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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dear list members,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The 2<sup>nd</sup>
International Forum on Korean Studies will take place at <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Korea</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Seoul</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region></st1:place>
from July 6<sup>th</sup> to 7<sup>th</sup> on the theme of “Situating Korean
Studies in a Global and multi-Disciplinary Context.” This year’s theme might
interest those in the fields of Asian Studies and Area Studies as well.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Tentative program and a
list of speakers can be found at<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a
href="http://icks.korea.ac.kr/">http://icks.korea.ac.kr</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>you can also register
directly at the link below<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a
href="http://icks2.korea.ac.kr/reg.htm">http://icks2.korea.ac.kr/reg.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The conference
presenters include:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dwight Perkins (Harvard), </span></font><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman"'>David McCann (Harvard), Robert Neville (Boston
University), Gi-Wook Shin (Stanford), Ken Wells (The Australian National
University), Yoshitaka Mori (Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music),
Kyeong Hee Choi (University of Chicago), Naoki Sakai (Cornell), Naoyuki Umemori
(Waseda), John Ohnesorge (University of Wisconsin)<font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Further queries can be
made at either <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a
href="mailto:icks@korea.ac.kr">icks@korea.ac.kr</a> or<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a
href="mailto:snowchi3@yahoo.com">snowchi3@yahoo.com</a> (Albert Kang)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman"'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman"'> for Korean Studies (ICKS)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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