<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear KS list members, happy new year and I hope you are well! Please note the following seminar events organised by Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub. Registration details are also included below. Hope to see you there.</div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br>Many thanks,<br>Sandy.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">_____________<br><br></font></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH) presents:</span></b><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> <u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Monash Beyond Borders Korean Studies Seminar Series 2026<br>Seminar 1</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font color="#000000" face="arial black, sans-serif"><i style=""><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB" style=""><br></span></b><u></u></i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><i><font face="arial black, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">&#39;</font>South Korea\u2019s Decade of Living Dangerously: Navigating Economic Coercion without Middlepowermanship, 2016\u201326&#39;</font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><i><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px">Dr </span>Alexander Hynd (University of Melbourne<span style="font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif">)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></font>Room 221, Learning &amp; Teaching Building (LTB), Clayton VIC 3168 [in-person event]</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">19th March, 2-3pm (Melbourne time)</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:1rem;margin-top:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"></font></p><div><p style="text-align:justify"><strong>Abstract:<br></strong><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,var(--O42jJQ,1));font-family:YAFdJjTk5UU_0,_fb_,auto">There is widespread consensus among scholars and policymakers that South Korea is a middle power. According to the middle power behavioural image, Korea should be expected to embrace strategies including multilateralism, coalition building, niche diplomacy, and good international citizenship. But is this actually how the country behaves?</span></p><p class="gmail-cvGsUA gmail-direction-ltr gmail-align-justify gmail-para-style-body" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,var(--O42jJQ,1));font-family:YAFdJjTk5UU_0,_fb_,auto;line-height:19px"></p><p class="gmail-cvGsUA gmail-direction-ltr gmail-align-justify gmail-para-style-body" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,var(--O42jJQ,1));font-family:YAFdJjTk5UU_0,_fb_,auto;line-height:19px"><span class="gmail-a_GcMg gmail-font-feature-liga-off gmail-font-feature-clig-off gmail-font-feature-calt-off gmail-text-decoration-none gmail-text-strikethrough-none" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,var(--O42jJQ,1));font-kerning:none">In this seminar I will examine Korea\u2019s recent experiences as a target of economic coercion by more powerful states: China, the US, and Japan. What challenges did Korea face in each case, and through what strategies did it respond?</span><span class="gmail-a_GcMg gmail-font-feature-liga-off gmail-font-feature-clig-off gmail-font-feature-calt-off gmail-text-decoration-none gmail-text-strikethrough-none gmail-white-space-prewrap" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,var(--O42jJQ,1));font-kerning:none"> </span></p><p class="gmail-cvGsUA gmail-direction-ltr gmail-align-justify gmail-para-style-body" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,var(--O42jJQ,1));font-family:YAFdJjTk5UU_0,_fb_,auto;line-height:19px"></p><p class="gmail-cvGsUA gmail-direction-ltr gmail-align-justify gmail-para-style-body" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,var(--O42jJQ,1));font-family:YAFdJjTk5UU_0,_fb_,auto;line-height:19px"><span class="gmail-a_GcMg gmail-font-feature-liga-off gmail-font-feature-clig-off gmail-font-feature-calt-off gmail-text-decoration-none gmail-text-strikethrough-none" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,var(--O42jJQ,1));font-kerning:none">I will argue that Korea\u2019s ability to withstand sustained pressure in each of these cases supports narratives of its rise \u2018from shrimp to whale.\u2019 However, its strategic responses have been a poor fit with the popular behavioural image of middle powers. And nor are South Korea\u2019s strategies comparable to those enacted by authoritarian great powers like China, autarkic \u2018rogue states\u2019 like North Korea, or minor powers like the Solomon Islands. Instead, I argue, we see in the South Korean case something quite different: compromise without capitulation in the face of the great powers \u2013 the US and China \u2013 and retaliation without direct escalation against Japan. Put together, analysis of these cases complements and further develops a growing body of scholarship that is critical of the middle power behavioural image.