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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
June 21 – July 5, 2006 This program was implemented in Korea for 19 participants accompanied by program coordinator Yong Jin Choi. This year’s summer fellowship was the 18th annual program in the series. It got underway, as usual, with a half-day orientation session, which included a visit (by subway) to the Folk Museum in […]
April 14-23, 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. The ten participants consisted of American educators from across the professional spectrum: six K-12 teachers, […]
April 4–7, 2006 The Korea Society’s School Visit Program arranges semi-annual visits by authors, musicians, storytellers, dancers and other experts on Korea to primary and secondary schools throughout the greater New York area. This spring, choreographer In-Young Sohn and her dance group performed a series of traditional Korean dance routines at five schools. Students were […]
October 9-20, 2005 This program was implemented in Korea for a group of eleven participants accompanied by the program coordinator, Yong Jin Choi, and Mark Peterson of Brigham Young University, who as usual served in the capacity of a docent. It was the 10th annual program in this series. The program got underway in Seoul […]
