The Korea Institute, Harvard University announces the Summer 2014 & AY14-15 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 dissertation/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, Korean language study at Ewha University and internships.
Korea Institute Summer 2014 & AY14-15 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 Young-Chul Min Memorial Fund, Sunshik Min Endowment for the Advancement of Korean Literature Fund, Sanhak Fund, Kim& Kang Fund, Pagoda Fund, the LG Yonam Fund and anonymous donors at the Korea Institute, Harvard University. Some of these students are also supported by the Asia Center William H. Overholt Fund.
Korea Institute Summer Research Travel Fellowships – Undergraduate
Janin Alfonso, Anthropology, ‘15, “Workplace Challenges Faced by Female South Korean College Graduates”
Hyun Ji Gina Kim, Government, ‘15, “Sex Trafficking in the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Korea”
Taeyoung Kim, Government, ‘15, “Attracting Global Talent in Korea: Do Foreign Students Stay?”
Samantha Noh, Anthropology, ‘15, “The Effects of American Occupation and the Korean War on Korea's Cultural Heritage Management"
Ji Su Yoo, Social Studies, ’15, “North Korean Refugees and Christianity in South Korea”
Korea Institute Summer Research Travel Fellowships – Graduate
Wenjiao Cai, EALC, G2, “Law, Violence and Masculinity in Late Chosŏn Dynasty”
Ilsoo Cho, EALC, G7, “Tributary Relations as Diplomatic Relations: Korea In-Between Empires, 1623-1895”
Vivien Chung, Anthropology, G2, “Fashioning Selves and Fashioning City in Seoul, South Korea”
Hyeok Hweon Kang, EALC, G1, “The Troubador’s Tournament: From Drilling Armies to Performing P’ansori in Late Chosŏn Korea”
Nuri Kim, EALC, G4, “Old Texts in a New World: The Afterlife of Geomantic Prophecies in Modern Korea”
Qiong Miya Xie, Comparative Literature, G3, “The Poetics and Politics of the Borderland: Manchuria and Transnational East Asian Literature”
Ivanna Yi, EALC, G3, “Singing into Nature: An Ecology of Korean Oral Traditions”
Korea Institute Grants for Korea Summer Programs -- Undergraduate
Jiho Kang, Applied Mathematics, ’16, Korea Summer Internship Program
Dina Perez, Classics, ’15, Korea Summer Internship Program
Virginie Chan, Government, ’15, Harvard Summer School
Ivan Cisneros, Engineering Science, ’16, Harvard Summer School
Kathryn Klingle, Undecided ’17, Korea Summer Internship Program
Kim-Mai Le, Economics, ’16, Harvard Summer School
Arthur Nguyen, Human Development/Regenerative Biology ’15, Harvard Summer School
Korea Institute Summer Undergraduate Internships in Seoul, Korea
Jiho Kang, Applied Mathematics,’16, CJ Entertainment & Media
Franklin Sooho Lee, East Asian Studies and Anthropology, ’15, ROK National Assembly
Dina Perez, Classics, ’15, Korea Herald
Korea Institute Undergraduate Summer Language Study Grants to Ewha University
Janin Alfonso, Anthropology, ‘15, Ewha Womans University
Don Kim, Psychology, ‘16, Ewha Womans University
Caleb Lee, Economics, ‘17, Ewha Womans University
Korea Institute Summer Language Study Grants for Graduate Students
Yuting Dong, RSEA, G2, Sogang University for Korean Language
Hannah Shepherd, History, G2, Sogang University for Korean Language
Korea Institute Supplementary Research Grant AY14-15-Graduate
Nuri Kim, EALC, G4, "Old Texts in a New World: The Afterlife of Geomantic Prophesies in Modern Korea"
ICF Graduate Fellowship in Korean Literature
Qiong Miya Xie, G3, Comparative Literature, Transnational and Ethnic Korean Literature in 20th-century Manchuria
Korea Institute Conference Attendance Grants- Graduate
John Lee, EALC, G4, Association of Asian Studies Conference, Philadelphia, PA