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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 75th Yonsei-KF Korean Studies Forum, which will be held on <u>Thursday, November 8th at 6:00 PM</u> in Room 702 of New Millennium Hall at Yonsei University. The speaker is <strong>Whitney Haejin Hwang, </strong>Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, University of California, Berkeley. The discussant is <strong>Professor Michael Kim, </strong>Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University.<strong> </strong>The title of her talk is <span lang="EN-US"><strong>“<u><span>Power and Space: Negotiating Military Landscapes in the Republic of Korea, 1945-1965</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 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><u>Abstract:</u>
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, beginning with the United States Military Occupation to the post-Korean War years ending in 1965, the garrison building projects took shape in several phases. The expansion from simple usurpation and modification of pre-existing Japanese colonial structures, to erection of Quonsets after the war, followed by construction of some concrete and steel buildings and limited dependent family housing by the late 1950s, indicated the changing nature of American military purpose in the peninsula from temporary to semi-permanent status. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Corresponding to this structural evolution, the socio-cultural milieu created by Koreans and Americans interacting in these American Army camps and the surrounding camptowns became more elaborate and entrenched. This discourse on landscapes and human interactions examines how power relations manifested themselves in the shaping of physical environ, and conversely, how these landscape developments impacted political, cultural, and social dynamics from the international to the “ground” levels.</p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><u>Biography</u>:
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><br />Whitney Taejin Hwang received her B.A. in History and American Ethnic Studies at The Colorado College and her M.A. in History at the
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<city w:st="on"></city>Berkeley. Her three primary fields of historical studies are 20th Century, Modern Korea, and Modern Japan. Her research interests include transpacific migration of institutions, peoples, and cultures during the Cold War, as well as Korean diaspora studies. Hwang is a Korea Foundation Field Research Fellow for 2007. Having recently completed her field research in September, she is now engaged in her dissertation write-up. </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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