Korea Institute 2012 Undergraduate & Graduate Student Awards for Korea-Related Research, Travel and Work
The Korea Institute at Harvard University promotes the study of Korea and brings together faculty, students, scholars, and visitors to create a leading Korean studies community at Harvard. Through the Korea Institute, Harvard offers resources for graduate and undergraduate students to study Korea. On campus in Cambridge, students take courses on Korea and may choose from a wide array of Korea-related programmatic activities. Graduate and undergraduate students may conduct thesis research in Korea, and undergraduates may participate in study and work abroad opportunities in Korea through a variety of programs such as the Harvard Summer School-Korea, study abroad at Korean universities, Korean language study and internships, for example. Below is a full list of this year’s Korea program awardees and participants.
Korea Institute 2012 Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards for Korea-Related Research, Travel and Work
These Korea Institute undergraduate and graduate student awards are generously supported by the Academy of Korean Studies (Korea) Overseas Leading University Program for Korean Studies Grant, Young-Chul Min Memorial Fund, Sunshik Min Endowment for the Advancement of Korean Literature Fund, Modern Korean Society and Economy Fund, Wagner Fund, Kim& Kang Fund, and the LG Yonam Fund at the Korea Institute, Harvard University.
Korea Institute Summer Research Travel Fellowships – Undergraduate
Chelsea Carlson, East Asian Studies, ’13, “Daybreak in Korea”: The Social Impact of the Kabo Reforms on Korean Women as Witnessed by Women Christian Missionaries, 1890 - 1910
Korea Institute Summer Research Travel Fellowships – Graduate
Wenjiao Cai, RSEA, G2, Negotiating Power: Sangju Elites in 17th Century Chosŏn, Korea
Joohang Javier Cha, EALC, G6, The Civilizing Project in Medieval Korea: Neo-Classicism, Nativism, and Figurations of Power
John S. Lee, EALC, G3, Protect the Pines, Punish the People: The Social Implications of Forest Conservation in Early Modern Korea, 1600-1876
Ivanna Yi, EALC, G3, Performance and Textuality in Korean P’ansori and Sijo Traditions
Jennifer Yum, EALC, G7, The Korean War and the Rise of Psychiatry in the ROK, 1945-1962
Korea Institute Grants for Korea Summer Programs (Undergraduate)
Janin Alfonso, ’15, Harvard Summer School
Sarah Berlow, ’13, Korea Summer Internship Program
Christian Carvajal, ’15, Harvard Summer School
Courtney Grogan, ’13, Korea Summer Internship Program
Gloria Jiwon Hong, ’15, Harvard Summer School
Haemin Jee, ’14, Korea Summer Internship Program
Bo Kyeong Kwon, ’13, Harvard Summer School
Terrence McKenna, ’14, Harvard Summer School
Yoon Mun, ’12, Korea Summer Internship Program
Emi Nietfeld, ’15, Korea Summer Internship Program
Dustin Poore, ’12, Korea Summer Internship Program
Zachary Sherwood, ’13, Korea Summer Internship Program
Gabrielle Walti, ’14, Harvard Summer School
Korea Institute Summer Undergraduate Internships in Seoul, Korea
Sarah Berlow, ’13, Korea Herald
Courtney Grogan, ’13, Daily NK
Haemin Jee, ‘14, National Assembly
Yoon Mun, ’12, Yonsei Severance Hospital
Emi Nietfeld, ’15, Institute for Development & Human Security at Ewha
Dustin Poore, ’12, Arirang TV
Zachary Sherwood, ’13, COEX (Convention & Exhibition Center)
Summer Tuition Waivers to Select Korean Universities (Undergraduate)
Chelsea Carlson, ‘13, Ewha Womans University
Pooja Venkatraman ‘12, Ewha Womans University
ICF Graduate Fellowship in Korean Literature
Sunghee Kim, EALC, Jurist-Priest in Failure: Kim Jŏng-il and North Korean Literature
Korea Institute Dissertation Completion Grants
Joohang Javier Cha, G6,The Civilizing Project in Medieval Korea: Neo-Classicism, Nativism, and Figurations of Power
John H. Kim, G6, Universal Poetics: Word, Image, Matheme (shared by the Reischauer Institute)
Jennifer Yum, G7, The Korean War and the Rise of Psychiatry in the ROK, 1945-1962
Korea Institute Conference Attendance Grants- Graduate
Dima Mironenko, EALC, Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada
Justin Stern, Urban Planning GSD, Cosmopolitan China Conference, Manchester, U.K.
Jamie Jungmin Yoo, EALC, Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Dublin, Ireland