From henryem at gmail.com Wed Jul 2 01:09:00 2025 From: henryem at gmail.com (Henry Em) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 14:09:00 +0900 Subject: [KS] Korea Journal special issue - Anticommunism in South Korea Message-ID: Dear colleagues, *Korea Journal* is pleased to announce the publication of a special issue, “Anticommunism, the National Security Law, and Thought Control in South Korea.” In Cold War United States and Western Europe, anticommunism generally served as a component of liberal democracy. In South Korea, however, from its inception in 1948, anticommunism has functioned as a de facto state ideology and has come to assume a quasi-religious, supra-constitutional norm. In the introduction, Kim Dong-Choon argues that the sacralization of anticommunism has acted as a form of cultural violence, compelling all Koreans to internally verify and externally profess their anticommunist credentials. Korea Journal, established in 1961, supports gold open access. All articles are published under a CC-BY-ND license and may be freely distributed with proper attribution, provided the work is not modified. You can click the links to download the articles. Henry EM (he/him) Jooyeun SON (she/her) Deputy Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor 1. [On this topic] Anticommunism, the National Security Law, and Thought Control in South Korea by Dong-Choon KIM (SungKongHoe University) 2. Salvific Violence: The Hungnam Evacuation and Anticommunist Rescue in US-Occupied North Korea by Sandra PARK (University of Arizona) 3. Under Occupation, After Armistice: Stories of Enemy and Traitorous Property by Theodore HUGHES (Columbia University) 4. Vagrant Optics: The Seosan Pioneer Corps and Cold War Visual Culture in South Korea by Thomas RYAN (Korea University) 5. South Korea’s Conversion Policy against Leftist Prisoners: Regime Security and Politics of Thought Control in Cold War Korea by Dong-Choon KIM (SungKongHoe University) 6. Legal Mechanisms of Thought Control Through Anticommunism in South Korea: Focusing on the National Security Law by Dong-suk OH (Ajou University) 7. “There is a Spy Living Next Door”: The Spy Reporting System and Everyday Life Under the Anticommunist Policy of the Park Chung-hee Government by Hyukeun KWON (Seoul National University) 8. A War for the Coming Multipolar World?: How Anti-Hegemonism Sometimes Evolves into a Pro-Putin Stance among the South Korean Left by Vladimir TIKHONOV (Oslo University) 9. [Book Review] Walking into Memory: Wounding Love and the Transfusion of Life from the Dead by We Jung YI (Vanderbilt University) 10. [Book Review] The Speech that Produces the Impossible by Yoon Jeong OH (New York University) 11. [Book Review] Development and Defense in the Cold War New Village by Inga KIM DIEDERICH (Colby College) 12. 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We sincerely hope many of you will join us to connect, share insights, and build valuable relationships within our academic community. Event Details:▐ Date: July 25▐ Venue: Korea University▐ Language: Korean / English▐ Registration : https://forms.gle/jHtLhS6pHYadNDF37Please note that the registration link will be closed on July 18. After that, please contact at songhee3101 at korea.ac.kr.  Schedule:▐ 3:00 PM: Open-topic Workshop (서관 West Hall 314A, 314B)▐ 5:00 PM: Networking Gathering (중앙광장 Central Plaza B1 CCL)All are warmly welcome to join us for an engaging workshop and a valuable opportunity for networking. We eagerly anticipate your presence and look forward to an enriching gathering.   Best regards,Songhee Lee, Ph.D.Koreanist Summer Connections CoordinatorInstitute for Global Humanities Research and Collaboration (IGHRC)+82-10-2733-3019 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The issue features a collection of essays, interviews, creative writing, and mixed-media art. MENT continues its mission to argue for K-media’s place in our popular and political cultures writ large. We hold that Korean media can offer insight into issues of gender, race, capital, labor, geopolitics, and technology—the very issues at stake in our global moment of political and social crisis. As we foster a conversation that moves, like Korean media itself, across borders and into the broader public sphere, we hope to open up new ways of imagining community and building solidarity. *Table of Contents for Issue 002:* *Statement* “On Noise, Dissonance, and Political Possibility” by MENT Editors Andrea Acosta and Yin Yuan *Appointments* "Re-enchanting Our World: Haejoang Cho on Memory, Hallyu, and Mutual Care”— Haejoang Cho in conversation with MENT Magazine "'Reacting to the K: An Interview with Emma Chang”—Emma Chang in conversation with MENT Magazine *Arguments* "The Cold War Ended, and Orion’s Choco Pie Won” by Madeleine Han “Visibility That Bothers: #LoveInTheBigCity and Brazilian Fan Activism” by Ligia Prezia Lemos and Mariana Marques de Lima “K-pop, Sex Work, and Parasocial Intimate Labor” by Adan Jerreat-Poole "The Rise of the Murder Rom-Com” by Anisa Khalifa “The Modern South Korean Revenge Fairytale: Women in Cancer and Love” by Sue Hyon Bae *Attachments* “To Where the Flowers Are Blooming: Gwangju’s Literary and Material Memoirs” by Yoojin Kim “This isn’t Stray Kids fanfiction, but…” by Camille Chong “Fan Artist Spotlight: Izumo’s Natural Imperfections”—Izumo in conversation with MENT Magazine You can read the second issue at mentmagazine.com/issue002. We invite submissions for