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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dear<b> </b>all,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am pleased to announce the Dongsoon Im and Mija Im Doctoral Student Fellowship, which will be started to be given from the fall of 2014. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Please see below for details and let your students apply for this fellowship. One student will be selected next year and a few more in the coming years.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thank you,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sung Deuk Oak</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">Donsoon Im and Mija Im Chair </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">Associate Professor of Korean Christianity</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">Department of Asian Languages and Cultures</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">UCLA</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">email: oak@humnet.ucla.edu</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">homepage: </span><a href="http://koreanchristianity.humnet.ucla.edu/" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://koreanchristianity.humnet.ucla.edu/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">-----------</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The UCLA Im D</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">octoral </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Student </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Fellowship<br>
<i> </i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">The </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">UCLA
Center for Korean Studies </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">is pleased
to offer the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dongsoon
Im and Mija Im D</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">octoral </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Student </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Fellowship to support</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> doctoral students’</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">study
and </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">research in </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Korean
Christianity</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">. </span><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Candidates must </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">follow the regular application process
of the UCLA Department of Asian Languages and Cultures. Admission is very
competitive, for the <span style="color:#111111">Department is one of the
largest such departments in the United States and focuses on the linguistic,
literary, historical, and religious traditions of the entire Asian macro-region, and the Korean program is one of the most
prestigious such programs in the world. </span>See the department webpage for
the application information: </span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="http://alc.ucla.edu/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#0070C0">http://alc.ucla.edu/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#00B0F0"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Doctoral
students who major in Korean Christianity need to study Korean Christianity and
East Asian religions and a minor field: modern Korean history, or Korean
literature and film studies, or Korean folklore and popular culture. In
addition, they need to study the Korean, classical Chinese, and Japanese
languages. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"">Fellowship </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">for </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"">first three </span></b><b><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">year</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">s</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Annually guaranteed up to $20,000, which includes the
tuition and fees plus stipend. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"">Admitted doctoral students of the Department of
Asian Languages and Cultures receive various fellowships, grants, and stipends
including the language study grants and stipends, and have ample opportunities
for TA. The recipient of the Im
Fellowship can also apply for these and all other grants and programs. The Im Doctoral
Fellowship can be renewed by an evaluation after the first three years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Deadline</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> of the Application</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><b><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">December 15</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">, 2013</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111">All
applicants are required to submit a UCLA on-line application by the
deadline, upload all supplemental materials to as well as <i>mail</i> your official transcripts and GRE scores to the department by
December 15. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">See
</span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="http://alc.ucla.edu/graduate-program-/prospective-graduate-applicants/graduate-application-instructions"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0">http://alc.ucla.edu/graduate-program-/prospective-graduate-applicants/graduate-application-instructions</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111">For
more information on application, feel free to contact Ms. Shan Shan Chi-Au,
Student Affairs Officer for Graduate Studies:</span><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0"> </span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="mailto:shanshan@humnet.ucla.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0">shanshan@humnet.ucla.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">.<span style="color:#111111"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#111111"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">For questions regarding the program, please contact </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Ms. Sejung Kim, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Associate Director </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">of the UCLA Center for Korean Studies:<span style="color:#0070C0"> </span></span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="mailto:sejung@international.ucla.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0">sejung@international.ucla.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> or Dr.
Sung-Deuk Oak, Im Chair Associate Professor of Korean Christianity: </span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="mailto:oak@humnet.ucla.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0">oak@humnet.ucla.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div></body>
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