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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²Ã¼">For
list members in <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>or near<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Seoul
</st1:City>
</st1:place>:
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lang=EN-US
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²Ã¼"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Royal Asiatic Society¡¯s Korea Branch
is holding its</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²Ã¼">commemorative
lecture of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Hangul</I> Day on</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²">Wednesday,
<STRONG>September 28</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²"><STRONG>th</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²">
at <STRONG>Sogang</STRONG> University <STRONG>Alumni</STRONG> Hall at <st1:time
w:st="on" o:ls="trans" Hour="19" Minute="30">7:30 p.m.</st1:time> (For those who
want to browse accompanying exhibitions may come early from <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">7 p.m.)</B></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²Ã¼">Prof.
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: ±¼¸²">Sang-Oak
Lee</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: ±¼¸²">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">of
Seoul National University¡¯s Korean Department will give a talk on</SPAN><B><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²">
</SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²">The
Invention of the Korean Alphabet</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">.
There is no charge for the lecture.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>More details on Prof. Lee, the talk, and the location are on the RAS
website at www.raskb.com; click on Open Lectures, then on the Sept. 28
link.</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Attendees
can see </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">exhibitions</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
and order the English books from the display (in <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">20%</B> discount for many titles).
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">You
can find one of the best selections of English language books on
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">
Korea</st1:place>
</st1:country-region> available in any one
place.</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²Ã¼; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">If
they wish; the Hall is open till <st1:time w:st="on" o:ls="trans" Hour="21"
Minute="30"> 9:30
p.m.</st1:time> (The public is always
welcome.)</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: ±¼¸²; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"> [<SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²; mso-fareast-font-family: ±¼¸²; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">The
lecture will recount Professor Lee¡¯ s 30 posters, while including many
information on the writing system and story of HANGUL, largely through
excerpts from the manuscript of his book and
websites. Besides the main display of posters, there will be
two more exhibitions: 1) Exhibition of ¡®Concrete Poetry¡¯ in 24 Korean
Alphabet by Prof. Won Koh,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>2) ¡®<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Sale</st1:City></st1:place>¡¯ Books on HANGUL and Korean
culture in English and other foreign languages. For example,<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²">
Sang-Oak Lee et al., 1992, <I>Korean through English</I> (three
volumes), Hollym Co., <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Elizabeth</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">NJ</st1:State></st1:place>, & <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Seoul</st1:place></st1:City>.</SPAN></B>
</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: ±¼¸²; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²"></SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: ±¼¸²; mso-fareast-font-family: ±¼¸²; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
Professor Sang-Oak Lee received his Ph. D. in general linguistics from
the <STRONG><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Illinois</st1:PlaceName></STRONG> at <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Urbana</st1:City></st1:place>, in
1978. From the fall of 1975 through the summer of 1977 he was
a Yenching Research Fellow at <STRONG><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Harvard</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></STRONG> and from the fall of 1985
through the summer of 1986 a Humboldt Fellow at <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">M</B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">?chen</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Univ<SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">.</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></SPAN></B></st1:place> He
also taught at the <st1:place w:st="on"><STRONG><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Sydney</st1:PlaceName></STRONG></st1:place> from 1994 to 1997.
He is currently teaching as a professor in the Department of Korean
Language and Literature at <st1:place w:st="on"><STRONG><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Seoul</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></STRONG></st1:place>.]<BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"></SPAN>]</SPAN>
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