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</style><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The Korean Studies Program and the Institute for Modern Korean Studies at the Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University are pleased to invite you to attend the 67th Yonsei-KF Korean Studies Forum, which will be held on <u>Tuesday, March 20th at 6:00 PM</u> in Room 702 of New Millennium Hall at Yonsei University. The speaker is <strong>Professor Asanga Tilakaratne</strong>, Department of Philosophy<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">, University of Hawaii</span>. <strong> </strong>The title of his talk is <strong><u>"Multiple Ways of Studying Religion: Is there One Right Way?</u>"</strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Professor Tilakaratne's</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-fareast-language: KO"> brief biography </span>can be found at the end of this email.<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-fareast-language: KO"> </span></font></font> </p>
<p> <br /><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The presentation will be followed by a dinner reception. I hope you will come to enjoy the presentation, discussion, and reception. Please contact Jennifer Bresnahan at 010-5441-9204, <a href="mailto:jennifer.bresnahan@gmail.com" target="_blank">jennifer.bresnahan@gmail.com</a></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> for further inquiries. </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><br />Sincerely, <br /></font></font> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Hyuk-Rae Kim</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Professor of Korean Studies<br />Director, Institute for Modern Korean Studies</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><u>Biography</u>:<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-fareast-language: KO"> </span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: ¹ÙÅÁ; mso-fareast-language: KO"><font face="Times">
<p><font face="Times New Roman">Professor Asanga Tilakaratne is a Senior Professor at the Departments of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Hawaii. He is also Senior Lecturer at the <span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Postgraduate
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Hyuk-Rae Kim, Ph.D. in Sociology<BR>
Professor, Korean Studies Program<BR>
Director, Institute for Modern Korean Studies<BR>
Graduate School of International Studies<BR>
Yonsei University<BR>
Seoul, 120-749 KOREA<BR>
Office Tel: +82-2-2123-4705 Fax: +82-2-392-3321<BR>
Institute Tel: +82-2-212304437 Fax: +82-2-362-1651 <BR>
Mobile: 010-4710-4705<BR>
E-mail : hyukrae@yonsei.ac.kr/ imks@yonsei.ac.kr<BR>
http://gsis.yonsei.ac.kr<BR>
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