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</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-variant:small-caps;color:rgb(192,0,0)"><span> </span>“Consuming K-Pop:<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Saturday, November 2, 2019, 9:30 AM – 4:45 PM<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Imelda Ibarra (US BTS ARMY)</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Bora Kim (Columbia University) <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">CedarBough Saeji (Indiana University) <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Crystal Anderson (George Mason University) <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Robert Ku (Binghamton University- State University of New York) <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">So-Rim Lee (University of Pennsylvania)<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">DESCRIPTION<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Korean popular culture is arguably one of South Korea’s most impactful exports, reaching a worldwide audience of devoted fans through strategic marketization. From music, film, television, sports to food, the “Korean Wave” (Hallyu) has generated revenue and reshaped the topography of the global cultural landscape. This year's Colloquium focuses on the K-Pop industry, the contemporary style of Korean pop music that has become popular in many countries around the world. The speakers will examine diverse aspects of K-Pop: state-initiated efforts to employ the Korean Wave as a currency of soft power, corporate infrastructure, global fan practices that contribute to the transnational flow of popular culture, cultural appropriation, the production of idols, and the connections between K-Pop and Korean diasporic as well as other non-Korean communities.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">BACKGROUND</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium in the Korean Humanities Series at GW provides a forum for academic discussion of Korean arts, history, language, literature, thought and religious systems in the context of East Asia and the world. The colloquium series is made possible by an endowment established by the estate of Hahn Moo-Sook (1918-1993), one of Korea’s most honored writers, to uphold her spirit of openness, curiosity, and commitment to education. The 27th Hahn Moo-Sook colloquium is co-organized by GW’s Department of East Asian Languages and <span>Literatures</span> and the Institute for Korean <span>Studies,</span> and co-sponsored by Korea Foundation, and GW’s Sigur Center for Asian Studies.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The 27th Hahn Moo-Sook colloquium (</span><a href="https://eall.columbian.gwu.edu/hahn-moo-sook-colloquium" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://eall.columbian.gwu.edu/hahn-moo-sook-colloquium</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">) is open to the public FREE OF CHARGE. However, reservations are required. Please make reservations at </span><a href="http://go.gwu.edu/hms27" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">http://go.gwu.edu/hms27</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">. <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">For questions regarding the colloquium, please contact </span></span><a href="http://gwiks@gwu.edu" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">gwiks@gwu.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">.</span></p>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Immanuel Kim</div><div>The Korea Foundation and Kim-Renaud</div><div>Associate Professor of Korean Literature and Culture Studies<br></div><div>East Asian Languages and Literatures</div><div>The George Washington University</div><div><br></div><div>Rewriting Revolution</div><div><a href="https://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/rewriting-revolution-women-sexuality-and-memory-in-north-korean-fiction/" target="_blank">https://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/rewriting-revolution-women-sexuality-and-memory-in-north-korean-fiction/</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>