<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[Institute for Korean Legal History · BK21 Homo Justice, Hanyang University] 2026 Global Korean Studies Week \u2014 October 26th \u2013 29th</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="m_7498111342559231700gmail-docs-internal-guid-cde46ac2-7fff-9400-d20a-b72efae17410"><br><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hanyang University will be hosting a Global Korean Studies Week (HY-GKSW) from October 26th to 29th, 2026.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The week will feature four lectures by scholars from Korea and abroad, exploring a range of topics and approaches in Korean studies and historical research. We warmly welcome any researchers, students, and all those interested in these fields.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">\u2714 Event: 2026 Hanyang University Global Korean Studies Week (HY-GKSW)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">\u2714 Dates: October 26th\u201329th, 2026 (Monday\u2013Thursday), 4:00\u20136:00 p.m.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">\u203b The lecture on Tuesday, October 27th will begin at 4:30 p.m. All times are in Korea Standard Time (KST).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">\u2714 Venue: Hanyang University, College of Humanities building number 508, Room 316</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">\u2714 Organizers (Hanyang University):</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">\u2022 Institute for Korean Legal History</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">\u2022 Research Institute of Comparative History and Culture</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">\u2022 BK21 Homo Justice, Department of History</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">\u25a0 Program</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Monday, October 26th, 4:00 p.m.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Title: Seas and Continents - Reading on a Grand Scale and in Fine Detail</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Speaker: Jou, Kyung Chul (Seoul National University)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Tuesday, October 27th, 4:30 p.m.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Title: Korean Studies Archives Abroad: A Special Lecture on Collections in the Americas</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Speaker: Ha, JaeYoung (Hanyang University)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Wednesday, October 28th, 4:00 p.m.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Title: Triangulating Empire - The Manchus, Chos\u014fn Korea, and Edo Japan in the Information Order of Seventeenth-Century Northeast Asia</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Speaker: Ling-Wei Kung (Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thursday, October 29th, 4:00 p.m.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Title: Korean Fascism and Authoritarian Ideology</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Speaker: Sungik Yang (Arizona State University)</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information about the Institute and the BK21 team, please visit:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">\u2022 Institute for Korean Legal History:</span><a href="http://krlegalhistory.hanyang.ac.kr/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://krlegalhistory.hanyang.ac.kr/</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">\u2022 BK21 History Team:</span><a href="https://homojustice.hanyang.ac.kr/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://homojustice.hanyang.ac.kr/</span></a></p></div>