[KS] Monash Beyond Borders Korean Studies Seminar Series Seminar 5

[Sandy Nguyen]

Dear KS list members, please note the following online event. Please
register using the Google form and a ZOOM link will be sent to you one day
prior to the seminar. Hope to see you there.

All the best,
Sandy.

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*Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH) presents:*



*Monash Beyond Borders Korean Studies Seminar Series 2024*



*Seminar 5*

*'**Witnesses to peace: Australian recollections of Korea and Koreans**.**'*


Prof. David Hundt (Deakin University)



 Room 321, Learning & Teaching Building (LTB), Clayton VIC 3168 & Zoom

20th September, 2pm AEST


Abstract:

Most accounts of Australia’s involvement in the Korean War (1950–53) have
emphasised the gallantry and military acumen of its forces in particular
battles such as Kapyeong, but little attention has been paid to how
Australian veterans have thought about their service’s contributions to the
social, political, and economic development of South Korea and to the
development of Australia’s relations with an increasingly important
regional partner in recent decades. There has also been little
consideration of the inter-personal connections that veterans have
maintained with Koreans and Korea. The collective memories of Australians
who have served in Korea both during and after the war amount to a unique
set of insights into the transformation of South Korea from a newly
liberated but war-torn and impoverished society in the early 1950s, to a
prosperous democracy in the 2020s. In this talk I discuss some preliminary
findings from an ongoing oral history project that focuses on Australians
who served in the war, as well as those service personnel who have
represented Australia in peacekeeping and diplomatic capacities since the
signing of the Armistice in 1953. Most veterans, the project shows,
emphasise how Korea changed their lives profoundly, but also how their
service has influenced the future trajectory of Korea and the Korean people.



*Bio: *David Hundt is an Associate Professor of International Relations at
Deakin University, Melbourne. He specialises in the political economy of
the Indo–Pacific region, especially in respect to Korea and Australia. He
is the outgoing Editor-in-Chief of *Asian Studies Review,* and he has been
Vice President of the ASAA since late 2023.

Register here <https://forms.gle/NRUGPzELncbZS9iYA> for a ZOOM link.

Please contact Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub Coordinator
Ms Sandy Nguyen for further details.Sandy.Nguyen1 at monash.edu
<Sandy.nguyen1 at monash.edu>


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Sandy Nguyen

*MUKSRH Coordinator*

Website: Monash Korean Studies Research Hub
<https://www.monash.edu/arts/languages-literatures-cultures-linguistics/korean-studies-research-hub>

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