<div class="se-contents" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: content-box; font-family: &quot;\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515&quot;; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6;" data-document-fixed-width="false" data-document-padding-top="18" data-document-padding-bottom="18" data-document-padding-left="23" data-document-padding-right="23"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span>Dear all,</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span>The Institute for Global Humanities Research and Collaboration (IGHRC) at Korea University is pleased to announce a Koreanist Retreat, held as part of the 2026 Koreanist Summer Connections program.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span>\u2605 The application deadline is&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style: italic;">July 24</span><span>. Please register via the link below (</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">registration will close early once 15 participants have signed up</span><span>).</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(22, 63, 199);" data-href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhdM_0QS51iUtY8FshtLF1ALBPbQkBXxyAZxugEcMsmoze3Q/viewform" data-hyperlink-id="se_6e7ba308-c117-49f8-943d-b97d3e00e8a6" target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhdM_0QS51iUtY8FshtLF1ALBPbQkBXxyAZxugEcMsmoze3Q/viewform"><span>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhdM_0QS51iUtY8FshtLF1ALBPbQkBXxyAZxugEcMsmoze3Q/viewform</span></a></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-transform: none; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-weight: 700; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;">Walking the Edge of the Capital:&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.7px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-weight: 700; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;">Night</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.7px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-weight: 700; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.7px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-weight: 700; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;">Walking Along Hanyang Doseong</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span>\u25a1 Schedule: July 30, 7\u20139 PM</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span>\u25a1 Language: Korean, English</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span>\u25a1 Tour Route: Hyehwamun Gate \u2013 Naksan section of Hanyang Doseong \u2013 Heunginjimun (Dongdaemun)</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span>\u26a0\ufe0fWheelchair accessibility is limited along some sections of the city wall.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span>\u25a1 The Seoul City Wall (Hanyang Doseong) was more than a military fortification. As the boundary of the Joseon capital, it reflected the city's political order, defense strategy, and urban development for over five centuries. Today, its surviving walls continue to reveal how the capital was organized and protected.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span>Beginning at Hyehwamun Gate and following the Naksan section to Heunginjimun (Dongdaemun), this evening walk examines the wall's military, political, and historical significance. Through the surviving landscape, participants will explore how Seoul's capital space was constructed, defended, and transformed from the Joseon dynasty to the present.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span class="se-drawing-object-wrapper se-image" style="text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; display: inline-block;"><img style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1151px; height: 1628.23px;" src="cid:gabiahiworkscid0" width="1151" height="1628.23"></span><span class="se-zws-run"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span class="se-drawing-object-wrapper se-image" style="text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; display: inline-block;"><img style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1151px; height: 1628.23px;" src="cid:gabiahiworkscid1" width="1151" height="1628.23"></span><span class="se-zws-run"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span>We look forward to your interest and participation.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span>Best,</span></p><div id="sign_body" class="se-div"><div class="se-div" style="box-sizing: content-box; font-family: &quot;\ub9d1\uc740 \uace0\ub515&quot;; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6;"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span>Songhee Lee&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span>Research Professor</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span>Institute for Global Humanities Research and Collaboration</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span>Korea University, Seoul</span></p></div></div></div>
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