- Our Goals in the
Twenty-First Century
In 1993, the Center received a $2 million
endowment from the Korea Foundation, the international programs arm of the
Republic of Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Another $1 million contributed
by supporters of Korean studies in Hawai`i and Korea increased the endowment to
$3 million. Interest from the endowment is used to support and enhance the
Center's ability to meet its long-range goals.
These goals, outlined
below, represent recent changes in inter-Korean relations, current
transformations of Korean studies underway in the United States, and projected
major research directions and institutional needs of the Center in the century
ahead.
- Bringing together scholars in conferences and
workshops devoted to assessing the state of North Korean studies.
- Improving Korean language teaching materials for
intermediate and advanced students of Korean.
- Sponsoring new research and making the results
available to a wider audience of specialists and the general public through the
Center's ambitious program of publications.
- Organizing a series of conferences and
publications to shed new light on critical periods and relationships in Korean
history and to offer an integrated understanding of modern Korean society.
- Establishing links between the Center, the
University of Hawai`i, and institutions and businesses in Korea.
- Creating, implementing, and continuing community
outreach projects.
- Expanding the audience for Korean studies through
lectures, films, colloquia, and cultural events.
- Providing support for undergraduate and graduate
students interested in furthering educational opportunities at the University of
Hawai`i and through exchange programs in Korea.
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