<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">KLA BOOK PARTY <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">2:00-3:00pm ET on May 11, 2026</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> (via ZOOM)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">KLA invites you to its first book party to celebrate the recent publication of <b>I Jonathan Kief</b>\u2019s (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) book, <b><i>Triangle Republics: Cross-Border Literary Transits Between the Cold War Koreas and Japan</i></b><i> </i>(Columbia University Press, 2025). I Jonathan Kief will talk about his book in conversation with <b>Susan Hwang</b>(University of California, Santa Barbara). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Unlike the conventional book talks where the authors give presentations which are followed by Q&A, our book parties intend to celebrate the completion of books by having casual conversations about yearslong process of research, writing, ruminations and more. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To register for the virtual event, please fill out the Google form at the following link:</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><a href="https://forms.gle/2q6zXTPytHu6h7W89" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">https://forms.gle/2q6zXTPytHu6h7W89</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); background: white;">KLA uses your name and email address for sharing with you the Zoom information. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">All registrants will be notified in advance of the event with the Zoom link. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I hope to see many of you there!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); background: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); background: white;">Hwisang Cho (on behalf of the KLA Executive Committee)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></body></html>