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Fulbright Korea Quarterly
Winter 2010
8 A Year in Pictures
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Anniversary Celebration Marked by Hwangap
By Elizabeth So Korean-American diplomatic relations and the historical
impact of this relationship in recent decades. Motivated
There are three important events in the life of every by the devastation of World War II, Senator Fulbright
Korean: baekil, the 100-day celebration, dol, the first developed his vision of cross-cultural exchange in
birthday, and hwangap, the 60th birthday. The last of order to help “every society develop its own concept
these milestones, hwangap, relates to the zodiacal of public decency and individual fulfillment.” Nearly 50
cycle, which completes one full revolution every sixty years after the founding of the program, South Korean
years. President Kim Dae Jung affirmed the contributions of
the Fulbright program in Korea: “It was in the aftermath
In Korea, hwangap is regarded as a time to reflect upon of the Korean War, a devastating and unstable period
personal experiences and history. Furthermore, the that the Fulbright program was implemented in Korea.
holiday is often marked by honorific rituals and large Those well-qualified professionals who received
family gatherings. Just as 60th birthdays are highly support through the Fulbright program during this
regarded in Korea, the same sentiment will be held period performed vital roles in rebuilding the nation.”
toward the 60th anniversary celebrations of several The spirit of the Fulbright program continues to play a
historical events in 2010. vital role in strengthening relations between the U.S.
and South Korea.
June 25th will mark the 60th anniversary of the
outbreak of the Korean War. Twenty-one nations sent While the impact of Fulbright Korea will continue
troops and medical staff to Korea during the war, for years to come, its hwangap is expected to be a
which ended with a ceasefire armistice and border momentous occasion. The Fulbright Commission is
stalemate that continues to this day. According to the planning major 60th anniversary events in Seoul, New
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, about 2.3 million York City, and Washington D.C. In addition to these
of the 5.7 million individuals worldwide who served grand festivities, the Commission will publish an alumni
during the Korean War are still alive. Many nations directory and a book on the history of the program.
are intent on honoring the individuals who participated
and sacrificed their lives during the conflict. Korea The quality of the commemorative publications relies
plans to commemorate the occasion by inviting 2,400 heavily on alumni contributions. You can pay tribute
veterans and their families to Korea from the twenty- to Fulbright Korea’s hwangap by registering in the
one nations that assisted during the war, launching alumni database and submitting reflections, photos,
a poster campaign to express the country’s gratitude video, artwork, or other materials related to your
toward overseas war veterans, and staging major battle Fulbright experience to the Alumni Coordinator, Lisette
reenactments such as the 1950 Incheon landing by Garza, at alumni.coordinator@fulbright.or.kr. For more
U.S.-led United Nations forces. information about the 60th anniversary celebration,
please visit http://60.fulbright.or.kr.
This year also marks the 60th anniversary of Fulbright
Korea. Just a few months prior to the start of the
Korean War, the Republic of Korea signed the official
agreement for binational educational exchange with the
U.S. to establish the Fulbright Program in Korea. Since
the program’s inception, more than 3,600 grantees
have benefited from the support of Fulbright Korea,
while contributing to the spirit of mutual understanding
through international cooperation and the advancement
of knowledge.
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USFKAA: Creating a New Alumni Network
By Nikki Guarino area to connect with old friends and re-establish ties
with KAEC, especially as Fulbright Korea prepares to
The U.S. Fulbright Korea Alumni Association celebrate its 60th anniversary throughout the year.
(USFKAA) was established in March 2009 by former
Executive Assistants at the Korean-American USFKAA also compiles data following each grant year
Educational Commission who recognized the need to show donors how their contributions to the Fulbright
to reconnect past American grant recipients to the Korea Alumni Fund (FKAF) have been put to work.
Fulbright Korea network. The FKAF provides funding for current ETA projects at
their host schools or in their communities. Projects are
All former U.S. Fulbright grantees to Korea screened each year by KAEC and given appropriate
automatically become members of USFKAA and are funding based on the ETA’s proposal. USFKAA
encouraged to participate in the new alumni association hopes to encourage more alumni to donate while also
in order to establish a stronger and more beneficial providing accountability for project grantees.
alumni network.
