The inaugural award ceremony for the Namhi Kim Wagner Korean Language Prize took place on Thursday, April 27, 2023, in the South Concourse of the Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS). Faculty, staff, students, and members of Namhi Kim Wagner’s family gathered in recognition of Namhi Kim Wagner’s legacy as the first director of the Korean Language Program at Harvard University, and to celebrate the winner of the Namhi Kim Wagner Korean Language Prize.
Hear from Anne Lheeem, class of '21 in Social Anthropology, the recipient of a Korea Institute Undergraduate Summer Research Grant to Seoul, Korea during the summer of 2019. Anne shares how her first foray into ethnographic fieldwork in South Korea changed her as a researcher, scholar, and person, and how it influenced her decision to pursue graduate studies in anthropology with a focus on Korean studies, as well as, her decision to also want to pursue medicine. She also discusses how she's been able to continue her fieldwork remotely under the COVID-19 pandemic, and shares how...
Korea Institute (KI) Undergraduate Summer Programs in Korea Virtual Information Session-Tuesday Nov 10th at 4:00pm This session is for Harvard undergraduate students only.
Please join us for the virtual Engaging the World: International Opportunities Fair on Friday, October 2, 2020 from 1-4pm online.
Students may sign-up to attend the fair using the following link: https://forms.gle/WKF7vz8xP6cn2bqZ8. The event link will be sent out to those who have signed-up, early in the day on October 2. We hope to see you stop by the Korea Institute virtual table!
Taking place during Harvard's Worldwide Week, the Harvard College International Opportunities Fair is an annual undergraduate student...
2019 OIE International Photo Contest- Special Korea Institute Prize
On Friday, February 7, 2020 in the Lamont Forum Room in Lamont Library, the winners of the 16th Annual International Photo Contest were chosen. This award ceremony and reception was hosted by the Office of International Education (OIE). The photographs are from Harvard College students who have studied, worked, interned or done research abroad in the past year.
1. The Korea Institute Special Prize was awarded to Ana...
Olivia Fu,'22, Government, "Navigating Asia as an Asian American"
Olivia Fu spoke about her experience in the Ewha-Havard Summer School Program in Korea & the Harvard College Project for Asian and International Relations in Kazakhstan at the Harvard Worldwide Week Destination: World Pechakucha Presentation event held in the CGIS Tsai Auditorium on October 10, 2019.
On Thursday, October 10, 2019, the Harvard community had the opportunity to learn how international experiences shaped the lives of Harvard undergraduates. Nine students took to the stage to share their inspirational stories about global engagement, intellectual exploration and personal discovery made possible through experiences abroad.
Please take a look at the full video for the 2019 Worldwide Week at Harvard Destination: World student presentation event.
