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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-variant:small-caps"><font size="4">The 20th Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium in the Korean Humanities</font></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US"> <font size="4">Generations: A Century of Modern Korean
Literature</font></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"></span></b></p>
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</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">Saturday, October 13, 2012, 8:30 a.m.–3:30
p.m.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">Harry Harding
Auditorium</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">, </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">1957 E Street, NW, Room 213</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">Washington, DC 20052</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:large;font-family:Garamond,serif"><font color="#cc6600"><a href="http://www.gwu.edu/~eall/hms" target="_blank">http://www.gwu.edu/~eall/hms</a></font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt;background:white;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;word-break:keep-all"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Featured Speakers:</font></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:large"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:large;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-US">Three Korean Authors, Hye-kyung Lee, Jung-hee Oh,
and Sae-young Oh</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">and</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">Kyeong-Hee Choi, University
of Chicago; Theodore Hughes, Columbia University; Yung-Hee Kim, University of Hawai‘i;
Ji-Eun Lee, Washington University in St. Louis; Youngju Ryu, University of
Michigan</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12pt;text-align:left;margin-bottom:12pt"><b style="background-color:transparent"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="4"><font face="Garamond, serif">EVENT<br>
</font></font></span></b><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent">The 20th annual HMS Colloquium
celebrates a century of Modern Korean Literature. Distinguished scholars and prize-winning
authors will discuss Korean literature that has flourished through the
tumultuous history of modern Korea. The highlight of this year's event is a
dialog between literary scholars, prominent authors, and the Washington
audience. On the eve of the Colloquium, the Korean authors will speak at a
special event provided at the Korean Cultural Center of the Korean Embassy.*</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><font size="4"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">BACKGROUND</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">The HMS Colloquium
series provides a forum for academic discussion of Korean humanities in the
context of East Asia and the world. The series was created by an endowment
established by the estate of Hahn Moo-Sook, one of Korea’s most honored
writers, to uphold her spirit of openness, curiosity and commitment to
education. The 20th HMS colloquium is co-organized with the Literature
Translation Institute of Korea and co-sponsored by GW’s Columbian College of
Arts and Sciences, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Sigur
Center for Asian Studies, Institute for Ethnographic Research, and the Korean
Cultural Center of the Korean Embassy. </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm 0.2pt 0.0001pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:large;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(247,110,67)">Lunch is served. This event is free and open to the
public. However, reservations are required. Please <b>RSVP</b> with your name, affiliation, address, and phone number
to </span><span lang="FR"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(247,110,67);text-decoration:none"><a href="mailto:kimrenau@gwu.edu">kimrenau@gwu.edu</a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(247,110,67)"> or (202) 994-7107.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:large;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">* The Korean
authors</span><span lang="EN-US"> will speak in a special program titled
“K-Literature: An Evening with Korean Writers” on Friday, October 12, 2012, </span><span lang="EN-US">6:00–9:00 p.m. at the Korean Cultural Center
of the Korean Embassy, 2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20008. RSVP: </span><span lang="FR"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><a href="mailto:lmhlucy@koreaembassy.org">lmhlucy@koreaembassy.org</a></span></span><span lang="EN-US">.</span></font></p>
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