<div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear Korean Studies members,</font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">I am writing to invite you to register for the forthcoming talk at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><i>Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH)</i></b> has been holding seminars on various topics related to Korean Studies, and our series for this year has a number of interesting talks.  </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Please see our website for the previous talks information and videos. </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u><font color="#a64d79"><a href="https://www.monash.edu/arts/languages-literatures-cultures-linguistics/korean-studies-research-hub/engagement/archived-events" target="_blank">https://www.monash.edu/arts/languages-literatures-cultures-linguistics/korean-studies-research-hub/engagement/archived-events</a></font></u><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Our third talk is going to be held in 2 weeks time as an online seminar. Please see the details below:</font></div></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MURSRH) </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">is proud to present: </span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-bbd681d8-7fff-fd52-f6cf-818f7ede8aa1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>"PROMISES OF THE FATHERLAND:</i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>ESCAPE TO NORTH KOREA"</i></span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">by Dr. <span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Markus Bell (</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Research Officer UN International Organisation <font color="#000000">for Migration & Research Fellow La Trobe University)</font></span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></font><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><u style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">18th May Wednesday 4pm (AEST)</font></u></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-c70e8481-7fff-9d1a-fa4b-54341f104a97"></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></p></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-ae4380c4-7fff-8a50-d78c-a3072021134f"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Abstract</font></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Between 1959 and the early 1980s, 93,000 people migrated from Japan to North Korea. They went seeking a better life in Kim Il-sung’s Korean People’s Republic; they went seeking a place to call home. But the promises of the Fatherland would prove hollow. Recently, some 300 men and women have escaped North Korea and returned to Japan. In this special talk, Dr. Markus Bell reveals why so many left Japan for North Korea, what happened to them in their new home, and what this hidden history can teach us about forced migration in the world today.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Biography</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. Markus Bell is an anthropologist specializing in refugees and labour migration, with over a decade of experience working with displaced people and migrant workers in the Asia Pacific region. He has taught at the Australian National University, University of Sheffield, and Goethe University, Frankfurt. He earned his PhD from ANU in 2016 and is currently a Research Fellow at La Trobe University, Melbourne. His new book, </span><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Outsiders, Memories of Migration to and from North Korea</span><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is</span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Outsiders-Memories-Migration-North-Forced-ebook/dp/B0912TR6T3/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38A3CHPWGBFEY&keywords=outsiders+memories&qid=1646642530&sprefix=outsiders+memori%2Caps%2C324&sr=8-1" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">available from Amazon</span></a><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Tweets @mpsbell</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:400px;height:400px"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/jgzANs9kpD4CIY_80mkwgxPG_wCF7vsZ0HOKNOgsh5SSbrLITLWWtxkFlt9qNKB-7Qd8XqSLgVIxplXesGsxePoAebEUDZPCMYlylwK1Gz-QTbkO78o69M6aeH0ydduH0SUtuHM" width="400" height="400" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div>Please register your interest here <a href="https://forms.gle/snbWRDA62kFq1VUC6" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://forms.gle/snbWRDA62kFq1VUC6</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Registration closes on the 16th May and the zoom links are going to be sent out on the 17th May. </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Please feel free to contact me directly by replying to this email if you have questions about the talk.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Warmest regards,</font></div><div><i><font size="4"><br></font></i></div><div><i><font size="4">Soyeon Kim</font></i><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>PhD candidate/ Teaching associate </div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH) research </span>assistant  </div><div>School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics</div><div>Monash University</div><div>Clayton, Victoria, 3800</div><div>Australia</div><div><br></div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:Soyeon.Kim@monash.edu" target="_blank">Soyeon.Kim@monash.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div>