{"id":166514,"date":"2022-10-04T13:04:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T23:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=166514"},"modified":"2022-10-04T13:04:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T23:04:07","slug":"fulbright-hays-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/04\/fulbright-hays-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea architecture, urban development spotlighted in Fulbright-Hays project"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Apartments in central Pyongyang, North Korea in 2014 (Photo credit: Cheehyung Harrison Kim)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The history of architecture and urbanization of North Korea is the focus of a University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa Department of History<\/a> professor\u2019s project that just received a major boost from the U.S. Department of Education. Associate Professor Cheehyung Harrison Kim<\/strong> earned a Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship<\/a> that will cover travel, housing and other research-related expenses.<\/p>\n

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Cheehyung Harrison Kim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Fulbright-Hays program is designed to contribute to the development of modern foreign language and area studies in the U.S. by providing opportunities for scholars to conduct research abroad. Kim is among the first recipients of the Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship awards since 2011, as the program had been on a hiatus for more than decade.<\/p>\n

“I am very thrilled. My mind is overflowing with ideas and plans, and this grant will help me finish my second book,” Kim said. “At the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span>, we are foremost about conducting research and producing knowledge that are useful for our community and our world. I\u2019m honored and grateful that I can use this grant to pursue this.”<\/p>\n

In summer 2023, Kim will collect North Korean documents in South Korea where there are a number of large North Korean archives, as travel to North Korea for research is heavily restricted by the U.S. government. His research will focus on the architectural history of North Korea from after the Korean War in the early 1950s to the 1980s.<\/p>\n

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