[KS] University of Pennsylvania Upcoming Event: October 26, 2017: Nuri Kim on Korean Religion

[Frank Joseph Shulman]

Dear Colleagues,

I am forwarding this announcement in the event that it would be of interest.

For further information, please contact Samantha S. Koo directly:

Koo, Samantha S <samkoo at sas.upenn.edu>

Best wishes,

Frank

Frank Joseph Shulman
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October 21, 2017

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From: Koo, Samantha S <samkoo at sas.upenn.edu>
Date: Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 10:43 AM
Subject: [Korea announce] Upcoming Event: 10/26 Nuri Kim on Korean Religion
(ANNS 111)​

*"**Tan'gun: The History of a Korean-Japanese God" – *
*Nuri Kim, Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellow, James Joo-Jin Kim Program in
Korean Studies *Thursday, October 26th, 2017
5:00–6:30 PM | Annenberg School, Room 111

National symbols often have a fraught history, and this is no different
with Tan’gun, the mythical progenitor of the Korean nation. Revered as
ancestral founder, enlightened ruler, and even national God, he is commonly
employed to endow Korea with five thousand years of history. However,
Tan’gun’s development into perhaps the most important national symbolism
was never straightforward, as he evolved along several trajectories that
transcended the Korean peninsula and encompassed several centuries. This
talk will focus on how the figure of Tan’gun was disseminated to Japan, how
he became a deity there, and how Japanese views would enter Korea in the
early twentieth century to impact Koreans' perception of their founding
father.

** Korean Studies Colloquium, James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies*

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*Nuri Kim* is the 2017-2018 Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellow at James
Joo-Jim Kim Program in Korean Studies. Nuri completed his doctoral degree
at Harvard University with his dissertation titled “History, Myth and the
Making of an Ancient Religion in Early Twentieth-Century Korea”. Nuri’s
research emphasizes the transnational influences and interactions that have
shaped the cultural, intellectual, and religious history of Korea.

Samantha Koo M.S.Ed.
Associate Director
James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies
<http://www.sas.upenn.edu/koreanstudies/>
University of Pennsylvania
T: 215-573-8367 <(215)%20573-8367>
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