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<div align="center"><big><big>Fulbright Forum</big></big><br>
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The Korean-American Educational Commission invites you to attend the
next Fulbright Forum for a talk entitled <br>
<big>“U.S. Involvement in the Gwangju Uprising: 1980”</big><br>
by Dr. George Katsiaficas, Fulbright Scholar at Chonnam National
University in Gwangju.<br>
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The Fulbright Forum serves as a periodic gathering for Fulbright
grantees and members of the community. This month’s Forum will be held
at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 28th in the 6th floor conference room at
the Fulbright Building in Mapo-gu, Seoul, with a snack reception to
follow on the 3rd floor. Please reply to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:executive.assistant@fulbright.or.kr">executive.assistant@fulbright.or.kr</a> by Wednesday, March 26th in order
to confirm your attendance, and feel free to share this invitation with
others. For a map and directions, see the KAEC website at
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.fulbright.or.kr">www.fulbright.or.kr</a>.<br>
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Summary:<br>
Drawing from US Embassy documents, World Bank statistics, and memoirs
of former US Ambassador Gleysteen and Commanding General Wickham, US
actions during Chun Doo Hwan’s first months in power are examined. The
Embassy’s chief concern in this period was liberalization of the Korean
economy and securing US bankers’ continuing investments. Political
liberalization was rejected as an appropriate goal, thereby
strengthening Korean anti-Americanism. The timing of economic reforms
and US support for Chun indicate that the suppression of the Gwangju
Uprising opened the door for the imposition of the neoliberal
accumulation regime in the ROK. With the long-term success of
increasing American returns on investments, serious strains are placed
on the US/ROK alliance.<br>
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Biography:<br>
Dr. George Katsiaficas is a professor of Humanities and Social Studies
at Boston's Wentworth Institute of Technology and an Associate in
Research at Harvard University's Korea Institute. In 2001 he lived in
Gwangju and researched the Gwangju uprising of 1980. The May 18
Institute atChonnam National University (CNU) published two volumes of
his interviews with members of the Citizens Army. He is the author of
several books including <i>The Subversion of Politics: European
Autonomous Social Movements and the </i><i>Decolonization of Everyday
Life </i>and <i>Imagination of the New Left: A Global Analysis of 1968</i>.
He has also edited several books, most recently South Korean Democracy:
Legacy of the Gwangju Uprising (with Na Kahn-chae). Prof Katsiaficas
will stay at CNU as a Fulbright Senior Scholar this year. Visit his
homepage <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.eroseffect.com">www.eroseffect.com</a> to find some of his articles.<br>
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Korean-American Educational Commission<br>
Fulbright Building<br>
168-15 Yomni-dong Mapo-gu<br>
Seoul, 121-874 Republic of Korea<br>
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office: 02-3275-4004<br>
fax: 02-3275-4028<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.fulbright.or.k">www.fulbright.or.k</a><br>
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