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October 11 - 22, 2008
Nine education professionals participated in the 13th annual Fall Fellowship in Korean Studies, conducted in Korea from October 11 through 22. The fellows included three textbook editors, one project coordinator for East Asia education, one curriculum developer and four professors of history, Asian culture and art. The group began its study tour at the Academy of Korean Studies in Seoul (a major supporter of the fellowship) and was accompanied by Yong Jin Choi, senior director of Korean studies at The Korea Society; Mark Peterson, professor of Korean studies at Brigham Young University; and Sharon Park, who led the group’s fellowship trip.
The fellows attended lectures on Korean art, economics and current affairs at the Academy and enjoyed local field trips to Myŏngdong Catholic Cathedral and Kyŏngbok Palace. After leaving Seoul, the group embarked on a six-day tour of major cultural and historical sites throughout the rest of the country, including first Ch'ŏngju and its Early Printing Museum. For the next two days, the participants were exposed to Buddhism in Korean society through an overnight stay at the Unmunsa convent outside Taegu. They helped the nuns with their annual red-pepper harvest, before continuing on to Haeinsa monastery, where they viewed the ancient wooden blocks used to print the Tripitaka Koreana, one of the oldest Buddhist texts in the world. A visit to Yangdong Folk Village, where residents live in the rural, agrarian manner of their ancestors, helped the participants understand the lasting influence Confucian values have had on Korean society. The fellows visited the National Museum of Korea, Sŏkkuram Grotto and Pulguksa in Kyŏngju. A tour of Hyundai's high-tech shipyard gave the participants a view of Korea's economic history and future. The fellowship concluded with the fellows returning to Seoul to visit the Leeum Museum and enjoying a performance at the Seoul Arts Center before returning to the U.S.
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| June 19 - July 5, 2008
Twenty American educators, led by Yong Jin Choi, senior director of Korean studies at The Korea Society, attended the 20th annual Summer Fellowship in Korean studies from June 19 to July 5 in Korea. The fellows participated in intensive morning workshops in Korean history, cinema, art, language, politics, culture, society and education at Korea University for the first week of the program. Following the morning sessions, afternoon field trips were held to points of interest around Seoul, including Daeil Foreign Language High School, the Insadong District, Ch'angdŏk Palace and the Samsung Museum of Art. From June 25 to June 30, the fellows traveled to southern Korea, visiting notable sites such as Heinsa near Taegu, Pulguksa and Sŏkkuram Grotto, and Andong-Haeho Folk Village. They also participated in a hands-on workshop in metal-type printing at the Ch'ŏngju Early Printing Museum.
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March 19-29, 2008
The spring 2008 fellowship study tour program was implemented from March 19 through 29 in Korea for a group of ten American teachers, academics and education policymakers. Arriving in Seoul, the group's first stop was the Academy of Korean Studies. The academy, which houses the fellows in its sisupje (guest house), serves as a springboard both for the group's exploration of Seoul as well as its understanding of Korean culture. During the first two days of the trip, the participants alternated between on-campus lectures in Korean music, architecture and history with field trips to downtown Seoul, Leeum Museum and Kyongbok Palace. On Saturday, March 23, the group went where no fellowship program has gone before: North Korea. Boarding buses in the morning for a day trip across the DMZ, the group
visited historical sites such as the Confucian Academy and its shrine dedicated to scholar Chong Mong-ju, as well as the Sungkyunkwan and the National Museum of Art in Kaesong, the capital city during the Koryo kingdom. The Pakyon Falls as well as a Buddhist temple near Kaesong were also included in the North Korean itinerary. Returning to South Korea, the fellows spent another night in Seoul, then moved beyond the capital to visit historical, cultural and religious sites in the South of the country. Between visits to Haeinsa monastery, the Early Printing Museum in Chongju and Yangdong Village, where residents live out the agrarian traditions of their ancestors, the fellows toured the Wong Pyong Middle School, observing the methods of their Korean counterparts. Returning to Seoul for a farewell dinner on March 29, the fellows departed for America on March 30.
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| October 14-24, 2007
The 12th annual Fall Fellowship in Korean Studies visted Korea from October 14-24, 2007 with ten participants, including five textbook editors, one freelance textbook writer and four professors of literature, history and anthropology. Accompanied by Yong Jin Choi, senior director of Korean studies at The Korea Society, and Mark Peterson, professor of Korean studies at Brigham Young University, the fall fellows began their studies on the campus of the Academy of Korean Studies in Seoul, which also provided support for the fellowship.
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