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Application Deadline: March 9, 2009
Each year, The Korea Society accepts applications for its language scholarships which support Korean language study at a university in Korea. The benefits of the scholarship include tuition, round-trip airfare to Korea and a stipend to cover basic living expenses.
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Two scholarships for Korean language study at a university in Korea are awarded each year on a competitive basis. In 2008, the scholarships were awarded for summer term study. The benefits of the scholarship include tuition, round-trip airfare to Korea and a stipend to cover basic living expenses.
2008 Scholarship Recipients
John Lichten
John Lichten is currently working towards a bachelor's degree in East Asian studies and film studies at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. His research focuses on the relationship between Japan and Korea, its effects on the region, and its portrayal in the cinema of both countries.
Tina A. Miller
Tina Miller is a practicing attorney in Illinois. She holds a BA in political science from Roosevelt University, an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management and a JD from DePaul University Law School in Chicago. Miller also attended a special summer program at Yonsei University's Korean Language Institute.
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Three awards for Korean language study at a university in Korea were given this year on a competitive basis. In 2007, the scholarships were awarded for summer term study. The benefits of the scholarship include tuition, round-trip airfare to Korea and a stipend to cover basic living expenses.
2007 Scholarship Recipients
Jonson Nathaniel Porter
A second-year doctoral student in the University of Michigan's political science department, Jonson Nathaniel Porter studies the Korean Peninsula in the context of transition politics and economics, as well as Korea's place in the comparative politics and political economy of East Asia. He holds a BA in economics from the University of California, Berkeley and has competed in Tae Kwon Do at the national collegiate level.
Michael Price
Michael Price specializes in Korean–American relations as a second-year graduate student in the International Relations and Pacific Studies Program at the University of California, San Diego.
Monica Kim
Monica Kim is a doctoral candidate in the University of Michigan's history department. Her dissertation focuses on U.S.-controlled prisoner-of-war camps during the Korean War and examines how POWs, military personnel and diplomats struggled to define "prisoner of war" in the context of the early Cold War.
Currently in the Republic of Korea as a Fulbright research fellow, Kim conducts archival research and oral history interviews and works with the Asiatic Research Center at Korea University and the Institute of Korean Studies at Seoul University.
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Two scholarships for Korean language study at a university in Korea are awarded each year on a competitive basis. The benefits of the scholarship include tuition, round-trip airfare to Korea and a stipend to cover basic living expenses. One scholarship covers expenses for a summer term while the other covers expenses for the full year.
2006 Scholarship Recipients
Mark Choi was enrolled in two consecutive short-term intensive courses at Ewha University’s International Language Institute. He is currently pursuing a doctoral in the Department of Political Science at the University of California in San Diego.
Nathaniel Kretchun is currently enrolled in his second of three terms he will be attending at Yonsei University’s Korean Language Institute. He a holds a BA in economics and East Asian Studies from the University of Oklahoma.
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Two scholarships for Korean language study at a university in Korea are awarded each year on a competitive basis. In 2005, both scholarships were awarded to summer term students. The benefits of the scholarship include tuition, round-trip airfare to Korea and a stipend to cover basic living expenses.
2005 Scholarship Recipients
Bonnie Tilland enrolled in an intensive, third-year level Korean language course at Sogang University. She is pursuing a Master's degree in Korean Studies at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Piri Gordon enrolled in the regular summer term at Yonsei University's Korean Language Institute. She a holds a BA in economics from North Carolina State University and has extensive experience working with global banks in Asia. Gordon plans to use her developing Korean language skills and private-sector expertise to join the efforts of government and non-profit agencies working on reunification issues on the Peninsula.
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