Lt-Rt: Janice C.H. Kim, Philip Kelly, Woonhyoung Woo, Jong Jin Kim
YCAR was pleased to host Mr.聽Woonhyoung Woo at 91亚色聽in early April.
Mr. Woo and his聽family have generously endowed two important awards for graduate students engaged in research on聽Korea and its diaspora.
The Dr. Sangdeok Woo and Mrs. Kwisoon Lim Woo Graduate Award supports聽graduate students undertaking research on the topics of Korean history, culture or society. Dr. Woo, one of Korea's most distinguished scholars in Legal Medicine, laid a foundation for the development of National Institute of Scientific Investigation.
The award鈥檚 2015 winner is Jong Jin Kim from the Graduate Programme in History. His research examines the way in which South Korea, a decade after the colonial rule and the Korean War, started to emerge as a global economic power. The award will enable Jong Jin to travel to聽South Korea this summer to access primary sources at archives,聽company headquarters and other locations.
The Young-Rahn Woo Memorial Graduate Award supports graduate student research in聽Korean language or cultural studies. The Woo family established this award in loving memory of their wife and mother. The 2015 winner of the award is Eui Yong Zong, who is聽working towards an MFA in the Graduate Programme in Film. Yong is a multiple award winning filmmaker whose most recent documentary Julio is an official selection at the 2015 Hotdocs Documentary Film Festival.聽His MFA project is titled聽'Until Tomorrow' and will explore the experiences of left-behind family members of international migrants. He will聽travel to聽Jilin Province in China聽this summer聽to document the transnational experiences of ethnic Koreans.
YCAR would like to extend thanks to Mr. Woo and his family for their generous support of 91亚色 graduate student research.
Both awards are administered by YCAR and more information can be found on the聽 page.
Photograph by Muchu Zhang