[KS] Korea Society Sherman Family Lecture Awardee Announcement

[Linda Tobash]

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*Linda Tobash  *| * Senior Advisor for Education and Director of Project
Bridge*
*The Korea Society, * *350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY  1*
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*email: linda.tobash at koreasociety.org <linda.tobash at koreasociety.org>*

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Announcing the 2022 Awardee for The Korea Society’s 6th Annual Sherman
Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture!   On Monday, November 28, at 6
p.m. *Eunbin
Chung*, Assistant Professor at the University of Utah and the* 2022 Sherman
Family Korea Scholar Lecture *awardee, will address *National Identity
Affirmation and Trust in Korea, Japan, and China* from a unique
perspective. Legacies of conflict and distrust have made it difficult
for East Asian countries to form regional institutions and overcome
security dilemmas. Chung's research questions two conventional wisdoms
related to these regional dynamics: 1) that distrust among states can be
overcome through cultural convergence and appealing to a shared
identity (such as the "European" identity developed through the creation of
the EU) and 2) that strong, inward-focused national
identities exacerbate inter-state distrust and conflict. Chung asks, “*Is
this true?* *Do distinct national identities really impede international
trust?”*


Chung’s research advances the concept that trust not only can be built
among nations when each affirms its own distinctive identity, but that this
approach may be more effective than embracing common identities across
different countries. Dr. Katrin Katz, the inaugural Sherman Family Lecture
Award recipient, describes Chung’s argument as “breaking new ground in
tackling some prevailing beliefs regarding the
relationship between national identity and levels of inter-state trust and
conflict. Dr. Chung's work entails a hopeful message for East Asia and
beyond: that emphasizing the favorable and distinctive traits of one's own
country need not lead to antagonistic relations with neighbors.”

This will be *a hybrid event* offered both in-person at the Society in New
York City and broadcast live. For more information, please click *here
<https://www.koreasociety.org/policy-and-corporate-programs/item/1627-sherman-family-korea-emerging-scholar-lecture-2022>
*or visit us at www.koreasociety.org.

*To register to attend in-person, click here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgIuFD5hOK7so8isMR8qgKYPax7E3EEURkqOtw_WUoWno6LA/viewform>.*
*To register to view online, click here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe4sVzEHVJ2JVswjuAH7raLEgNQqQ01dOqdcrrSzIkmiXF4jA/viewform>.*
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