This year, USFKAA encourages its members to
While an Alumni Coordinator handles alumni relations become involved in Fulbright Korea’s 60th anniversary
at the KAEC office in Seoul, USFKAA exists to promote celebration. Alumni can visit the 60th anniversary
active exchange and reunions among former American website to submit material, which will be used for
Fulbright grantees to Korea who reside in the U.S. in KAEC anniversary publications in order to honor the
addition to supporting the creative projects of current outstanding achievements of Fulbright Korea alumni
grantees. over the past 60 years.
To date, USFKAA has hosted four alumni gatherings Beyond Fulbright Korea’s 60th anniversary events and
in Korea and one ETA reunion event in Washington, commemorative publications, USFKAA members can
D.C. Alumni are encouraged to host reunions in their easily become involved in alumni activities or projects
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1) ‘06 ETA Laura Tschop and ‘07 ETA Hillary Eason pose at a USFKAA event; 2) ‘08 ETA Elizabeth Gutting and ‘08 ETA Phillip Chong attend
the 2009 ETA reunion dinner in Washington, D.C.
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by submitting proposals to the USFKAA Executive
Board. Furthermore, USFKAA is seeking ideas for
a collective “gift” so that all alumni members may
contribute to Fulbright Korea’s 60th anniversary.
HELP US CELEBRATE
Facebook page (search for USFKAA).
Lisette Garza
Alumni Coordinator
3) ‘04 ETA Aelee Kwon and ‘07 ETA Thomas Murtaugh prepare for a
2009 reunion event in Washington, D.C.; 4) USFKAA members meet Fulbright Building
for dinner at Mad for Garlic in Seoul. Left to right, bottom row: ‘05 168-15 Yomni-dong Mapo-gu
ETA and current KAEC Alumni Coordinator Lisette Garza, ‘08 Senior
Seoul, 121-874
Scholar Dr. Sugwon Kang, ‘95 ETA Albert Chongheun Lee, ‘05 Junior
Researcher Heather Bayless, ‘09 Junior Researcher Elizabeth Chae,
‘05 ETA and former KAEC Executive Assistant Mariah Perrin, and ‘05 Office: 82-2-3275-4024
Senior Researcher Maureen Fleming. Right to left, top row: ‘94 ETA Mobile: 82-10-4208-0717
Michael Hurt, ‘03 ETA and former KAEC Executive Assistant Dylan
Email: alumni.coordinator@fulbright.or.kr
Davis, ‘08 ETA and current KAEC Executive Assistant Emily Kim
Goldsmith, and ’04 ETA and former KAEC Executive Assistant Caleb
Kim.
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365A YEAR IN PICTURES
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1) ‘08 ETA Deborah Ou-Yang with her Camp Fulbright team in July; 2) ‘08 ETA Tori Foster with host sisters at the Sancheoneo Ice Festival in
Hwacheon; 3) ‘09 Fulbright U.S. Studies Institute Program for Korean Elementary and Secondary School Teachers of English travel to Texas
in January; 4) ‘09 ETAs Melissa Lewis, Emilee Lehenbauer, Ashley Pinney, and Julie Presant practice taekwondo during ETA orientation in
August; 5) KAEC Executive Director Jai Ok Shim visits ‘96 Mid-Career Researcher Kyoung-yeon Chung’s art exhibit in November; 6) U.S.
Ambassador to South Korea, the Honorable Kathleen Stephens, and California 15th Congressional District Representative Mike Honda ad-
dress Fulbright staff and grantees at the Ambassador’s annual pool party in August.
