The Korea Institute, Harvard University announces the Summer 2016 & AY16-17 Student Grant and Fellowship Awards

Korea Institute Funds Korea-Focused Research, Study and Work for 2016

The Korea Institute at Harvard University promotes the study of Korea and brings together faculty, students, scholars, andvisitors 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, academic study at Seoul National 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, the LG Yonam Fund, anonymous donors at the Korea Institute, Harvard University along with support from the Asia Center. 

 Korea Institute Summer Research Travel Fellowships – Graduate

Wenjiao Cai, EALC, G6, “The Environmental Regime of Chŏson Frontier”

Hyeok Hweon Kang, EALC, G3,“From Welfare to Welfare: Security Policy and Military Urbanism in Chŏson Korea“

Helen Kim, Religion, G4, “Gospel of the Orient: Koreans, Race and the Transnational Rise of Evangelicanism, 1945-91”

Nuri Kim, EALC,G6, “History, Myth and the Making of an Ancient Religion in Early 20th C Korea”

Myunggyo Kim, G1, RSEA, “Post-1978 Ethnic Korean Migration in China”

Qiong Miya Xie, G5, Comparative Literature, “The Literary Territorialization of Manchuria: Spatial Imagination and Modern Identities in East Asia”

Sungik Yang, RSEA, G1, “Historical Narratives as Political Identities in South Korea”

Korea Institute Summer Research Travel Fellowships – Undergraduate

Charlene Hong,’17, Social Studies, “Korean Student Activists in Seoul”

Juhwan Seo, ’17, Sociology, “Single Mothers in South Korea”

Korea Institute Grants for Korea Summer Programs – Undergraduate

Ikeoluwa Adeyemi-Idowu,’19, Harvard Summer School in Seoul

Ishak Caner, ’18, Korea Summer Internship Program

Elaine Dong, ’17, Harvard Summer School in Seoul

Melia Henderson, ’19, Harvard Summer School in Seoul

Jack Kelley, ’19, Harvard Summer School in Seoul

Ashley Jiin Kim, ’19, Harvard Summer School in Seoul

Do Hyun Kim, ’19, Harvard Summer School in Seoul

Miranda Richman, ’19, Harvard Summer School in Seoul

Francesca Simoni, ’17, Korea Summer Internship Program

Korea Institute Summer Undergraduate Internships in Seoul, Korea

Ishak Caner, Applied Mathematics, ’18, CJ Entertainment & Media

Francesca Simoni, Statistics, ‘17, Korea Herald

Korea Institute Undergraduate Summer Language Study Grants to Ewha University

Niamh Mulholland, Undeclared, ’19, Ewha Womans University

Amy Morrisett, Undeclared, ’19, Ewha Womans University

Korea Institute Scholarship to Attend Seoul National University- International Summer Institute (SNU-ISI)

Emily Choi, ’19, Undeclared, Seoul National University-International Summer Institute

Michelle Lee, ’16, Anthropology, Seoul National University-International Summer Institute

Korea Institute Summer Language Study Grants for Graduate Students

Yung Hian Ng, RSEA, G1, IUC Program at Sungkyunkwan University

ICF Graduate Fellowship in Korean Literature

Yusung Kim, EALC, G2, “A Dream for Techno-Futures in South Korean Science Fiction during the Cold War”

Korea Institute Conference Attendance Grants- Graduate

Yoonjee Koh, MDes ’16, Inheriting the City: Advancing Understandings of Urban Heritage Conference, Taipei, Taiwan

Ivanna Yi, EALC, G5, Columbia University Graduate Student Conference, New York, NY

Ivanna Yi, EALC, G5, Univ. Of Michigan 4th International Conference of NextGen Korean Studies Scholars, Ann Arbor, MI

John Lee, EALC-HEAL, G7, American Society for Environmental History Conference, Seattle, Washington

John Lee, EALC-HEAL, G7, Association for Asian Studies, Seattle , Washington