<div dir="ltr">Dear Korean Studies members<div><br></div><div>I hope this email finds you well.</div><div>I am thrilled to let you know that our seminars are back for this semester as well!</div><div><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><i>Monash University <span class="gmail-il">Korean</span> <span class="gmail-il">Studies</span> <span class="gmail-il">Research</span> Hub (MUKSRH)</i></b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> has been holding seminars on various topics related to </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-il">Korean</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-il">Studies</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">, and our series for this year has a number of interesting talks.  Please see below for the planned talk series this semester.</span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH) is proud to present:</span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Forthcoming events 2022</span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Seminar 4: <em style="box-sizing:inherit">Korean language and gender</em></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><em style="box-sizing:inherit">Speaker:</em> Professor. Minju Kim (Professor of Korean Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Claremont McKenna College)</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><em style="box-sizing:inherit">Date: </em>8th August Monday 11am (AEST)</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><em style="box-sizing:inherit">Venue: </em>zoom</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Seminar 5: <em style="box-sizing:inherit">The Crash Landing of Crash Landing on You: Amalgamating Korean Cinema’s Blockbuster Tendencies with Television</em></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><em style="box-sizing:inherit">Speaker:</em> Dr. Ji-yoon An (Korea Foundation Visiting Assistant Professor in Korean Studies at Nanyang Technological University’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Singapore.)</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><em style="box-sizing:inherit">Date:</em> 19th August Friday, 12 pm (AEST)</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><em style="box-sizing:inherit">Venue: </em>Zoom</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700;font-size:0.98em">Seminar 6: <em style="box-sizing:inherit">Co-writes, covers, and collaborations: Globalisation in K-pop songwriting</em></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><em style="box-sizing:inherit">Speaker:</em> Dr Sarah Keith (Senior Lecturer in Media and Music, MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY)</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><em style="box-sizing:inherit">Date: </em>20th September 5 pm (AEST, hybrid)</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><em style="box-sizing:inherit">Venue:</em> T3, Ground Floor of the Matheson Library</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Seminar 7: <em style="box-sizing:inherit">Continuity Or Change: South Korea’s North Korean Policies in the Democratic Era</em></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><em style="box-sizing:inherit">Speaker:</em> Mr. Dylan Stent (Doctoral Student at Victoria University of Wellington)</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><em style="box-sizing:inherit">Date:</em> 3rd October 2 pm (AEDT, hybrid)</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><em style="box-sizing:inherit">Venue:</em> TBA</p></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Please register your interest for the first talk of this semester on Korean language and Gender by Prof. Minju Kim in the link below:</font></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-bf72696c-7fff-9864-45f1-cf162ab499da"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b style=""><u style=""><font color="#9900ff"><a href="https://forms.gle/idy8tff7tFb6LNSVA">https://forms.gle/idy8tff7tFb6LNSVA</a></font></u></b></span></span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Looking forward to seeing many of you at our event. </span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Warmest regards,</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><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></div>