Korea Institute 2012 Undergraduate & Graduate Student Awards for Korea-Related Research, Travel and Work

traditional Korean 'hanok' building against modern Seoul 2011

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