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History

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Date History
1999. 12. KWI was selected as a university institute intensively supported by Korean Research Foundation. (Research Theme for the 1st Stage: Globalization and Gender Politics in Korea) (The number of sub-themes: 3)
1999. 08. Professor, CHANG Pilwha (Dept. of Women's Studies, Graduate School) was appointed as the 10th Director and held the post of the Director of Asian Center for Women's Studies at the same time.
1997. 08. Professor, LEE Sang-Hwa (Dept. of Philosophy) was appointed as the 9th Director.
1995. 12. KWI was selected as a university institute intensively supported by Korea Research Foundation. (Research Theme: Women in the Changes of Modern Korean Society ) (The number of sub-themes: 4)
1995. 08. Professor, LEE Bae-Yong was reappointed as the 8th Director.
1995. 05. Asian Center for Women's Studies (ACWS) was established under the umbrella of KWI. The Director of KWI also held the post of the Director of ACWS for a while.
1994. 12. KWI was extended and reorganized in structure.
1993. 08. Professor, LEE Bae-Yong (Dept. of History) was appointed as the 7th Director.
1992. 03. Professor, CHANG Pilwha (Dept. of Women's Studies, Graduate School) was appointed as the 6th Director.
1989. 03. Professor, CHO Hyoung (Dept. of Sociology) was appointed as the 5th Director.
1984. 12. KWI's periodcal, Yosung'hak-Non'jib (Women's Studies Review) was first issued.
1983. 04. Professor, CHUNG Sei-Wha (Dept. of Education) was appointed as the 3rd Director and reappointed as the 4th Director in 1986.
1982. 03. KWI contributed toward establishing the Department of Women's Studies (M.A. program), at Ewha's Graduate School. The Director of KWI held the post of Chair of the Department until August 1985.
1977. 09. KWI opened a course in Women's Studies as a regular undergraduate curriculum for the first time in Korea.
1977. 03. Korean Women's Institute (KWI) was established. KWI was created by abolishing and merging two research institutes - The Research Institute for Korean Women's History (formed in 1972) and The Women's Resource Development Institute (formed in 1970).
As the first Director of KWI, Professor, KIM Yung-Chung (Dept. of History) was appointed. (She was reappointed as the 2nd Director of KWI.)

1977-1999

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