</span><span class="gmail-a_GcMg gmail-font-feature-liga-off gmail-font-feature-clig-off gmail-font-feature-calt-off gmail-text-decoration-none gmail-text-strikethrough-none gmail-white-space-prewrap" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,var(--O42jJQ,1));font-kerning:none"> </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;padding:10pt 0pt 0pt"><strong>Bio: <br></strong><span class="gmail-a_GcMg gmail-font-feature-liga-off gmail-font-feature-clig-off gmail-font-feature-calt-off gmail-text-decoration-none gmail-text-strikethrough-none" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,var(--O42jJQ,1));font-kerning:none">Alexander M. Hynd is Lecturer at the University of Melbourne&#39;s Asia Institute, and Deputy Director of the Master of International Relations. He frequently writes about South Korean foreign policy, with research interests in international hierarchies, economic statecraft, and \u2018inbetweener\u2019 states. Alexander is currently finishing up a book about how Korea, Indonesia and Australia \u2018became\u2019 middle powers.</span><br><br></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB">Register <a href="https://forms.gle/gaKcxnWVN3xEMAAL8" target="_blank">here</a>.<br><br></span></font>__________________<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> <u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Monash Beyond Borders Korean Studies Seminar Series 2026<br>Seminar 2</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font color="#000000" face="arial black, sans-serif"><i><b><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></b><u></u></i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><b><i><font face="arial black, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">&#39;</font><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-size:14.6667px;text-align:start">Korean Film-Induced Tourism: Socio-cultural and Economic Impacts&#39;</span></font></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><i><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(8,8,9);text-align:start">Prof Sam (Seongseop) Kim (The </span><span style="color:rgb(0,29,53)">School of Hotel and Tourism Management at </span></font><span style="color:rgb(8,8,9);text-align:start"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Hong Kong Polytechnic University) <br></font><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></font>via ZOOM</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">2nd April, 2-3pm (Melbourne time)</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:1rem;margin-top:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"></font></p><div><p style="text-align:justify"><strong>Abstract:<br></strong><span class="gmail-a_GcMg gmail-font-feature-liga-off gmail-font-feature-clig-off gmail-font-feature-calt-off gmail-text-decoration-none gmail-text-strikethrough-none" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,var(--O42jJQ,1));font-kerning:none">His presentation is entitled \u201cKorean Film-Induced Tourism: Socio-cultural and Economic Impacts\u201d. His presentation mainly deals with three famous Korean TV dramas which attracted numerous international tourists to Korea and affected TV drama audience countries. It also portrays international tourists\u2019 activities or behavior in film screened destinations. It will be a good way to understand a beginning of Hallyu (Korean Wave) through three Korean TV dramas.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;padding:10pt 0pt 0pt"><strong>Bio: <br></strong><span class="gmail-a_GcMg gmail-font-feature-liga-off gmail-font-feature-clig-off gmail-font-feature-calt-off gmail-text-decoration-none gmail-text-strikethrough-none" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,var(--O42jJQ,1));font-kerning:none">Prof Kim received his MSc and PhD in Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences from Texas A&amp;M University in 1996 and 1999, respectively. He is currently a Professor in the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is one of the most prolific authors in the hospitality and tourism field. He is a recipient of Lifetime Research Achievement Award in 2024 (ICHRIE and ICOT).</span><br><br></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB">Register <a href="https://forms.gle/7SCcZKxBQf3ru3Xw8" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB">Please contact Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub Coordinator Ms Sandy Nguyen for further details.</span><a href="mailto:Sandy.nguyen1@monash.edu" target="_blank">Sandy.Nguyen1@monash.edu</a> </font></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(80,0,80);text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span>__________________</p><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(80,0,80);text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Kind Regards,</span></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Sandy Nguyen</span><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><i>MUKSRH Coordinator</i><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.monash.edu/arts/languages-literatures-cultures-linguistics/korean-studies-research-hub" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Website: Monash Korean Studies Research Hub</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/monashunikorean.edu/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Facebook: MonashUniKorean</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://twitter.com/MonashUniKorean" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Twitter: @MonashUniKorean </span></a><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8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