<div dir="ltr">Dear Korea Studies List members,<div><br></div><div>Please find below information about the upcoming Distinguished Lecture Series taking place at the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies, University of Edinburgh. Many thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Charlotte Hammond<br><div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Charlotte Hammond</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:C.Hammond-5@sms.ed.ac.uk" target="_blank">C.Hammond-5@sms.ed.ac.uk</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 11:51 AM<br>Subject: Distinguished Lecture Series: The party was over: For those who have never been young, hence never can age<br>To: <a href="mailto:charlotteh289@gmail.com" target="_blank">charlotteh289@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:charlotteh289@gmail.com" target="_blank">charlotteh289@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div>




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<span style="letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;color:black"><b>The party was over: For those who have never been young, hence never can age</b></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><b>Abstract:</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Choi
 Young-Mi’</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;color:rgb(33,33,33)">s first volume of poems At Thirty, the Party was Over (1994) hit Korean society for delicate but bold expressions
 and piercing satire on authority. The book has sold over half a million copies. Her poems appeared in Korean high school textbooks. She has published seven poetry collections: Bicycling in Dreamland, To the Pigs, Life that has yet to Arrive, Things Already
 Hot, Airport Express and What will not come again (2019) which includes the poem “Monster” and other #Metoo poems. She has penned the novel Scars and Patterns, and The Garden of Bronze.  She received the Isu Literary Award for To the Pigs. In 2011 Choi was
 appointed as an honorary ambassador for the Korean National Assembly Library. In 2017, she wrote the poem "Monster" (</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal;font-family:"Malgun Gothic",sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;color:rgb(33,33,33)">괴물</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;color:rgb(33,33,33)">)
 that exposed the sexual harassment and abuse by the old poet En. When her poem "Monster" released, the public immediately noticed that 'En' is Ko Un, which ignited the #Me Too movement. Choi Young-Mi's revelation of Ko's molestation has played a major role
 in exposing the sexual harassments and assaults infested deep inside the Korean society. The Metropolitan City of Seoul has decided to present Choi Young-Mi with the grand prize of Sex Equality Award 2018.</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><b>Bio: </b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><b>Choi
 Young-Mi </b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;color:rgb(33,33,33)">is a poet and novelist from South Korea. Her poem, Monster (</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal;font-family:"Malgun Gothic",sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;color:rgb(33,33,33)">괴물</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;color:rgb(33,33,33)">),
 ignited the #MeToo movement in Korea in 2018. Her poetry is very much a lived poetry and threatening to conventional values of Korean society. She has published seven poetry collections and penned two novels.</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:13pt;font-weight:400;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Charlotte Hammond</span></p>
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