The Korea Institute, Harvard University announces the Summer 2015 & AY15-16 Student Grant and Fellowship Awards
Korea Institute Summer 2015 & AY15-16 Undergraduate and 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 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.
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, the Wagner Fund and anonymous donors at the Korea Institute, Harvard University.
Korea Institute Summer Research Travel Fellowships – Graduate
Dorothy Ahn, Linguistics, G3,“Early Number Acquisition in Korean Learning Children”
Keung Yoon Becky Bae, EALC, G3, “Archival Research at National Library and Korea Film Archives”
Wenjiao Cai, EALC-HEAL, G3, “ A History of Rivers in Pre-Modern Korea: Hydraulic Projects and Hydraulic Knowledge,1600-1900”
Ilsoo Cho, EALC-HEAL, G7, “Korea In-Between Empires: A Political and Intellectual History of Late Chosŏn Korea”
Michelle Choi, Anthropology, G1, “Preparing for Unification”: The Future of National Division on the Korean Peninsula”
Hyeok Hweon Kang, EALC-HEAL, G2, “Chasing Demons and Playing with Fire: Ritual Governance in Chosŏn Dynasty of Korea, 1455-1544”
Matthew Kim, Government, G2, “The Rational (Asian) Public: A Comparative Study of Asian Public Opinion on Foreign Policy”
John Lee, EALC-HEAL, G6, “Protect the Pines, Punish the People: Forests and the State in Pre-Industrial Korea, 1392-1894”
Sun Min Melany Park, Architecture, Landscape & Urban Planning, G1, “Summer Research Travel to the Mokchon Architecture Archive, Seoul”
Qiong Miya Xie, Comparative Literature, G4, “The Literary Territorialization of Manchuria: Spatial Imagination and Modern East Asian Literature”
Sora Yang, RSEA, G1, “Selling a Nation: A Comparative Study of Japan and South Korea’s Marketing of Cultural Appeal in the Tourism Industry”
Korea Institute Grants for Korea Summer Programs – Undergraduate
Sara Atske, Sociology, ’17, Harvard Summer School in Seoul
Ishak Caner, Undeclared, ’18, Harvard Summer School in Seoul
Joseph Choe, Economics, ’17, Korea Summer Internship Program
Daeun Elizabeth Choi, VES, ’16, Korea Summer Internship Program
Moses Kim, Economics, ’17, Korea Summer Internship Program
Chace Shaw, Psychology, ’17, Harvard Summer School in Seoul
Natalie Vega, English, ’18, Harvard Summer School in Seoul
Korea Institute Summer Undergraduate Internships in Seoul, Korea
Joseph Choe, Economics, ’17, ROK National Assembly
Daeun Elizabeth Choi, VES, ’16, CJ Entertainment & Media
Moses Kim, Economics, ’17, Korea Herald
Korea Institute Undergraduate Summer Language Study Grants to Ewha University
Kaitlin McGovern, Economics, ’18, Ewha Womans University
Keenan Monks, Mathematics, ’15, Ewha Womans University
Korea Institute Summer Language Study Grants for Graduate Students
Christopher Carothers, Government, G2, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
Yuting Dong, EALC-HEAL, G1, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Joseph Pomp, Comparative Literature, G1, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
Maarika Rickansrud, RSEA, G1, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
Kimberlee Sanders, RSEA, G2, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
Floris van Swet, EALC-HEAL, G3, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
ICF Graduate Fellowship in Korean Literature
Ivanna Yi, EALC, G4, “Capturing Nature: Continuing Orality in Korean and Native American Literature”
Korea Institute Supplementary Research Dissertation Grants
Ilsoo Cho, EALC-HEAL, G7, “Korea In-Between Empires: A Political and Intellectual History of Late Chosŏn Korea”
Korea Institute Conference Attendance Grants- Graduate
Sun Min Melany Park, Architecture, Landscape & Urban Planning, G1, Conference for Society of Architectural Historians, Chicago, IL