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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in -4pt 0pt 0in" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">Buddhist Elements in Korean Shamanism</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Goudy Old Style'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=4>Hyun-key Kim Hogarth<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Hyun-key Kim Hogarth is </SPAN>a Korean-born British anthropologist, who <SPAN style="COLOR: black">received her PhD in social anthropology from the <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Kent</st1:PlaceName> at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Canterbury</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.K.</st1:country-region></st1:place> She has conducted extensive fieldwork among the Korean shamans since 1993, and she has published three books (see below) and numerous articles on Korean society and culture in various journals. Dr. Hogarth </SPAN>provides readers of her publications with not only a wealth of knowledge on Korean shamanism, but also the rationale for its great significance to the Korean people. <SPAN style="COLOR: black">She is a former research fellow, editor of the <I>Review of Korean Studies</I> and lecturer at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Academy</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Korean Studies in Korea</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. She is currently a researcher affiliated with the British Royal Anthropological Institute. Her books </SPAN>include<I> <SPAN class=txt-n1><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Syncretism of Buddhism and Shamanism in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region>, </SPAN></SPAN>Kut: Happiness Through Reciprocity</I>, and<I> <SPAN class=txt-n1><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Korean Shamanism and Cultural Nationalism</SPAN></SPAN></I><SPAN class=txt-n1><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">.</SPAN></SPAN><o:p></o:!
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