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DAYS
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6 1) ‘09 Fulbright Junior Researcher JodiLynn Murdoch presents her work at a Fulbright Forum
in September; 2) Families pay respect to former Korean President Kim Dae Jung who passed
away August 18, 2009; 3) Ambassador Stephens addresses ETAs and Fulbright staff at the 2009
Thanksgiving dinner in November; 4) A Flat Stanley from the elementary class of ‘09 ETA Nikki
Muyskens travels to California in November (http://www.flatstanley.com); 5) ‘08 ETAs Alex Su, Tori
Foster, and Emily Comstock attend the annual Seoul Lotus Lantern Festival in May; 6) Students
of ‘08 ETA Kenny Loui visit the DMZ as part of the Alumni Youth Leadership Program (AYLP) in
January.
1999 2009
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February's Featured Alumni >>>
With the upcoming 60th anniver- Spotlight” section of the Fulbright grant periods. If you would like to
sary celebration in October and an Korea Quarterly is a part of this be featured in the “Alumni Spot-
ambitious Fulbright Korea alumni effort. Each spotlight will provide a light” section, please fill out the
outreach project underway, we at brief profile of former grantees and Alumni Registration form at http://
KAEC are making greater efforts to a description of their recent ac- alumni.fulbright.or.kr and contact
highlight the activities of our Com- complishments. Both Korean and our Alumni Coordinator, Lisette
mission by sharing the successes American alumni will be featured, Garza, at 02-3275-4024 or alumni.
of alumni with the Fulbright com- and we hope to capture a broad coordinator@fulbright.or.kr.
munity and the world. The “Alumni range of fields and scholars from all
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Alumni Spotlight: Aimee Lee
interdisciplinary artist who creates
paper, book, performance, installa-
tion, and text art. She received her
Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts from
Oberlin College and her Master of
Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Book
and Paper Arts from Columbia Col-
lege in Chicago.
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Seoul Symposium Focuses on Korean
Education in the 21st Century
By Dr. Sung-Wook Jung University expressed her concerns toward Professor
Lee’s provocative policy proposal, while Ms. Sun-Duk
A symposium on Korean education policy in the 21st Kim, a columnist from Dong-A Ilbo, was more favorable
century was held in downtown Seoul last October to towards the economic-based stance. Also during the
commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Fulbright discussion, Dr. In Whoe Kim, an Emeritus Professor
Program in Korea. All participants, including those who from Yonsei University, explicated the new demand for
raised questions from the floor, contributed to making creative human capital, and Professor Do-Chul Shin
the event a wonderful platform for debate on a new from Sookmyung Women’s University emphasized the
direction for the Korean public education system. The need to circumscribe the influence of central govern-
key issue discussed was how to reform the system, ment on public education in order to give more control
which has made preparing students for university en- to local authorities.
trance exams the top priority at almost every school.
Following the first panel discussion, faculty from dis-
Among the participants there seemed to be a fairly tinguished schools shared how they helped students
strong consensus that the race to gain admissions to achieve exemplary success along multiple dimensions,
a limited number of prestigious universities has im- including admissions into top universities. Mr. Jaewon
peded schools from adequately preparing students for Do from Geochang High School spoke forcefully about
the challenges of the 21st century. Many expressed the importance of respecting the individual differences
concern that the traditional public education system is in student personalities. In contrast, Principal Jong Mo
incapable of providing human capital that meets the Kim from Hanil High School illustrated the benefits of
demands of an expanding global economy. Professor incorporating traditional elements into the public school
Yong-Lin Moon, the former Minister of Korean Educa- curriculum. Principal Chung-il Yun from Korean Minjok
tion, addressed this issue as the first speaker of the Leadership Academy ardently defended his school’s
symposium. He stressed that human capabilities can- strict academic emphasis, while Mr. Wondeuk Lee from
not be measured by a one-dimensional university en- Sangsan High School presented evidence to show that
trance examination. In order to properly measure a stu- improving the quality of public school education could
dent’s creative potential, he argued, multiple standards quell the feverish demand for private tutoring. Lastly,
of evaluation should be introduced into the education Mr. Jin-chae Park from Yongjeong Middle School ex-
system, while also giving students more freedom to plained his school’s efforts to nurture creativity and ex-
chart the course of their own educational path. cellence, while never losing sight of preparing students
to be better citizens.
