2008

FALL FELLOWSHIP IN KOREAN STUDIES

The Korea Society is pleased to announce its 13th annual Fall Fellowship in Korean Studies
program to be held in Korea over the 12-day period of October 11-22, 2008 in collaboration with
the Academy of Korean Studies and with the support of a grant from the Freeman Foundation.
The objective of the program is to provide a general overview of Korea, past and present. All the
expenses of the participants will be covered, including round-trip international airfare,
accommodations and meals.

ELIGIBILITY

Applications are invited from American educators who are professionally engaged as textbook
writers and editors, and East Asia specialists in higher education who would like to include
Korea in their teaching, research or writing. Priority consideration will be given to applicants who
are planning to author textbooks on world history or Asian history, those who contribute articles
to reference works and those who will be editors of such works.

ACTIVITIES

The program will begin in Seoul with three days of lectures and fieldtrips and continue with a
seven-day docent-led tour to major points of interest throughout the southern part of the Korean
peninsula. The lectures will be delivered by prominent scholars from leading Korean universities
on topics such as language, art, architecture, literature, economics and the politics of a divided
country. The field trips during this initial phase of the program will take participants to places of
historical and cultural significance in the Seoul area, including royal palaces, the royal ancestral
shrine, museums and historical districts. In the second phase of the program, the participants
will travel to various points of interest throughout the southern part of the Korean peninsula on
an extended docent tour.

Dr. Mark Peterson of Brigham Young University, a distinguished expert on Korean history and
culture, will accompany the participants throughout the entire program. He will lecture informally
on topics related to Korean history, society and literature as well as the impact of Shamanism,
Buddhism, Confucianism, and Christianity on the Korean people.

APPLICATION

Applicants are requested to submit a completed application packet, including the application form
and supporting documentation, by May 5, 2008 (postmarked) to:

Yong Jin Choi, Senior Director
Korean Studies Program
The Korea Society
Eighth Floor
950 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022