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Announcing the First Soon Young Kim Postdoctoral Fellow in 20th Century Korea, at the Korea Institute for AY13-14

March 13, 2013

The Korea Institute is pleased to announce the first Soon Young Kim Postdoctoral Fellow in 20th Century Korea for academic year 2013-14:   Dr. John (Song Pae) Cho.

 Dr. Cho received his Ph.D. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in December of 2011. His dissertation is entitled, “The Luxury of Love: Queer Internet, Intimacy, and Insecurity in Post-IMF South Korea.”  His research/teaching interests are in gender, sexuality, class and technology in South Korea and East Asia.  Dr. Cho’s...

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Application Deadlines for Summer Undergraduate Programs in Korea are Coming Up!

January 15, 2013

Harvard Summer School in Korea Program-- is due Thursday, January 29, 2015  (an online application via the Harvard Summer School Website): http://www.summer.harvard.edu/programs/study-abroad
Dates for the Program are: Mon June 22- Sat Aug 15, 2015 (8 weeks). The theme this summer will be Filmmaking, Sociology and learning Korean language.Guidance for the budget for this program is on the Harvard Summer School webpage listed under "Suggested Budget" under COST. It's a PDF. It is about $11,750 total. The PDF...

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Summer Opportunities Fair-Fri Dec 7th 12-4pm

November 30, 2012
Launch Your Summer Search! Please join us at the annual Harvard Summer School Study Abroad Fair/OCS Summer Opportunities Fair
on Tuesay, Dec. 5th from 1pm-4pm at the Harvard SOCH (Student Organization Center at Hilles- 29 Shephard St. Cambridge)
This is a once a year event!  

Come learn about the great undergraduate opportunities available for you in Korea this coming summer! Look for the Korea Institute table!
2018 Harvard Summer School in Seoul Program (The theme is Postwar Korean Cinema & Learning Korean Language)
Summer Internships in Korea
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New: The Soon Young Kim Post-Doctoral Fellowship in 20th Century Korea at the Korea Institute, Harvard University

November 19, 2012

The Soon Young Kim Post-Doctoral Fellowship in 20th Century Korea at the Korea Institute, Harvard University

The Korea Institute at Harvard University is accepting applications for a new postdoctoral fellowship in 20th Century Korea for the 2013-14 academic year. The fellow is expected to participate actively in related activities of Harvard and the Korean Studies community, and to teach one or two undergraduate courses in the appropriate academic department. We particularly welcome course proposals on original topics with innovative teaching approaches. 

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student, Sarah Berlow's winning photograph entitled "On the Road Up", a serene Korean temple on the hillside in Seoul 2012.

Winning Photographs from Korea from the 9th Annual 2012 International Photo Contest!

November 16, 2012

On Thursday, November 15, 2012 in the Harvard Advising Programs Office, Suite 470 of Holyoke Center, the winners of the 9th annual International Photo Contest were chosen.  There were over 400 entries. You may see all of the amazing winning photographs on the Office of International Education's website @  http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~oip/photo_contest_winners.html

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event poster for KI Undergraduate 2013 Summer Programs in Korea Info Session

Korea Summer Programs Info Sesson- Wed Nov 7th at 4pm (For Undergraduates)

October 31, 2012
Harvard Summer Programs in Korea Information Session (For Undergraduates) Wednesday, November 7th at 4pm in room S250 in CGIS, South 1730 Cambridge St. Summer Internships Summer Language Study Summer Research Grants Harvard Summer School in Seoul 2013 (Filmmaking, Korean History and Korean Language) Summer Tuition Waivers at Select Korean Universities Funding Opportunities All of these opportunities are for Harvard undergraduates only. Staff from the Harvard Summer School and the Korea Institute will be there to answer any questions. We'll also have a few returnee students from our summer... Read more about Korea Summer Programs Info Sesson- Wed Nov 7th at 4pm (For Undergraduates)
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A Graduate Student Perspective: Graduate Summer Research in South Korea 2012: Javier Cha

October 4, 2012

I spent two months of this summer in Seoul.  Thanks to Korea Institute’s generous research grants in previous years, as well as the current one, I went to Seoul with high familiarity.  My visits in the summers of 2008 and 2011 prepared me well for this research trip.  I navigated through the ins and outs of Seoul like a local.  I had a very comfortable stay in Seoul and returned to Cambridge deeply missing its connectivity and efficiency.

This time in Seoul, the efficiency of this metropolis left me awestruck.  As do most incoming foreign visitors to...

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