Lakehead U History Professor Goes to Korea on Fellowship
(Thunder Bay - January 27, 2006) A Lakehead University History professor has been awarded a Junior Fellowship at the Academy of Korean Studies.
Dr. Carl Young will be in Korea for three months this spring to research Korean history and conduct further research on his proposed book, "Eastern Learning and the Heavenly Way: The Tonghak and Ch'ondogyo Movements in Korea, 1895-1910."
"My research interests focus on religious social movements, nationalism, and imperialism in modern Asia, centering especially on Korea and Japan," Dr. Young says. "This Fellowship is an excellent opportunity for me to have an in-depth experience of the Korean culture and history. I look forward to creating relationships with my colleagues at the Academy of Korean Studies, and learning from them."
Dr. Young also has a strong interest in comparative world history and cross-cultural interaction between different world regions, focusing on Asia as a case study. His previous research has dealt with the comparison of South Korean minjung (popular) theology and Latin American liberation theology in the 1970s and 1980s and an investigation of the Tonghak (Eastern Learning) and Ch'ôndogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) movements in Korea between 1895 and 1910.
According to their website, the Academy of Korean Studies was founded "with the objects of studying the essence of Korean culture for establishing the base for new creation with independent historical views and a sound sense of values, seeking the basic principles of future Korea to raise and restore the spirit of the Korean people, and creating and developing Korean culture."
The Academy of Korean Studies fellowship program is designed to provide foreign scholars and doctoral candidates an opportunity to carry out their research or dissertation research in Korea. The recipients of a fellowship are chosen based on the merit of the research plan; their capability to give lectures to the graduate students at the Academy; the possibility of conducting joint research project with AKS faculty members; and the capability of translating Korea-related books into foreign languages.