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Hello,<br>
<br>
Those who plans to visit Portland area in May, I would like to invite
you to a Korean/Japanese art lecture.<br>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br>
Dr. Ho Tae Jeon will present a lecture
and slideshow titled “Koguryo Tomb Murals and Japan in Ancient East
Asian
Funeral Arts” at Portland State University on May 19, 2011, from 6:00
to 7:30
p.m. The presentation will take place in room 238 of the Smith Memorial
Student
Union, and is sponsored by PSU’s Center for Japanese Studies.<o:p></o:p></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span
style="font-family: Calibri;">Dr. Jeon, a visiting affiliated Scholar
of the Korea Institute at Harvard University, and Professor at the
University of Ulsan in the Department of History and Culture, is the
author of <i>Goguryeo: In Search
of Its Culture and History</i>. He is a former curator of the National
Museum of
Korea, and has published numerous articles on Goguruyeo tomb murals and
ancient
Chinese art.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">According to
Dr. Jeon, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: black;">“Koguryo
tomb murals were introduced to
Japan by monks and craftsmen of Koguryo. Murals of Takamatsuzuka may
have been
drawn by immigrants of Koguryo and Japanese painters,” which is
evidence of the
close connection between the two civilizations at the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-family: Calibri;">Koguryou
tomb murals are registered as “UNESCO World Heritage” and represent an
important part of Korea’s history and cultural heritage, and perhaps of
Japan’s
as well.<span style=""> </span>To learn more about the tombs,
see UNESCOs<span style=""> </span>beautiful presentation, available
online at </span><cite><span style="font-family: Calibri;">whc.<b
style="">unesco</b>.org/uploads/activities/documents/activity-275-1.pdf<o:p></o:p></span></cite></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><cite><span
style="font-family: Calibri; font-style: normal;">Dr. Jeon’s visit is
sponsored by
the Center for Japanese Studies at Portland State University, in
collaboration
with the Institute for Asian Studies. For information about other
events visit
the Center’s website and <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.pdx.edu/cjs">www.pdx.edu/cjs</a>, or Junghee Lee at
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dilj@pdx.edu">dilj@pdx.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></cite></p>
<br>
Best wishes,<br>
<br>
Junghee Lee<br>
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