<div dir="ltr"><div><div role="listitem" aria-expanded="true" style="clear:both;padding-bottom:0px;max-width:100000px;outline:none;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div style="margin-bottom:0px;border-width:0px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-right-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-radius:0px;float:left;width:808px"><div style="padding-top:0px;background-color:transparent;border-right:0px;border-bottom:0px rgba(100,121,143,0.12);border-left:0px;border-top:none;border-radius:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><div id="m_-8480605940251870686gmail-:3an"><div style="border-left:none;padding:0px;display:flex"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:736px"><div><div id="m_-8480605940251870686gmail-:3ak" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem"><div id="m_-8480605940251870686gmail-:3al" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:hidden"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear <span>Korean</span> Studies members,</font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">I am writing to remind you to register your interest for the forthcoming talk at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><i>Monash University <span>Korean</span> Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH)</i></b> has been holding seminars on various topics related to <span>Korean</span> 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/<span>korean</span>-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 (and last tali for this semester) is going to be held this Wednesday (AEST) 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 <span>Korean</span> 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="m_-8480605940251870686gmail-m_-6167800752530350494gmail-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 <span>NORTH</span> <span>KOREA</span>"</i></span></p></span><br></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></font><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><u><font face="arial, sans-serif">18th May Wednesday 4pm - 5pm (AEST)</font></u></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span id="m_-8480605940251870686gmail-m_-6167800752530350494gmail-docs-internal-guid-c70e8481-7fff-9d1a-fa4b-54341f104a97"></span><br></p></div><div><span id="m_-8480605940251870686gmail-m_-6167800752530350494gmail-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><font face="arial, sans-serif">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 <span>North</span> <span>Korea</span>. They went seeking a better life in Kim Il-sung’s <span>Korean</span> 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 <span>North</span> <span>Korea</span> and returned to Japan. In this special talk, Dr. Markus Bell reveals why so many left Japan for <span>North</span> <span>Korea</span>, 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 <span>North</span> <span>Korea</span></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" target="_blank"><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="outline:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></p></span><br></div><div>Please register your interest here <a href="https://forms.gle/snbWRDA62kFq1VUC6" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east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