[KS] East Asian Postage Stamps

Hugo Dobson H.Dobson at sheffield.ac.uk
Fri Feb 6 08:06:44 EST 2004


Dear Korean Studies moderator,
Would it be possible to publicise this conference on the Korean Studies
discussion list?
Yours
Hugo Dobson

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>From 13 to 14 August 2004 the School of East Asian Studies (SEAS) at the
University of Sheffield in the UK will host a one-and-a-half-day symposium
entitled 'Apolitical? East Asian Postage Stamps as Socio-political Artefacts'
and sponsored by the Korea Foundation and the GB Sasakawa Foundation. Political
scientists, anthropolgists, geographers, historians and semiologists from the
UK, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, the US, Japan and Korea will discuss through
illustrated lectures how nationalism, cultural identity and government policies
are reflected in the stamp design of China, Taiwan, Japan, North Korea, South
Korea, and Mongolia.

For more information, contact Dr Hugo Dobson at h.dobson at sheffield.ac.uk or by
telephone on 00 81 (0)114 2228437.

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Dr Hugo Dobson
Lecturer in Japan's International Relations,
School of East Asian Studies,
University of Sheffield,
Sheffield S10 2TN
UK
Tel: 0114 2228437
Fax: 0114 2228432




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