Dear Colleagues,<div><br></div><div>If you happen to be in the DC area next week, please consider attending this special program on Korean literature at The George Washington University.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope to see at least some of you there!</div>
<div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:left">Young-Key</div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_139cd53448dbfc84" alt="Inline image 1"></div><div><br><div><div class="gmail_quote">
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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>
<br></span></b></p><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>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US"><br></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>
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<b><span style="font-size:large;font-family:Garamond,serif"><font color="#cc6600"><a href="http://www.gwu.edu/~eall/hms" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.gwu.edu/~eall/hms</a></font></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:12pt"><b><span lang="EN-US"><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"><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"><br>
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Garamond,serif">and</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Garamond,serif"><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>
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<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;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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">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>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(247,110,67)">Korean 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)"><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"><br>
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<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"><a href="mailto:lmhlucy@koreaembassy.org">lmhlucy@koreaembassy.org</a></span></span><span lang="EN-US">.</span></font></p>
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