October 6-15, 2006 This program was implemented in Korea for a group of ten participants 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. This year’s fall fellows were education specialists from across the sector and across America. They […]
November 30, December 14, 18, 20, 2006 Artist and calligrapher Sung-Sook Hong Setton visited four schools in the Half Hollow Hills School District in Long Island, New York, as well as the East-West School of International Studies in Flushing, New York, to introduce students to the art of Korean brush painting and calligraphy. At her […]
January 31, February 1, 2, 2007 Professional storyteller Cathy Spagnoli visited three schools in the New York area to entertain and educate students with folktales from Korea. Spagnoli started each session with a personal introduction to how she became a storyteller and how she came to be interested in Korean folktales. Multiple sessions were held […]
April 1-10, 2007 This program was implemented in Korea for a group of ten participants 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 ten participants consisted of American educators from across the professional spectrum: two K-12 teachers, […]
June 19-July 5, 2007 Nineteen participants visited Korea for this, the 19th annual program in the series. Accompanied by program coordinator Yong Jin Choi, the fellowship got underway with a half-day orientation session, including visits (by subway) to the Chonggyechon park and bookstores in downtown Seoul. The following day, the fellows visited the Folk Museum […]
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 […]
March 5–12, 2008 Professional storyteller Cathy Spagnoli visited seven schools in the greater New York area to entertain and educate students with folktales from Korea. Spagnoli started each session with a personal introduction on how she became a storyteller and how she came to be interested in Korean folktales. Multiple sessions were held at each […]
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 […]
June 5, 2008 A group of forty-eight instructors participated in the Spring conference led by Professor John Goulde, Professor of Religion at Sweet Briar College and retired Professor Marjorie Bingham of Hamline University. The day opened with a lecture on Neo-Confucianism’s origins which were ushered in by the Chinese philosopher Zhu Xi of the Song […]
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, […]