The second speaker, Professor Seung Hoon Lee
from Seoul National University, provided a stimulating Audience members at the symposium listened at-
counterpoint. According to his view, market competi- tentively during the discussion and many jumped at
tion is actually highly beneficial to the public education the opportunity to express their own views on how to
system. Therefore, the much lamented race for admis- improve public education. The positive, upbeat at-
sions to prestigious universities should actually be mosphere left observers feeling confident about the
encouraged and expanded. To achieve this objective, future success of the Korean public education system
he proposed that Korea focus its resources on expand- in the 21st century. A follow-up symposium will be held
ing the number of premier academic institutions to as on October 8th, 2010 as part of the Fulbright Korea
many as twenty. 60th anniversary festivities. Please visit our website
http://60.fulbright.or.kr for more information about this
After the two thought-provoking presentations, those and future events.
invited to sit in on a discussion panel presented their
opinions. Professor Young Hwa Kim from Hongik
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ETAs Volunteer at Refugee Centers
By Elizabeth So past and present volunteers reflect on how they have
been positively impacted by working with students
While teaching duties are a significant part of the Ful- who are able to find success after experiencing such
bright English Teaching Assistantship program, most incredible adversity. Mahoney says, “So often in life,
grantees find the time to engage in extracurricular we hear stories about atrocious regimes destroy-
projects. ETAs have a particularly long history of vol- ing the lives of people, like that of North Korea. We
unteering with North Korean refugees. Several years hear these stories and we think, ‘That’s too bad.’ But
ago, a group of ETAs started teaching at the Heavenly Heavenly Dream School flips that passive comment on
Dream School in Cheonan that caters to the academic its head and makes us as people think, ‘What can I do
and social needs of North Korean refugee teenagers. to change it?’ That’s the spirit we need right now and
Margaret Mahoney, an 2006 and 2007 ETA alumna, that’s what Fulbright embodies.”
recounted the implications of ETA involvement: “Con-
tributing to the success of people around the world, 1
functioning as a cultural ambassador, and opening the
door for other people to do the same is what Fulbright
Korea stands for.” This year, four ETAs continue the
efforts started at Heavenly Dream School.
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2009
Fulbright Forum Snapshots
In 2009, the research of ten Fulbright scholars was featured in nine Fulbright Forum presentations. Fulbright
awards for Americans in Korea are available to scholars and professionals for both lecturing and research activi-
ties. The KAEC will grant over 200 awards to Koreans and Americans during the 2010-2011 academic year.
Franklin Rausch
Fulbright Junior Researcher, History
The Legitimacy of Force: The Discourse of An Chunggun’s Killings of Ito Hirobumi
Josie Sohn
Fulbright Junior Researcher, Film Studies
Sohn discussed the representation of autism in a South Korean feature film, Marathon,
based on the true story of a twenty-year-old autistic athlete. Dr. Danny Wedding respond-
ed to the presentation and briefly discussed autism as a clinical condition.
Aimee Lee
Fulbright Junior Researcher, Design
Spider Paths on the Paper Trail: Contemporary Possibilities for Hanji
Hanji, Korean handmade paper, has a history on the Korean peninsula that reaches back
over one thousand years. Lee gave a brief history of the craft, demonstrated how hanji is
made, explored its presence in the contemporary art world, and used material demonstra-
tions to exhibit related crafts.
Katherine Lee
Fulbright Junior Researcher, Ethnomusicology
The Drumming of Dissent during South Korea’s Democratization Movement
During the height of the democratization movement in South Korea, the sound of drums
and gongs were ubiquitous at scenes of protest. Lee examined how political meaning was
aligned with the percussive sounds of p’ungmul in the 1980s.
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Helena Meyer-Knapp
Fulbright Senior Scholar, Political Science
Heroes, Martyrs and Restless Spirits—War Heritage for the New Generation in the U.S.,
Korea, and Japan
Meyer-Knapp compared surveys, photos, and videos collected from historical sites that
reveal the patriotic sentiments of younger generations in Korea, Japan, and the U.S.
