The Korea Institute, Harvard University announces the 2023 Student Grant and Fellowship Awards
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 and language study 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 Program, and Korean language and academic study at Ewha University and Seoul National University. In addition, the Korea Institute also offers Summer Research Travel Grants and Undergraduate Research Assistantships for Korea focused projects supervised by Harvard faculty.
These Korea Institute undergraduate and graduate student awards are generously supported by the Korea Herald Sponsored Grant, Min and Oh Fund, Sunshik Min Endowment for the Advancement of Korean Literature Fund, SBS Endowment Fund, SBS Foundation Research Fund, LG Yonam Fund, Youngja Kim Fund and anonymous donors at the Korea Institute, Harvard University.
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Korea Institute Scholarships for Harvard Summer School Korea Summer Program – Undergraduate
Nithya Gottipati,’25, Harvard Summer School in Seoul
Tracy Jiang, ’24, Harvard Summer School in Seoul
Abigail Mejia, ’24, Harvard Summer School in Seoul
Ayumi Nagatomi, ’26, Harvard Summer School in Seoul
Daniel Pham, ’26, Harvard Summer School in Seoul
Mariela Rodriguez-Aguilar, ’26, Harvard Summer School in Seoul
William Xu, ’26, Harvard Summer School in Seoul
Han Hailee Youn, ’26, Harvard Summer School in Seoul
Korea Institute Undergraduate Summer Research Grants
Eura Choi, ’24, Government, “On the Unique Interplay Between History and Politics in Modern Japan and South Korea”
Corine Chung, ’24, Government, “The South Korean Anti-Feminist Movement and How it Has Affected Contemporary South Korean Politics”
Hien My Le, ’24, Sociology, “Patching Love, Labor, Law, and Life: Vietnamese Migrant Divorcees in South Korea and Taiwan”
Korea Institute Undergraduate Research Assistantships
Esther An, ‘25, Computer Science/Statistics, Working on Prof. John Park’s Database of North Korean Cybercriminal Activities project
Kai Ford, ’23, East Asian Studies, Working on Prof. Paul Chang’s Reinventing Family: The Rise of Non-Normative Households in South Korea project
Kai Ford, ’23, East Asian Studies, Working on Prof. Hi-Sun Kim’s Language Transcription for the Korean Language Program project
Bella Kim, ’25, Neuroscience/Music, Working on Prof. Karen Thornber’s Stories of Ecological Devastation, Mental Illness, and Inequality project
Korea Institute Undergraduate Summer Language Study Grants to Ewha University (EISC) Tuition Waiver
Christopher Lee, ’23, Applied Mathematics, Ewha Womans University
Korea Institute Scholarship to Attend Seoul National University- International Summer Program (SNU-ISP) Tuition Waiver
Claire Liu, ’26, undeclared, Seoul National University
SoEun Park, ’26, undeclared, Seoul National University
Korea Institute Graduate Summer Research Travel Fellowships
Sujin Elisa Han, G5, EALC-HEAL, “The Marketplace of Health in South Korea, 1945-1965”
Soojin Kim, G3, Anthropology, “Ethnographic exploration of the right to be forgotten in South Korea”
Jueun Lee, G1, Anthropology, “Unclaimed Bodies: Landscapes and Institutions of Muyon'go Death-Care in South Korea”
Mei Mingxue Nan, G3, Comparative Literature, “Networked Archives: Documenting Japanese Military Sexual Slavery in South Korea, China, and Taiwan”
Korea Institute Summer Language Study Grants for Graduate Students
Junyoung Baik, G1, RSEA, Studying 3rd year Modern Japanese at the Inter-University Center (IUC) Yokohama, Japan Program
Korea Institute Supplementary Dissertation Research Grants AY23-24
Sujin Elisa Han, G5, EALC-HEAL, “The Marketplace of Health in South Korea, 1945-1965”
International Communication Foundation (ICF) Fellowship
Min Ji Choi, G4, Comparative Literature, “Ghostly Novels: Shamanism and Realism in 20th century Korean Literature”
Korea Institute Conference Attendance Grants-Graduate
Sara Kang, G5, History, Asian Studies Association Annual Conference, Boston, MA
Gene Kim, G3, EALC-HEAL, Asian Studies Association Conference in Asia, Daegu, Korea
Soojin Kim, G3, Anthropology, Penn Semiotic Anthropology Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Sungik Yang, G6, EALC-HEAL, 11th World Congress of Korean Studies, hosted by the Academy of Korean Studies, Seongnam, South Korea
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