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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">May 16, 2007<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 7"> </SPAN>(202) 994-6424; <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PersonName w:st="on">adelita@gwu.edu</st1:PersonName> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">GW ANNOUNCES 14TH HAHN MOO-SOOK COLLOQUIUM <BR>IN THE KOREAN HUMANITIES<SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B>June 8, 2007<o:p></o:p></B></P>
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<P class=MsoBodyText3 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -72pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">EVENT:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>“An Evening with <STRONG>KIM Chiha</STRONG> – Korean Poet,” with commentary and translation by <STRONG>David R. McCann</STRONG>, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature and director of the Korea Institute at Harvard University. The evening is the headlining event for GW’s Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium in the Korean Humanities and is co-organized with the Korea Literature Translation Institute</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: KO">, to celebrate the opening of the Korea Gallery at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History on June 7, 2007</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -72pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">WHEN:</B><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Friday, June 8, 2007, 5:30 – 7 p.m. <BR>Reception to follow. <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -72pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">RSVP:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></B>This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to (202) 994-7107 or kimrenau@gwu.edu.</P>
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<P class=MsoFooter style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 36.0pt center 216.0pt right 432.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">The Hahn-Moo Sook Colloquium in the Korean Humanities series at GW provides a forum for academic discussion of Korean arts, history, language, literature, thought, and religious systems in the context of <st1:place w:st="on">East Asia</st1:place> and the world. The colloquium series is made possible by an endowment established by the estate of Hahn Moo-Sook, one of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s most honored writers, in order to uphold her spirit of openness, curiosity, and education. The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Sigur</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
for Asian Studies at GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs has regularly provided extra funding for the colloquium series. The 14<SUP>th</SUP> HMS colloquium is sponsored by the Smithsonian</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-fareast-language: KO"> </SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">National Museum of Natural History</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-fareast-language: KO">, the Korea Foundation, the Korean Embassy in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:place>,</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> and the <EM>Korea Times</EM>. </SPAN></STRONG><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></P>
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