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Ewha Institute for Women's Theological Studies    
Title of Project : Asian Women's Studies: Course Development and Institution Building
Period : 2000 ~ 2003
Funding Agency : Ewha Womans University & United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Overview

This project is the outcome of the previous project, "Women's Studies in Asia: Knowledge Exchange, Theory and Practice" and the second step in developing Women's Studies in Asia by achieving course development and institutionalizing Women's Studies at higher educational institutions in Asia ¡ª in the eight countries in paricular. The first phase of this project was conducted for the purpose of "faculty and course development". For doing this, writing eight Women's Studies texts in English wing phases; opening the Asian Women's Studies website (http://www.wsaia.net); and conducting international faculty workshop for course development were implemented. The eight Women's Studies texts in English will be published by Ewha Womans University Press from the 2nd half of 2004.

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Title of Project : Women's Studies in Asia: Knowledge Exchange, Theory and Practice
Period : October 1997 ~ September 2000
Funding Agency : Ewha Womans University & United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Overview
The purpose of this project has been to compare and analyze the different models of Women's Studies curricula of the eight Asian countries: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan ad Thailand and to develop Women's Studies curriculum relevant to the local context of these countries. This project was jointly organized by the ACWS and the Korean Women's Institute(KWI) and conducted in the following phases.

     Phase 1 (October 1997¢¦September 1998):
          "Understanding Each Other & Making Connections"
           - Two international workshops

     Phase 2 (October 1998¢¦September 1999):
          "Building/Reformulating Women's Studies Curriculum in the Local Context"
          - Eight country workshops

     Phase 3 (October 1999¢¦September 2000):
          "Creating Asian Women's Studies"
          - Content research
           - Conference on "Women's Studies in Asia 2000"
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