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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 82nd Yonsei-KF Korean Studies Forum, which will be held on <u>Tuesday, May 27th at 6:00 PM</u> in Room 702 of New Millennium Hall at Yonsei University. The speaker is <strong>Wayne Patterson, </strong>Korea Foundation Visiting Professor, University of the Philippines. The title of his talk is <span lang="EN-US"><strong>“<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><u>Maritime Customs in the 1880s:  A New Look at Korea's 'Chinese Decade'</u></span>.” </strong></span>The abstract of his 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 <span onmouseup="javascript:skype_tb_imgOnOff(this,1,'0',true,16,'');return skype_tb_stopEvents();" class="skype_tb_injection" onmousedown="javascript:skype_tb_imgOnOff(this,2,'0',true,16,'');return skype_tb_stopEvents();" id="softomate_highlight_0" onmouseover="javascript:skype_tb_imgOnOff(this,1,'0',true,16,'');" title="Call this phone number in South Korea with Skype: +821054419204" onclick="javascript:doRunCMD('call','0',null,0);return skype_tb_stopEvents();" onmouseout="javascript:skype_tb_imgOnOff(this,0,'0',true,16,'');" durex="0" context="010-5441-9204" iamrtl="0"><span onmouseup="javascript:doSkypeFlag(this,'0',1,1,16);return skype_tb_stopEvents();" class="skype_tb_imgA" onmousedown="javascript:doSkypeFlag(this,'0',2,1,16);return skype_tb_stopEvents();" id="skype_tb_droppart_0" onmouseover="javascript:doSkypeFlag(this,'0',1,1,16);" title="Skype actions" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(C:\DOCUME~1\JENNIF~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\__SkypeIEToolbar_Cache\e70d95847a8f5723cfca6b3fd9946506\static\inactive_a.compat.flex.w16.gif)" onclick="javascript:skype_tb_SwitchDrop(this,'0','sms=0');return skype_tb_stopEvents();" onmouseout="javascript:doSkypeFlag(this,'0',0,1,16);"><span class="skype_tb_imgFlag" id="skype_tb_img_f0" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(C:\DOCUME~1\JENNIF~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\__SkypeIEToolbar_Cache\e70d95847a8f5723cfca6b3fd9946506\static\famfamfam/KR.gif)"></span></span><span class="skype_tb_imgS" id="skype_tb_img_s0"></span><span class="skype_tb_injectionIn" id="skype_tb_text0"><span class="skype_tb_innerText" id="skype_tb_innerText0">010-5441-9204</span></span><span class="skype_tb_imgR" id="skype_tb_img_r0"></span></span>, <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>  <br /><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Although the outlines of the period from 1880 to 1895 are generally well known, focusing primarily on the activities of Yuan Shikai in <city w:st="on"></city>Seoul, less well known is the fact that Korea's fledgling customs service was also targeted.  The recent discovery of the correspondence of one of the "victims," <city w:st="on"></city>Pusan's first Commissioner of Customs, William Nelson Lovatt, provides us with a new set of primary materials and sheds new light on Korea's "Chinese Decade."<br style="mso-special-character: line-break" /></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: +82-2-2123-4437  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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