Erin Lee
Fulbright Junior Researcher, International Relations
Economic Reform in North Korea: Substance vs. Symbolism in China’s Influence over
North Korea
Lee explored the Sino-DPRK relationship and its future international implications includ-
ing China’s adept use of diplomacy with North Korea, which has positioned Beijing as the
most likely candidate to bring North Korea out of its shell; however, China’s potential as
an agent of transformation is arguable due to its mixed motives regarding the future of the
Korean peninsula.
Misty Edgecomb
Fulbright Junior Researcher, Creative Writing
Small Fish: Searching for Wartime Seoul and the Birth of International Adoption
Edgecomb recounts her father-in-law’s historic adoption of Korean orphan Choi Kyung
Hyun, or Jimmy. Through great struggle, Phillip Raynor, an unmarried American solider,
adopted Jimmy and became one of four international adoptions recognized by the Ameri-
can government in 1953. This adoption paved the way for thousands of American families
to adopt from overseas and forever changed the definition of family.
JodiLynn Murdoch
Fulbright Junior Researcher, Theater Studies
Archiving the Repertoire: Observations on the Capture of the Ephemeral
The Korean folk masked dance-drama of talchum was nearly lost during the Japanese
occupation in the first half of the twentieth century. Throughout her year of research,
Murdoch physically engaged in talchum, and presented her observations during the forum
with the support of video and still images.
Carla Stansifer
Fulbright Junior Researcher, Art and Architectural History
The Mysteries of Goryeo Dynasty Shell Inlayed Lacquerware
By the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392 A.D.), Korean shell inlayed lacquerware emerged as a
unique and highly refined art form. Stansifer discussed this fascinating artistic technique
and the particular characteristics of the Goryeo style lacquerware.
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1) ‘08 and ‘09 ETA Matthew Rooney teaches children a popular holiday song with help from Santa Claus; 2) ‘09 ETA Daniel Park dresses
as an elf for the annual KKOOM holiday party; 3) A student makes a Christmas card; 4) ‘09 ETA Ashley LaFontaine and ‘08 ETA Emily Kim
Goldsmith pose with Santa Claus.
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Reflect Reconnect
Help document Fulbright Korea’s 60 year Join our Social Networks Online! Search for
history by sending the following to “Fulbright Korea Alumni Relations” on all of
alumni.coordinator@fulbright.or.kr: the following:
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• Videos
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• Accomplishments
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Submit to Infusion Magazine
Infusion magazine is Fulbright Korea’s annual source for
recent grantee news, events, art, poetry, journalism, photog-
raphy, and research. Grantees from 2008 and 2009 program
years are encouraged to submit their pictures, reflections,
creative work, and research.
Photography • Reflections • Research • Art • Poetry • News • Events • Journalism • Creative Work
Attention Alumni
STATE ALUMNI is the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs official web-
site for more than 1,000,000 alumni.
Interactive, dynamic, and password-protected, alumni.state.gov offers alumni from all U.S government-
sponsored exchange programs a place to:
• Network
• Share ideas and stories
• Participate in Q&A Live discussions
• Utilize valuable resources such as grants, jobs, and research databases
• Access current news, academic journals, and other publications
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Fulbright Korea to Publish History Book
KAEC Executive Director Jai Ok Shim and Deputy Director
Dr. James F. Larson are coordinating the writing and editing of
a comprehensive English history of the Fulbright Program in
Korea, with significant input from former Executive Directors
Horace H. Underwood and Fred Carriere. We invite former
Fulbright grantees, both Korean and American, to send us
reflections, reminiscences, documents, photographs, or web
links that might help to enliven and inform this history. Please
send your contributions to our Alumni Coordinator Lisette
Garza (alumni.coordinator@fulbright.or.kr or 02-3275-4024)
within the next two months to ensure their consideration.
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