<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif"></font><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt">The Korea Society is now accepting applications through June 22, 2026 for the tenth annual </span><b style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt"><i>Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar.</i></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 9.8pt 0.0001pt 0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><br>Established in 2017
through the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>generous<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>support<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Mr.<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Mrs.<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Philip<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Sherman<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>and family,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Award<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>encourages<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>contributes </span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">to<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>advancement<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>of thought<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>leadership<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>new<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>generation<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>of Korea<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">
</span>scholars<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>professionals.<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Each year The Korea Society recognizes an emerging expert and
provides the awardee with an opportunity to share their expertise with a broad
general audience.<br>
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<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 6.05pt 0.0001pt 0in;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">The<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Society<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt">
</span>seeks<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>applications<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>scholars,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>researchers<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>specialists<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>representative<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>of a<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>wide<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>range of disciplines and backgrounds.
Prior awardees have explored topics in the arts, architecture, political
science and technology and have included Ph.D. candidates, junior professors,
researchers and professionals. Former applicants have hailed from colleges and
universities, research institutions and non-profit organizations in the U.S.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12.95pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Program<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Benefits<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">for<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>awardee<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">include</span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:8.25pt 15.7pt 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Symbol">ˇ<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">the opportunity to conduct a public,
in-person lecture at The Korea Society in fall 2026\u2014the lecture<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>live-streamed<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>also<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>recorded<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>allow<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>ongoing<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">
</span>access<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Society\u2019s
website<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>and YouTube channel;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="line-height:13.9pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Symbol">ˇ<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">round-trip<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>air<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>travel<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>New<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>York<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>City<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>hotel<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span>accommodations<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>incidentals<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>two-<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">nights;</span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="line-height:14pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Symbol">ˇ<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">a<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>$2,500<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">
</span>honorarium;<span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">and,</span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 70.4pt 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Symbol">ˇ<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">an opportunity<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>to gain wider visibility<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>one\u2019s<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">
</span>work and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>become<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">
</span>part of a<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>group<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>of distinguished <b><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://koreasociety.org/education/sherman-scholar-award-recipients/presentations-by-sherman-scholar-award-recipients" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:blue">alumni</span><u><span style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">.</span></u></a></span></u></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 70.4pt 0.0001pt 0in;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Click <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://koreasociety.smapply.io/prog/sherman_family_Korea_emerging_scholar_lecture_program_2026/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:blue">HERE</span></a></span></span> to access the </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 70.4pt 0.0001pt 0in;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> Sherman Lecture application!</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:14.05pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> <br></span><span style="text-align:center;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Please direct questions to <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><a href="mailto:policy@koreasociety.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">policy@koreasociety.org</a></span></span><span style="text-align:center;font-size:11.5pt">.</span></p></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>