[KS] NEAC/Korea Foundation grants/fellowships announcements

[Hyung Pai]

Dear Burgeson,
There is a miconception that only academics are eligible. But since 
students and profs esp have a hard time receiving funding in the 
humanities , they are the primary targets. I have sat in on grant 
giving sessions for the Japan side- and there are abundant number of 
independent scholars and professionals such as museum staff who have 
gotten grants. So if you do have a record of professional service, list 
of publications and research topic that is well articulated, you should 
be eligible. Please apply. Like all grants, the more you apply, the 
more you will get better at it.


On Jan 13, 2004, at 8:29 PM, J.Scott Burgeson wrote:

>
> --- Hyung Pai <hyungpai at eastasian.ucsb.edu> wrote:
>> Dear members,
>>
>> I would like to remind the Korean studies community
>> that there are many grants available for this year.
>> There are many listings for both  graduate students
>> scholarships as well as short term research
>> travels,  conference proposals, curriculum
>> development and to invite speakers to your campus.
>
>
>    Can I ask why foundations that give grants in the
> field of Korean Studies consider critics to be
> "illegitimate" candidates for grants? I have been a
> professional critic for 13 years and have published
> two books of criticism in Korea (both translated into
> Korean), yet whenever I inquire about grants for
> Korean language-study assistance, I am always told
> "Don't even bother to apply because you're not an
> academic." Ditto for any publishing or research
> assistance. Korea Foundation and many others have
> consistently told me this. I know that various artists
> and adoptees, etc. also receive grants, but critics
> always seem to fall between the cracks. I would like
> to know why 13 years of professional experience as a
> writer and public intellectual, and 6 years in Korea
> (including invitations to guest lecture at Seoul Nat'l
> University, Yonsei and Hanyang), is considered
> illegitimate next to, say, 2 or 3 years for a graduate
> student?
>    Clearly, it is a short-sighted strategy to view
> critics and other independent scholars this way,
> because their commentary on Korean culture generally
> reaches much wider audiences than academics--thereby
> promoting greater understanding of the culture--and
> deserves to be supported in order to ensure that it is
> more rigorous and informed through opportunities to
> study the language, pursue research and so forth.
>    Any thoughts on this institutional bias from the
> List?
>    --J. Scott Burgeson
>
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Hyung Il Pai
Associate Professor
East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies,
HSSB Building, University of California, Santa Barbara CA 93106
Fax: 805) 893-3011, Phone: 805) 893-2245
Email: Hyungpai at eastasian.ucsb.edu
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