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</style><p 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 70th Yonsei-KF Korean Studies Forum, which will be held on <u>Tuesday, May 8th at 6:00 PM</u> in Room 702 of New Millennium Hall at Yonsei University. The speaker is <strong>Liora Sarfati</strong>, Ph.D. Candidate, <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Department of Folklore and and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University</span>. The title of her talk is <span lang="EN-US"><strong>“<u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Behind Every Successful Korean Shaman There are Several Men: Gender Roles in Contemporary <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Musok</em></span>.</u>” </strong></span>The abstract of her paper <span>and a brief bio </span>can be found at the end of this email.<span> </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 onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" 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 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><br />Sincerely, <br /></font></font> </p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Hyuk-Rae Kim</font></p>
<p 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; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in">Korean folk religions have often been titled “dualistic in nature” as scholars have tended to see a divide between female practices, mainly shamanism and consulting diviners, and male practices, mainly Confucian rites and geomancy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This paper discusses the roles of men in contemporary <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">musok</em> (Korean shamanism).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Lately, traditional roles of men have been augmented by functions that are related to new technologies, nationalism, civil society, and academic establishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In this process, men, who have always taken part in <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">musok </em>as musicians, butchers and occasionally as shamans now promote <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">musok</em> through scholarly research, official designation as national assets, support associations, and new media production, advertising and documentation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This new situation in religious practice is coherent with gender differences in South Korea’s society, where men are a significant majority among scholars, government officials, photographers, website designers etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p>
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University , <city w:st="on"></city>Bloomington in the U.S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>She is now conducting fieldwork in Seoul, sponsored by the Korea Foundation, working toward a double major in Folklore and in East Asian Languages and Cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Her academic interests include popular religions, material culture, and cultural processes related to modernity, nationalism, and urbanization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font></p>
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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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