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<div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">Dear All,</span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕"><br></span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">Greetings from
the Korea Foundation (KF)!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:160%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">You are
cordially invited to join us for our upcoming livestream event on May 24, 2024.
The “KF Korean Studies Forum in Austin, Texas” in cooperation with Texas Global
at the University of Texas at Austin aims to bring academia and industry
together to create synergy between the two through the platform of Korean Studies.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕"> </span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">(Central Time)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">10:00-10:30 Opening Ceremony<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="a" style="margin-left:80.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:160%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕"><Opening
Remarks><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a" style="margin-left:80.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:160%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">Sonia
Feigenbaum(Senior Vice Provost for Global Engagement and Chief International
Officer, Texas Global, UT Austin)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a" style="margin-left:80.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:160%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">Gheewhan
Kim(President, Korea Foundation)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a" style="margin-left:80.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:160%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕"><Congratulatory
Remarks><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a" style="margin-left:80.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:160%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">Jacey
Jetton, Texas House Representative, District 26<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">10:30-12:30 Regional Cooperation and Current Trends in
Korean Studies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="a" style="margin-left:80.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:160%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕"><Chair>
Robert Oppenheim, the Korea Foundation-POSCO Chair in Korean Studies at The
University of Texas at Austin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a" style="margin-left:80.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:160%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕"><Special
Presentations> Nojin Kwak(SUNY Buffalo), Jiyoun An(Kyung Hee University),
Anna Shparberg(Fondren Library, Rice University)</span></p><p class="a" style="margin-left:80.0pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><Panel
Discussion> Bridget Martin(University of Mississippi), Seongbae Lim</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(St.
Mary’s University), Hoi-eun Kim(Texas A&M University), Jaymin Kim </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(Rice University),
and Sheena Chestnut Greitens(LBJ School of Public Affairs,</span></p><p class="a" style="margin-left:40.0pt;text-indent:40.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">UT Austin)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a" style="margin-left:80.0pt;text-indent:-80.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">13:20-13:40 Luncheon
Keynote Address</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
160%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕"> by Joshua
Treviño(Chief of Intelligence and Research, Director for Texas Identity, Texas
Public Policy Foundation)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a" style="margin-left:80.0pt;text-indent:-80.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">13:40-14:00 Keynote
Speech</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕"> by Tae-seog
Oh(Former First Vice Minister of the Republic of Korea Ministry of Science and
IT)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕"> </span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">Please feel
free to join this forum online via the link below. When you go to the
livestream page, you can see detailed information about the forum.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a" style="margin-left:20.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:160%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕"> </span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">Event Details: Friday,
May 24, 2024 at 10:00 – 14:00 (CDT)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">Livestream
Link: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/TXc_ZC9k9Lg?si=TWsbLSzda5gX9dZh"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">https://www.youtube.com/live/TXc_ZC9k9Lg?si=TWsbLSzda5gX9dZh</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">We look forward
to your presence and participation. If you know anyone who would be interested
in this forum but cannot attend in person, we welcome you to share the
livestream link with them as well. If you have any questions prior to the
event, please do not hesitate to reach out.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">Thank you. We
hope you can join us for this exciting event!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">Best regards,</span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕">Bomyi HA</span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕"><br></span></p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Korean Studies Department<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:160%;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Korea Foundation</span></p><p><br></p><p></p></div>