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          "The End of Morning Calm" <br>
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        Dear students, colleagues and friends, <br>
        we would like to invite you to the Korea Week Festival at
        Tuebingen from June 11^th-20^th 2012:<o:p>
          "The End of Morning Calm". <br>
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        New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-US">The Department of Korean Studies at Tuebingen
        University will be offering a series of cultural and academic
        events all over Tuebingen during the Korea Week. There will be
        Korean dance, music and ceremonies, as well as an opportunity to
        see a Taekwondo-Show with the internationally renowned Kukkiwan
        Taekwondo-Academy, and readings with contemporary Korean
        writers.</span></p>
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        New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-US">Furthermore, an academic symposium covering Korean
        themes will be held and a series of Korean films will be shown.
        From June 14^th-20^th, KINO ARSENAL will be
        screening current Korean films in the Tübingen Korea Film
        Festival. On June 12^th and 13^th Korean
        specialties will be served at the Mensa Morgenstelle, and on
        June 14^th at the Mensa Prinz Karl. </span></p>
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        New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-US">Also, as part of the Korean Week Festival, students
        can take part in the video contest by submitting a 5-10 minute
        video dealing with the theme “The End of Morning Calm”. “The End
        of Morning Calm” is the motto of the Korea Week Festival
        referring to the popular reports from Korea since the first
        contact with visitors from the West, who described Korea as “the
        land of morning calm”.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>This
        description was appropriated by the Koreans themselves with
        positive associations; yet its origin is from a colonial
        perspective which represents Korea as a passive, silent country.
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        New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-US">Korea has changed dramatically and the end of the
        “silence” started long ago. The recent history of Korea is
        marked by intense dynamic forces: rapid economic growth as well
        as the democratization of South Korea. These events and
        processes have left their mark on the “silence” which is now a
        feeling of emergence: “The end of morning calm breaking dawn’s
        silence”! </span></p>
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        New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-US">“Emergence” : this is the positive association that
        we would like to share with the city of Tübingen. The University
        of Tübingen and especially the Department of Korean Studies
        offer a unique cultural event for Tbingen with the diverse
        program of the Korea Week Festival, and hope that Tuebingen
        takes this opportunity to gain insight into a fascinating
        country. </span></p>
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        New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p>For more information: www.korea.uni-tuebingen.de (-> Aktuelles -> Korea-Woche) </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Forwarded by </p><p>Scholl, Tobias </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Asien-Orient-Institut
Abteilung für Sinologie und Koreanistik
Sektion Koreanistik (http://www.korea.uni-tuebingen.de)
Anschrift: Wilhelmsstrasse 133; 72074 Tübingen
Email: tobias.scholl@aoi.uni-tuebingen.de</pre></p></td></tr></table>