Busan City Awards the 5th Busan Refugee Capital Thesis Contest

A Total of 7 Articles: 3 in Student and General Public Categories, 4 in Professional Researcher Category

Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Busan City will hold an awards ceremony at 10:30 a.m. on the 5th in the 12th-floor conference room of City Hall for the seven outstanding papers selected in the "5th Piran Capital Busan Thesis Contest," which was organized to nurture future generation professional researchers and promote research activation on "Piran Capital Busan."

Now in its fifth year, the "Piran Capital Busan Thesis Contest" began accepting submissions in March, receiving 17 research proposals. After three rounds of evaluation including research proposal review, paper submission, written review, and oral examination, a total of seven outstanding papers were finally selected: three in the student and general citizen category and four in the professional researcher category.

▲ In the student and general citizen category, the paper titled "Activation Plan for Public History of Piran Capital Busan" by third-year students Hajiseon and Han Woolim from Dong-A University’s Department of Archaeology and Art History and Busan National University’s Department of History won the prestigious Grand Prize (Mayor of Busan Award).

This paper was praised by the judging committee as a fresh and new area of research that thoughtfully considered academic and cultural utilization by exploring ways to popularize the history of "Piran Capital Busan," a topic not previously addressed in the contest.

The grand prize winners Hajiseon and Han Woolim said, "This contest was a meaningful opportunity to learn more about Piran Capital Busan, and we hope that more people will take an interest in ways to activate the history of Piran Capital Busan through this opportunity."

The Excellence Award was awarded to students Kim Geonwook, Moon Dahyeon, and Lee Donghee (Department of History and Culture, Kyungsung University), and the Merit Award went to students Lee Kyungmin and Yoon Dohyun (Departments of Philosophy and Archaeology and Art History, Seoul National University).

▲ In the professional researcher category, the Grand Prize (Mayor of Busan Award) was awarded to researcher Bae Byeong-o (Ph.D. candidate, College of Arts, Pusan National University) for the paper titled "Piran Capital Busan and Kim Whanki during the Korean War." The Excellence Award went to Kim Namseok (Department of Korean Language and Literature, Pukyong National University), and the Merit Award was given to Kim Miseon (Korean Women’s Studies Institute, Ewha Womans University) and Yoon Kiheon (Department of Design, Pusan National University).

This year’s thesis contest was characterized by a more segmented range of topics compared to last year, with submissions covering not only history but also various interdisciplinary themes and perspectives related to Piran Capital Busan, including art, literature, comics, popular songs, historical utilization, and tourism.

A city official stated, "We will continue to hold the thesis contest to stimulate interest among emerging researchers in Piran Capital Busan. We hope the contest will serve as an excellent catalyst for activating research on ‘Piran Capital Busan,’ and through various citizen participation programs and projects beyond the contest, we will continue to promote Piran Capital Busan."

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