Expanded Focus on Study of Korea

Course offerings and expertise about the Korean peninsula will expand this semester with the addition of two scholars who will be teaching courses in Korean history, politics, and language. Ingu Hwang will serve as the Korea Foundation Visiting Assistant Professor of International Studies through a 5-year, $2-million grant from the foundation, said Asian Studies Program Director Franziska Seraphim. In addition, Korean language specialist Seung-He Jeon, a research associate at Harvard's Korean Institute, has joined the Department of Slavic and Eastern Languages. BC News