The Amorepacific (090430) Foundation said Wednesday it has selected three researchers for this year's "6th Class of Jangwon Humanities Scholars."
The Jangwon Humanities Scholars support program has operated since 2020, continuing the vision of late Chairman Jangwon Suh Sung-whan, the founder of Amorepacific and the foundation, who emphasized the importance of supporting basic academic disciplines and nurturing talent. The program targets early-career researchers within five years of earning their doctorate, with final researchers selected through document and interview reviews by a planning committee composed of leading scholars in the humanities. Selected researchers receive 4 million won in monthly research funding for four years.
The researchers selected this year are Kim Min-young, a researcher in Korean language and literature at Seoul National University; Namkung Seung-won, a researcher in Korean history at Seoul National University; and Hong Ji-su, a researcher in history at Brown University. The foundation held a research grant certificate ceremony at Amorepacific's headquarters in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on Tuesday to encourage them. Attending the ceremony were Chairman Suh Kyung-bae, along with foundation board members Lee Seok-jae, Min Eun-kyung, and Koo Beom-jin, all professors at Seoul National University.
Lee Seok-jae, a philosophy professor at Seoul National University who chairs the planning committee, said, "Supporting researchers so they can establish a stable research foundation is the starting point for building a pure basic academic ecosystem." He added, "We will continue the foundation's support so that socially meaningful research can be carried out on an ongoing basis."
