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A Graduate Student Perspective-KI Graduate Summer Research Grant Summer 2015, Becky Keung Yoon Bae, G3, EALC

September 08, 2015

I spent around three weeks in Seoul in total for archival research at the Korean Film Archives, where I made extensive use of their oral history archive, which contains their ongoing project to interview veteran filmmakers and film workers in the Korean...

A Graduate Student Perspective-KI Graduate Summer Research Grant Summer 2015, Sun Min Melany Park, G1, History & Theory of Architecture

September 08, 2015

My 7-week summer research took me to the Mokchon Architecture Archive in Sajik-dong, Seoul, located a stone’s throw away from Gyeongbokgung. Started by Kim Jung Sik, the founding president of the prominent architecture firm, Junglim, the private archive...

Featured Course-Korean History Through Film

September 02, 2015

Course title: "Korean History Through Film" Meeting times: Tuesdays, 1-4 pm This course is to examine history of Chosŏn Korea (1392–1910) through select Korea’s contemporary feature films and TV dramas. Films with historical themes and figures have...

Welcome Back to to Campus!

September 02, 2015

Whether you spent the summer in Korea or are thinking about going to Korea, we welcome you to drop by the Korea Institute to learn about our upcoming events and resources that the Korea Institute offers. We very much look forward to getting to know you or...

The Korea Institute, Harvard University announces the Summer 2015 & AY15-16 Student Grant and Fellowship Awards

May 18, 2015

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...

A Graduate Student Perspective: Graduate Summer Research in South Korea 2014: Hyeok Hweon Kang

September 04, 2014

Hyeok Hweon Kang, G2 EALC Graduate Student, Recipient of a Korea Institute Summer Research Grant Guns, Germs, and Ghosts: Exorcising the Chosŏn Dynasty of Korea Thanks to the generous support of the Korea Institute, I had a fruitful summer in South Korea...

A Graduate Student Perspective: Graduate Summer Research in South Korea, Summer 2014: Nuri Kim

September 04, 2014

From late May through August, the LG Yonam Foundation Graduate Summer Research Travel Grant enabled me to travel to Korea and continue my dissertation research on the growth of New Religious Movements in colonial Korea. The first thing I did was to embark...

Welcome Back to Campus!

September 03, 2014

Whether you spent your summer in Korea or are thinking about going to Korea, we welcome you to drop by the Korea Institute to learn about our upcoming events & resources that the Korea Institute offers. We very much look forward to getting to know you or...

The Korea Institute, Harvard University announces the Summer 2014 & AY14-15 Student Grant and Fellowship Awards

April 22, 2014

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...

A Graduate Student Perspective- John Lee, G3, Graduate Student in Korean History/East Asian Languages (HEAL)-Summer 2013

September 05, 2013

From June through August, 2013, I was in South Korea to continue research for my dissertation project, “Protect the Pines, Punish the People: The Social Implications of Forest Conservation in Early Modern Korea, 1600-1876,” an integrated analysis of...

A Graduate Student Perspective- Wenjiao Cai, G2, Graduate Student in EALC- Korea Institute Graduate Summer Research Travel Grant-Summer 2013

September 05, 2013

Thanks to the generous support from the Korea Institute, I had the opportunity to conduct a six-week field-research trip in South Korea this summer. The trip enriched my understanding of the political and social environment of eighteenth-century Seoul, a...

Korea Institute 2013 Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards for Korea-Related Research, Travel and Work

May 20, 2013

Korea Institute 2013 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...