future issues. Please consult the About page ( mentmagazine.com/about) for proposal guidelines. Questions can be directed to Dr. Yin Yuan at yy8 at stmarys-ca.edu or editors at mentmagazine.com Thank you! Best, Yin Yuan -- Yin Yuan, Ph.D. Author of *Alimentary Orientalism: Britain's Literary Imagination and the Edible East *(Bucknell UP) Associate Professor Department of English Saint Mary's College of California -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jaewukki at usc.edu Sun Jul 6 22:19:32 2025 From: jaewukki at usc.edu (Jaewuk Kim) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 11:19:32 +0900 Subject: [KS] CFP: USC Graduate Conference in Korean Studies Message-ID: Dear All, The USC Korean Studies Institute invites applications for its Annual USC Graduate Conference in Korean Studies. This conference aims to foster a multidisciplinary community of local and regional graduate students whose research projects significantly engage Korean society and culture across the periods. It offers a platform for emerging scholars to present their work-in-progress, receive feedback from faculty and peers, and participate in interdisciplinary discussions within a supportive environment. We welcome applicants from the humanities and social sciences who are conducting research related to Korea, East Asia, or Asian diasporas. Submissions that situate Korea within broader comparative or theoretical frameworks are especially encouraged. The previous edition of the conference, held in February 2025, comprised eight panels that touched on a wide range of subjects such as gender issues in contemporary South Korea, transpacific exchanges in multimedia art, sinitic influences in premodern Korea, and more. Each panel was moderated by a faculty discussant who commented on and contributed to student presentations. To apply, please submit your CV and a 250-word abstract with a list of 3–5 keywords to the Google Form link by August 15, 2025. If you are applying as a panel, please include both a panel abstract as well as individual abstracts for each panelist. Preference will be given to those who can present in person. Selected applicants will be notified by September 5, 2025. Full papers should be submitted by October 3, 2025 and presentation materials by October 17. The conference will take place on October 24–25, 2025. Thank you for spreading the word! Best regards, Jaewuk Kim, on behalf of the organizing committee University of Southern California -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In addition, we have prepared a special section titled “Kyujanggak Web Book Fair,” introducing the Korean Studies Series, English-language publications, and academic journals published by our institute. We sincerely hope you will continue to show your interest and support for the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies. (You could download the file by clicking the link below.) 서울대학교 규장각한국학연구원 https://kyu.snu.ac.kr/newsletter/규장각-사계-2025년-여름호뉴스레터-59호/ We sincerely appreciate your continued interest and support for the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies. Best regards,Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies 선생님 안녕하십니까. 규장각한국학연구원입니다. 평소 규장각을 살펴주시는 선생님들께 『규장각 사계』 2025년 여름호(뉴스레터 59호)를 드립니다. 이번 호는 규장각한국학연구원에서 전시 중인『대동여지도』의 제주도를 표지로 담았습니다. 또한 본원에서 간행한 한국학 총서, 영문 편저서, 학술지를 모아 '규장각 웹 도서전'을 특집으로 구성하였습니다. 앞으로도 저희 규장각한국학연구원에 많은 관심과 성원을 부탁드립니다. (하단의 링크 클릭하시면 파일을 받으실 수 있습니다.) 서울대학교 규장각한국학연구원 https://kyu.snu.ac.kr/newsletter/규장각-사계-2025년-여름호뉴스레터-59호/ 규장각한국학연구원 드림 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jaewukki at usc.edu Mon Jul 7 07:41:22 2025 From: jaewukki at usc.edu (Jaewuk Kim) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 20:41:22 +0900 Subject: [KS] CFP: USC Graduate Conference in Korean Studies In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear All, The USC Korean Studies Institute invites applications for its Annual USC Graduate Conference in Korean Studies. This conference aims to foster a multidisciplinary community of local and regional graduate students whose research projects significantly engage Korean society and culture across the periods. It offers a platform for emerging scholars to present their work-in-progress, receive feedback from faculty and peers, and participate in interdisciplinary discussions within a supportive environment. We welcome applicants from the humanities and social sciences who are conducting research related to Korea, East Asia, or Asian diasporas. Submissions that situate Korea within broader comparative or theoretical frameworks are especially encouraged. The previous edition of the conference, held in February 2025, comprised eight panels that touched on a wide range of subjects such as gender issues in contemporary South Korea, transpacific exchanges in multimedia art, Sinitic influences in premodern Korea, and more. Each panel was moderated by a faculty discussant who commented on and contributed to student presentations. To apply, please submit your CV and a 250-word abstract with a list of 3–5 keywords to the Google Form link by August 15, 2025. If you are applying as a panel, please include both a panel abstract as well as individual abstracts for each panelist. Preference will be given to those who can present in person. Selected applicants will be notified by September 5, 2025. 