Student Workshop on Interdisciplinary Korean Studies
On March 20, 2026 the recipients of the Korea Scholarship presented their research work and topics in a student workshop setting. Three Students from the Ca'Foscari University of Venice also participated in the Student Workshop on Interdisciplinary Korean Studies and presented their thesis work on different korean-related reasearch topics.
The topics ranged from Korean Culture, Society and Language to Korean History, Korean Nature and Ecosystems.
Workshop Program
Session 1: Korean History, Culture and Society
Armin Schmuck, MSc (University of Innsbruck): Geography and ecology: From Deep Sea to DMZ - Unique Biological Research Opportunities in Korea
Anna Ruetz (University of Innsbruck): Language history and language change: A History of the Korean Language
Chara Garbin, MA (Ca'Foscari University of Venice): Onomastic Assimilation and State Authority: A Comparative Study of Italianizition in South Tyrol and the Name-Change Policy in Colonial Korea
Alessia Stella Ciobanu, BA (Ca'Foscari University of Venice): Unfolding Korean Queer Memory: Hostory and siren eun young jung's Yeoseong Gukgeuk Project
Session 2: Korean Language, Politeness and Translation
Florian Berchtold (University of Innsbruck): Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics: Politeness Expressions in Korean
Beatrice Pistone, MA (Ca'Foscari University of Venice): The Cultural Lens on L2 Politeness: A Study of Korean Honorifics Acquisition by Italian Learners
Elisa Dubrac, MA (University of Innsbruck): Onomatopoeticone: From 야옹 to Miau - Korean Sound Symbolism and its Translation into German
