop. As a neuroscience concentrator, this position was the first time I conducted research...