The next Call for Applications for the seventh annual Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture Award will be opened in spring 2023. Established in 2017, through the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sherman and family, the Award encourages and contributes to the advancement of thought leadership for a new generation of Korea scholars and professionals. Each year The Korea Society recognizes an emerging expert and provides the awardee with an opportunity to share their expertise with a broad general audience.

The Society seeks applications from scholars, researchers and specialists from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds. Prior awardees have explored topics in the arts, architecture, political science and technology and have included Ph.D. candidates, junior professors, researchers and professionals. Former applicants have hailed from colleges and universities, research institutions and non-profit organizations in the U.S.

Program Benefits for the awardee include:
   • Conducting a public, in-person lecture at The Korea Society —the lecture is live-streamed and also recorded to allow ongoing access on the Society’s website and YouTube channel;
   • roundtrip air travel to New York City and hotel accommodations for two-nights;
   • a $2,500 honorarium; and,
   • the opportunity to gain wider visibility for one’s work while becoming part of a group of distinguished alumni.

For a list of prior awardees and their presentations, click here.

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