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CKS News: The 2024 Winner of the UC Berkeley Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies

November 8, 2024
The Center for Korean Studies at UC Berkeley is honored to announce the 2024 winner of the UC Berkeley Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies.

CKS News: The 2023 Winner of the UC Berkeley Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies

October 9, 2023
The Center for Korean Studies at UC Berkeley is honored to announce the 2023 winner of the UC Berkeley Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies.

Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch Fellowship

September 12, 2023
Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch Fellowship

The Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch Fellowship comprises two distinct programs: the "Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch Fellow of Political Science '' and the "Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch Fellow of East Asian Studies," each provides one fellow with $2,000 of funding. The Fellowship program aims to provide interested students, especially those of AAPI heritage, with financial support to conduct academic research focused on political/social/cultural/economic aspects of East Asia.

The application is now reopened to give potential...

Big Thanks for the BIG GIVE!

March 10, 2023

The Institute of East Asian Studies thanks everyone who participated in the UC Berkeley BIG GIVE campaign on March 9 to raise funds for student awards and fellowships. Our special Big Give web page presents some of the stories of students who have benefited from fellowships and grants they have received from IEAS and its centers in recent years, making a difference to their academic careers.

CKS News: Call for Nominations for the 2023 Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies

November 10, 2022
The Center for Korean Studies (CKS) at UC Berkeley is pleased to announce the deadline for the 2023 competition for the Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies.

CKS News: The Winner of the UC Berkeley Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies

October 12, 2022
The Center for Korean Studies at UC Berkeley is honored to announce the inaugural winner of the UC Berkeley Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies.

CKS News: Call for Nominations for the 2022 Inaugural Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies

November 8, 2021
The Center for Korean Studies at UC Berkeley is pleased to announce the inaugural Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies which will be awarded in 2022. $10,000 will be awarded to the author(s) whose nonfiction English-language academic monograph about Korea demonstrates outstanding scholarly merit, research prowess, and methodological innovation. The deadline for submission is January 15th, 2022.

CKS News: New Gift from C. K. Cho

April 7, 2017
C. K. Cho, the former CEO of Korean Airlines and a long-time supporter of CKS, has committed to give CKS 200k, which will be rolled into a $1 million endowment he established some years ago.

CKS News: Samsung Gift to UC Berkeley

October 2, 2013
On a campus already well known for its scholarship in Korean culture, language, and literature, a new $3 million gift from Samsung Electronics announced today (October 2, 2013) promises to solidify the University of California, Berkeley, as a global center in this field for years to come.

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