Binghamton University student receives Graduate Excellence in Research Award

BINGHAMTON, NY (05/18/2012)(readMedia)-- Each year, Binghamton University recognizes research excellence by graduate students with a set of awards designed to recognize the wide variety of approaches to the advancement of knowledge on the Binghamton campus and the important role played by graduate students in research at the University.

Chunghoon Shin of Vestal, NY, who is pursuing studies in art history, has received a Graduate Student Excellence in Research award from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Shin was recognized for being a model of graduate productivity. His work explores dialogues between art and politics, with a specific focus on the history of modern and contemporary art in East Asia. Shin's dissertation is to write a history of the intersection between Korean visual art and the city of Seoul from the late 1960s to the present. Through a Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies Korea Grant, he conducted archival research in Seoul, examining documents, looking at work and interviewing artists and critics. He has three publications in Korean, one in English and two translations into Korean, as well as five lectures and conference papers presented Tokyo, Seoul and the United States.

Binghamton University is one of the four university centers of the State University of New York. Known for the excellence of its students, faculty, staff and programs, Binghamton enrolls close to 15,000 students in programs leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. Its curriculum, founded in the liberal arts, has expanded to include selected professional and graduate programs.