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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Colleagues,</span><span><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">I am contacting you today on behalf of a colleague who has not
subscribed to this list but contacted me with the following request:</span><span><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN">“Might anyone in the Korean Studies community have recollections of North
Korean historians ever visiting the United States in the 1980s and presenting
their work at a university and/or conference?”</span><span><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">So far, I have been unable to find anything related to this topic, other
than a delegation from Kim Il-Sung University visiting Columbia University in
the late 1990s.</span><span><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">I would be most grateful for any suggestions you might have. Feel free
to respond to this email or write to me directly at <a href="mailto:mstiller@ku.edu" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">mstiller@ku.edu</span></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks so much! I greatly appreciate your taking the time to consider
this request.</span><span><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Kindest regards,</span><span><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Maya Stiller</span><span><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Associate Professor, Korean Art and
Visual Culture, University of Kansas<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Chair, Committee on Korean Studies,
Association for Asian Studies (AAS)<span></span></span></p>





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