page_title: Institute for Mediterranean Studies
section_title: IMS and HK [Humanities Korea] project
hierarchical_section_title: Institute for Mediterranean Studies / IMS and HK [Humanities Korea] project
caption_attribution_description: English: The night view of Busan University of Foreign Studies
context_page_description: The Institute for Mediterranean Studies is an interdisciplinary institute that promotes, facilitates and publishes research in the field of Mediterranean Studies. 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.
context_section_description: The IMS is currently supported and funded by the Humanities Korea (HK) Project of the Korea Research Foundation (KRF), a public organization operating under the Ministry of Education in Korea. The majority of the Institute’s academic activities is directed to meet the research agenda set by the KRF, especially in the field of Foreign Area Studies [Research Agenda: A Study on the Cultural Interactions of the Mediterranean Civilizations (Term: 2007.11-2017.8)]. The Institute declares its missions in liaison with the HK project as follows:
  1.	Securing the foundation and development of Mediterranean Studies
  
  2.	Collecting, analyzing and providing information on the nations in the Mediterranean area
  
  3.	Cultivating professional human resources for Mediterranean Studies
  
  4.	Establishing a Global Network between research organizations for Mediterranean Studies.
caption: The night view of Busan University of Foreign Studies
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