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● Distribution of Excellent Academic Materials (books) of Korean Studies Grant
Distribution of Excellent Academic Materials (books) of Korean Studies Grant
The Division of International Support for Korean Studies at the Center for International Affairs of the Academy of Koreas Studies is undertaking projects to support scholars of Korean studies at foreign universities and research institutes to bolster and raise the level of overseas Korean studies. The program calls for supporting, through a public contest in the latter half of each year, Korean studies-related academic activities, including academic research in five fields, academic conferences, educational and cultural events, publication of academic journals and books. These result in excellent academic materials. In 2021, the results of the overseas Korean studies support projects were published successively by leading foreign publishers, drawing attention from academic circles.
Professor Pyonggap Min of the Queens College at the City University of New York, who was supported by the 2020 Overseas Korean Studies Support Project, published "Korean 'Comfort Women' Military Brothels, Brutality, and the Redress Movement" (Rutgers University Press). In the English book, he accused the Japanese of the vivid, terrible reality of the victims of the military sexual slavery. Professor Min has been studying the sex slavery issue since the early 1990s, and he is recognized for his systematic and comprehensive analysis of how the Japanese government has dealt with the issue.
Professor Ksenia Chizhova of Princeton University, who was supported by the Overseas Korean Studies Support Project in 2018, published "Kinship Novels of Early Modern Korea" (Columbia University Press). The book, putting focus on family novels that traced the lives of several generations, analyzed the numerous narrative-type novels that were written from the late 17th century to the early 20th century, a period in which the kinship ideology was dominant. By analyzing novels written at a time when patriarchal kinship was emphasized and social restrictions on women were growing, the book reexamined the social changes in post-late Joseon Dynasty and the development of modern Korean literature in its early stage. It is also recognized for providing a broader perspective on the history of Korean literature.
Excellent academic materials like those mentioned above will be distributed to the libraries of local universities and the Korean studies centers of foreign universities. This will help promote the reputation of the Overseas Korean Studies Support Project.
Professor Pyonggap Min of the Queens College at the City University of New York, who was supported by the 2020 Overseas Korean Studies Support Project, published "Korean 'Comfort Women' Military Brothels, Brutality, and the Redress Movement" (Rutgers University Press). In the English book, he accused the Japanese of the vivid, terrible reality of the victims of the military sexual slavery. Professor Min has been studying the sex slavery issue since the early 1990s, and he is recognized for his systematic and comprehensive analysis of how the Japanese government has dealt with the issue.
Professor Ksenia Chizhova of Princeton University, who was supported by the Overseas Korean Studies Support Project in 2018, published "Kinship Novels of Early Modern Korea" (Columbia University Press). The book, putting focus on family novels that traced the lives of several generations, analyzed the numerous narrative-type novels that were written from the late 17th century to the early 20th century, a period in which the kinship ideology was dominant. By analyzing novels written at a time when patriarchal kinship was emphasized and social restrictions on women were growing, the book reexamined the social changes in post-late Joseon Dynasty and the development of modern Korean literature in its early stage. It is also recognized for providing a broader perspective on the history of Korean literature.
Excellent academic materials like those mentioned above will be distributed to the libraries of local universities and the Korean studies centers of foreign universities. This will help promote the reputation of the Overseas Korean Studies Support Project.
Jihee Ryu, Division of International Support for Korean Studies
