Institute for Mediterranean Studies
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The Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS) (부산외국어대학교 지중해지역원) is an interdisciplinary institute that promotes, facilitates and publishes research in the field of Mediterranean Studies in South Korea. The IMS provides a center for holistic research and analysis of the Mediterranean Area, as well as academic teaching on the region. The IMS’s objectives are: fostering the establishment of Mediterranean Studies in the European and Middle-Eastern Research Areas, publishing scholarly literature on the Mediterranean, and establishing collaborative networks of researchers, academics and Mediterranean organizations across the world by organizing international conferences, seminars and ongoing global collaborations. With the beginning of the Humanities Korea (HK) project from 2007 to 2017 and Humanities Korea Plus(HK+) from 2018 to 2025, IMS has concentrated on research with ICT experts in order for cultivation of advanced academic achievement in integrative field.
History
While the area studies known as “Mediterranean Studies” have been established in France, Spain and the United Kingdom since the 1990s, the Mediterranean area has largely been regarded in Korea as a place for tourism rather than an academic subject. Furthermore, while there are many research institutes and university departments in Korea working on Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, an Institute considering the entire Mediterranean region has been missing, creating a need to inaugurate a tradition of studying the Mediterranean area as an academic entity. The IMS was founded in 1997 as the result of an initiative to establish an interdisciplinary research-intensive institute dedicated to the fields of the Mediterranean Studies in Korea. It is situated within the Busan University of Foreign Studies (BUFS) and is currently the only research organization of its kind in Korea. During the course of a history spanning almost two decades, the IMS has expanded academic field of the Mediterranean Studies in South Korea through implementation of national research projects from the Ministry of Education in South Korea including Humanities Korea (HK, 인문한국지원사업), Humanities Korea Plus(HK+,인문한국플러스지원사업).
The IMS has produced academic accomplishment that are multifaceted and interdisciplinary.
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