[KS] RAS Korea Lecture Announcements

[steve.shields at yahoo.com]

Dear Members and Friends of RAS Korea,

Here's your quick overview of what is happening around RAS Korea this week.
1) RAS Korea's Online Lecture (Jan. 12) 
Topic: North Korea - A Failed Revolution if not a Failed State
Lecturer: Michael Seth
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2021. 07:30PM

** Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83208474484?pwd=UzcyVlFLK2IyeHFWSUxzVkdkWlV1Zz09
  Meeting ID: 832 0847 4484
  Passcode: 999813
* Registration is not required.


2) Korea's YouTube channel - Online Lecture Video Archive
If you missed any online lectures, you can find and watch them here. 
Please click 'Subscribe' and 'Like' buttons at the RAS Korea's Youtube channel.  

3) RAS Korea Book Note: 'The World is One' 
by Yi Pang-ja, 1973. Available from RAS Korea office.

The World is One, Yi Pang-ja’s 1973 autobiography. Princess Yi Pang-ja was the wife of Korea’s last reigning king, Yi Un, or Yeongchinwang. She was born into the Japanese royal family, and as a young teenager was married to the then-Crown Prince of Korea. When King (former emperor) Sunjong died in 1926, Yi Un was installed as Korea’s king and Pang-ja became queen consort. For the next 20 years, or so, the royal couple carried out dozens of public royal duties in Korea and Europe. When the Korean republic was established, the newly adopted constitution stripped Korea’s royal family of titles. Shortly after Yeongchinwang’s death in 1970, the princess wrote this intimate memoir.

Long out of print, RAS Korea has come across a few reprint copies that are available for KRW20,000. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, shipping to addresses outside Korea is not possible. Drop by the RAS office and pick up your copy, or ask Joanne (royalasiatickorea at gmail.com) to mail it to your Korea address (you will also pay postage).

4) RAS Beijing Zoom Talk (Jan. 13)
Topic: Bleeding Hearts: The Tianjin Massacre of 1870, by Jeremiah Jenne (Livestreamed via Zoom as well as in-person)
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2021. 7:30PM (Beijing) / 8:30PM (Seoul)
Register at least 24 hours beforehand by clicking here. 

5) GW Institute for Korean Studies: Soh Jaipil Lecture Series (Jan. 13)
Topic: Fighting Evictions in the Speculative City: The Politics of Class and Solidarity for Tenant Shopkeepers in Seoul by Yewon Andrea Lee
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 3:00-4:30PM (Eastern Time) / Thursday, January 14, 5:00-6:30AM (KST)
RSVP by clicking here. 

6) The Korea Society Live Webcast (Jan. 13)
Topic: The Magical Language of Others with E.J. Koh
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 6:00PM (New York) / Thursday, January 14, 8:00AM (Seoul)
Please register by clicking here. 

7) UBC, Center for Korean Research (Jan. 15)
Topic: Book Talk - 'One Left' (The First Korean Novel to Focus on the "Comfort Women")
Discussants & commentators: Dr. Bonnie Oh & Dr. Bruce Fulton & Ju-Chan Fulton 
Date: Friday, January 15th, 5:00-6:00 PM (PST) / Saturday, January 16, 10:00-11:00AM (Seoul)
More information about this book? https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295747651/one-left
How to register?  Please fill out a form here. https://ckr.iar.ubc.ca/friday-january-15-2021/

Very best wishes.
Stay safe and healthy.
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Rev. Steven L. Shields 徐太壹
President, Royal Asiatic Society Korea한국왕립아시아학회 회장www.raskb.com
 
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