<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dear all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">You are warmly invited to an upcoming webinar hosted by the <a href="https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/asia-institute/our-research/korean-studies-research-hub">Korean Studies Research Hub</a> at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne:</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><b>Policy
Transfer as Transcoding<span class="gmail_default" style="">: The</span> Context of German-Korean Research on
Transformation </b></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Prof. Eun-jeung Lee (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Freie Universität Berlin)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thursday, 18 March </span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">6-7PM AEDT / 4-5PM KST</span><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Online via Zoom.</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Register <a href="https://unimelb.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcofuCrrzoiG9aLvj68aJyaC-mluNJBiine">here</a>.</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Under <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">what</span> conditions is a successful intercultural
policy transfer possible? Is there a “golden rule” for policy transfer? If yes,
what would this rule be?</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Intercultural
policy transfers have occurred quite often in human history. In some cases at
least, they have been successful. For a long time, such processes have
been characterized as processes of “learning,” “implementation,” or “lessons.” In
investigating the unification and transformation of Germany and Eastern Europe,
the terms used most often in Korea have been the ones of “lessons” and
“learning.” However, it is said that since Germany and Europe have different
cultures and institutions, Korea cannot simply adopt German unification
policies. Such skepticism is warranted when framing the debate in terms of
“transfers,” “lessons” and “implementation.” </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">In contrast<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> the concept of
“transcoding,” which consists in an active process of interpreting and
transforming other cultures within their specific historical contexts, is less
subject to such criticism. It is useful not only in the context of
German-Korean unification knowledge transfer, but also to explain all kinds of
intercultural transfer processes. "Transcoding" is not an established
term within the humanities and social sciences. But we prefer the concept of
"transcoding" over the more common term "translation," as
it expresses more clearly the methodological issues involved. </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u>Bio</u>:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Prof. Eun-Jeung Lee is the Director of Institute of Korean
Studies, and Director of the Graduate School of East Asian Studies at the Freie
Universität Berlin. Her research focuses on the intercultural history of
political ideas and political culture. She is a Member of Academy of Art and
Science Berlin-Brandenburg (former Royal Prussian Academy) as well as Academia
Europea. Lee is a Member of German-Korean Advisory Council for Unification. She
has served also as a Member of German-Korean Advisory Council for Foreign and
Unification Policy (2014-2017). She was a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt
Foundation at the Institute for Political Science, University Halle
(1994-1995); Fellow of State Sachsen-Anhalt Germany (1997-1999); and Fellow of
Japan Foundation at the Aoyama Gakuin University Tokyo (2001-2002). In 2019, the
South Korean Government bestowed Prof. Lee with the Order of Civil Merit (Moran
Medal) for her Work in the Field of Peace and Unification.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">*Bookings are required for this webinar. <a href="https://unimelb.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcofuCrrzoiG9aLvj68aJyaC-mluNJBiine" style="">Please register here</a>. You will receive a Zoom link following registration.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u>Upcoming <a href="https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/asia-institute/our-research/korean-studies-research-hub">KSRH</a> Korean Studies events:</u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"></p><ul><li><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">15/04: Prof. Vladimir Tikhonov (Oslo University): 'Korea in the World: International Solidarity and Korean Modernity.'</span></li><li><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">12/05: Prof. Sung Kyung Kim (Kyungnam University): 'North Korean Women and their Meaning of Family in the Sino-North Korea Borderland.'</span></li><li><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">03/06: Korean Studies Graduate Workshop: <i>Routes, Roots, Place: Approaches to the Study of Korean Diasporas</i> [still taking applications!]</span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><span class="gmail_default" style="color:black;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><u style="color:black;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Inquiries:</u><span style="color:black;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"><span class="gmail_default">Dr. Ryan Gustafsson</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm"><span style="color:black;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:gus@unimelb.edu.au">gus@unimelb.edu.au</a></span><span style="color:black;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><br></p></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="1">Dr. Ryan S. Gustafsson</font></div><div><font size="1">Asia Institute</font></div><div><font size="1">University of Melbourne</font></div><div><font size="1"><font color="#0000ee"><u><a href="https://unimelb.academia.edu/RyanSGustafsson" target="_blank">https://unimelb.academia.edu/RyanSGustafsson</a></u></font><br></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>