The Korea Society - Fellowships

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Fellowships

The Korea Society - Fellowships

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This Spring, The Korea Society will take 10 American educators to Korea for its eighth annual Spring Fellowship in Korean Studies. This expense-paid program will include lectures, guided tours, and opportunities for on-site study in locales of historic and contemporary significance in Korea. This program is made possible through the generous financial support of the Freeman Foundation and the Academy of Korean Studies.

2012 Summer Fellowship in Korean Studies

Held in Korea June 20-July 5 and July 4-19, 2012

The Korea Society is pleased to announce openings for American educators to participate in the 2012 Summer Fellowship in Korean Studies to be held in Korea in June and July of 2012. The application deadline is January 16, 2012. Fellows participate in a 16-day, expenses-paid study tour of Korea during which they visit a foreign language high school, museums, and sites of historical and cultural interest. Lectures on Korea history, culture, politics, economics, arts, and language are provided by university faculty. This unparalleled learning experience and unique opportunity for extensive travel within Korea is open to social studies professionals, including middle school and high school classroom teachers, administrators, and professors or instructors in schools of education.

Thanks to the generous support of the Korea Foundation, the 2012 program can accommodate American educators in two groups. Three days of the study tour are also sponsored by the Freeman Foundation. Applicants are solely responsible for the cost of domestic airfare to an international airport.

Preference will be given to applicants who have a demonstrated ability to adapt to new cultural settings and meet the academic demands of an intensive study/travel program. Some prior familiarity with Korean culture and history also is highly desirable.

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The 16th annual Fall Fellowship in Korean Studies took place in Korea from October 13-24, 2011 for eight American educators, led by Yong Jin Choi, Vice President of Korean Studies at The Korea Society. Participants included three textbook editors and five East Asia specialists in higher education. The first stop upon arriving in Seoul was the sisupje (guest house) at the Academy of Korean Studies where the fellows stayed overnight and enjoyed dinner and conversation with Mark Peterson, Professor of Korean Studies at Brigham Young University, who acted as docent throughout the study tour. During the first few days, the group spent their mornings attending lectures given by some of the best scholars in Korea. The lectures included "Insight into Contemporary Korea," by Dr. Chong Wook Chung, Professor of Political Science (Emeritus), Seoul National University, and "Korean Economy," by Dr. Choong Yong Ahn, Chair and Professor of the Graduate School of International Studies at Chung-Ang University. In the afternoons, the fellows traveled to notable sites, such as Seoul National Museum and Kyŏngbok Palace. Following their exploration of Seoul, the group embarked on a seven-day tour of major cultural and historical sites throughout the southern part of the country, starting with King Sejong’s Tomb in Yŏju and a stopover in Ch'ŏngju and its Early Printing Museum. For the next few days, the participants learned about Korean Buddhism through a visit to Haeinsa and an overnight stay at the Unmunsa Convent outside Taegu. The temple stay gave the fellows rare insight into Buddhism and its impact on Korea. A visit to Yangdong Historic Village and Oksan Confucian Academy helped the participants appreciate the lasting influence of Confucian values in Korea and engaged them in questions of how to incorporate Confucian scholarship into American Social Studies curricula. Following a visit to the Sŏkkuram Grotto and Pulguksa in Kyŏngju, the fellows climbed Namsan. The fellows concluded the trip with a tour of Hyundai Heavy Industries before returning to Seoul.