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<div style="font-family: Gulim,굴림,AppleGothic,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><p><br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="cid:1729199461648.544926.0.PNG" border="0" style="clear: none; float: none;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Greetings from The Korea Foundation (KF)!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is our honor and pleasure to cordially invite you to “The Korea Foundation (KF) Korean Studies Forum in Leiden, the Netherlands,” to be held at the Leiden University on October 18, 2024.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This forum, which is being organized in cooperation with Leiden University, aims to discuss current trends in Korean studies, explore ways of increasing focus on contemporary Korea, and strengthen a regional network of universities and libraries in western Europe. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(CEST)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>10:00-10:15 Opening Ceremony</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <Welcoming Remarks ></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Hester Bijl (Rector Magnificus, Leiden University)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <Opening Remarks></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Gheewhan Kim (President, Korea Foundation)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>10:15-12:00 Roundtable on Regional Cooperation in Korean Studies</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <Chair> Remco Breuker, Professor for Korean Studies, Leiden University</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <Panelists> Sunkung Choi (University of Groningen), Steven Denney (Leiden University), Charlotte Horlyck (BAKS), </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Jerome De Wit (VfK)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please feel free to join this forum online via the link below.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Link: https://universiteitleiden.zoom.us/j/61983981167?pwd=Epo8rYP0MA36ReqsXdyUZTCoZ8m39Y.1</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you. We hope you can join us for this exciting event!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yours Sincerely,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Korean Studies Department</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Korea Foundation</span></p><p></p><div class="bc_box box2" style="width: 700px ;border: 3px solid #bbb; padding: 12px 16px 8px; margin: 10px 0; font-family: Gulim, 굴림, AppleGothic, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
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