<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">Dear KS list members</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">, please note the following event. You can attend in person or remotely. If attending remotely please register using the Google form and a ZOOM link will be sent to you one day prior to the seminar. Hope to see you there.<br><br>All the best,<br>Sandy</span><br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16pt;line-height:24.5333px">Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH) presents:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16pt;line-height:24.5333px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Monash Beyond Borders Korean Studies Seminar Series</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 44pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;border:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Seminar 1</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">‘The story of three Australian Samsin </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">halmeoni </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">and their </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">doban’</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hea-Jin Park (Independent Scholar)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Monash University (Clayton Campus)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">JSC (Japanese Studies Centre Main auditorium, Clayton Campus, next to bus loop)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">12 Ancora Imparo Wy, Clayton VIC 3168</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">23rd August 3:30pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Abstract<br><br></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">A landmark medical institution in Busan recently celebrated 70 years of delivering excellence in maternal and neonatal healthcare. Established by the Australian medical missionaries Dr Helen and Sister Catherine Mackenzie, the Ilsin Women's (now Christian) Hospital changed the course of midwifery and obstetrical practices in Korea. Although the latest statistics of Korea’s total fertility rate of 0.78 makes it hard to believe, Ilsin has safely welcomed 299,040 babies (and counting, albeit very slowly) to this planet since opening its doors in 1952. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">In the making of Ilsin as one of the principal reference maternity centres in Korea, there was a group of unassuming local people - among them, widows of the Korean War, refugees from North Korea, single mothers and former patients - who joined the Australian missionaries in their vision of creating a medical haven open for all women. Indeed, the three Australian Samsin </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">halmeoni </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">worked tirelessly to establish and spread the safe practice of obstetrics and neonatology in Korea, while their Korean </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">doban </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">provided incalculable aid, assistance and encouragement to the Australian Samsin </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">halmeoni </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">in their mission of building a fairer society.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">This is the story of three remarkable Australian female medical missionaries and their unwavering companions. Although never intended, Ilsin grew into a mission that brought out the best of Australia and Korea. In a superb example of public diplomacy, Ilsin shows that two countries, through mutual understanding and cooperation, can achieve a lasting outcome that overcomes all manner of imaginable barriers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Bio<br><br></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Dr </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hea<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">-</span>Jin<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> Park is a Canberra based independent researcher. Her research interests include the Korean migration to Latin America, the history of Australian Presbyterian missionaries to Korea and Australia-Korea bilateral relationships, especially in public diplomacy. Her latest work, “Why aid diplomacy eventually pays off” (with A/Prof Jo Elfving-Hwang, Curtin University) explores the story of 2,500 Australian sheep and two Kelpies named Mick and Monty who travelled to Korea in the 1970s to boost South Korea’s rural development. This research on Australian medical missionaries and the Korean staff has received generous support from the Australia-Korea Foundation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Register <a href="https://forms.gle/SEjrQAhjsXab1w6t9" target="_blank" style="color:blue">here</a> for a ZOOM link.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please contact Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub Coordinator<br>Ms Sandy Nguyen for further details.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:Sandy.nguyen1@monash.edu" target="_blank">Sandy.Nguyen1@monash.edu</a> </span></p></div></div></div></div>