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We warmly invite submissions of original research in Korean humanities, as well as translations of Korean literature and historical texts, for consideration in our upcoming June 2026 issue. For inquiries, please contact us at acta at kmu.ac.kr. Best regards, Joshua Van Lieu, Editor-in-Chief *Acta Koreana* *ACTA KOREANA**, VOL. 28, NO. 1* *GENERAL ARTICLES* A Comparison of Sŏngho Yi Ik's Understanding of the Heart-mind with Matteo Ricci's Understanding of the Soul Hanna KIM Rewriting the Symbol: Yŏngjo's Appropriation of Guan Yu Worship in Chosŏn Court Politics Jaehyuk LEE Paek Ch'ŏl's Translation and Stage Adaption of Michael Gold's "120 Million": Sprechchor for the Materialist Dialectic Inhye HAN Postcolonial Nation Building and State Feminism: Institutionalizing the North Korean Democratic Women's Union, 1945–1949 Taejin HWANG and Hyunsoo JEON North Korea's Self-Deceptive Claims about the 1948 Election and the Danger of Echo Chambers in Decision Making Fyodor TERTITSKIY The Monarchical Model of North Korea and Its Implications BR MYERS Korean Historical Films Confronting Japanese Versions of History: A Content Activism Approach MAH Seung-Hye and Jimin LEE *BOOK REVIEWS* *City of Sediments: A History of Seoul in the Age of Colonialism *by Se-Mi Oh Ross KING *Education, Language and the Intellectual Underpinnings of Modern Korea, 1875**–1945 *by Andrew Hall and Leighanne Yuh Eun Seon KIM -- Academia Koreana Keimyung University, 1095 Dalgubeol-daero, Daegu 42601, Republic of Korea E-mail: acta at kmu.ac.kr Tel: 82-53-580-5898 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Lecture Title: "Public (公) and Private (私) in Late Chosŏn Law"Event Details:Date: Friday, July 18, 2025Time: 4:00 PM (KST)Venue: KU Cheongsan MK Culture Hall, Room 201 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/QzcMbm5RBmYXXFf7A)No registration is required.All interested scholars and students are warmly invited to attend this insightful presentation. We look forward to your participation. Best regards,Songhee Lee, Ph.D.Koreanist Summer Connections CoordinatorInstitute for Global Humanities Research and Collaboration (IGHRC)+82-10-2733-3019 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Karlsson_eng.png Type: image/png Size: 5568358 bytes Desc: not available URL: From flavia.pana at kongnpark.com Thu Jul 10 01:14:22 2025 From: flavia.pana at kongnpark.com (Flavia PANA) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:14:22 +0900 Subject: [KS] [Kong & Park] New book announcement! Message-ID: Dear all, We are pleased to announce the publication of 실전! 의료 한국어 통번역 1 & 2 by Hyung Jae Lim, Yoon Kyeong Shin, So Young Yoo, Eun Hye Heo (임형재, 신윤경 , 유소영 , 허은혜) Paperback v.1 9788997134663 BooksOnKorea Link Paperback v.2 9788997134670 BooksOnKorea Link [image: image] [image: image] As global interaction continues to grow, Korea has seen a rise in marriage migrants, foreign workers, and international students, progressing toward a multicultural society composed of various nationalities and ethnic groups. Keeping pace with this change, many hospitals in Korea’s medical field are operating international medical centers specialized for foreign patients, ensuring that foreigners residing in or traveling to Korea can access world-class medical services without communication barriers. This book is designed for learners with a deep understanding of Korean society and culture who aspire to become professional medical interpreters equipped with specialized medical terminology and knowledge. It is also recommended for instructors training future Korean interpreters as professional medical interpreters. Features - This book presents simulated scenarios covering 190 major diseases in specialized medical studies, allowing learners to practice interpreting real-world medical situations. - In addition to medical knowledge, this book covers regulations in medical law, medical policy, medical cultures worldwide, and the principles of medical interpretation. - By utilizing this interactive digital textbook, learners can independently engage in deep and repetitive medical interpreting practice. - As an official textbook designated by The International Network for Korean Interpretation and Translation, this book prepares learners for medical interpreter and translator certification through consecutive interpretation and sight translation exercises. Thank you! Best regards, [image: image] Kong & Park Inc. 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Rather than imagining clear pathways for remediation, we propose the notion of “multispecies ruptures” to foreground the complex politics of interspecies relations (Chao 2021) that can give rise to rifts at different scales (Carr & Lempert 2016). Drawing upon the theoretical insights of Timothy Clark (2012), Philippe Descola (2013), and John Bellamy Foster (2011), as well as Thom van Dooren et al (2016), Anna Tsing (2015), and Donna Haraway’s (2016) call for respect and attentiveness toward other forms of life, we consider rupture as an important arena where the workings of the more-than-human world defy (easy) resolution. These ruptures often generate epistemological discomfort, ethical conundrums, and resistance to aesthetic representation. What forms of attentiveness emerge when our perceptual and conceptual boundaries are breached through interspecies interaction? What possibilities arise when we take multispecies rupture as a generative space for rethinking life and responsibility? This panel invites critical reflection on the more-than-human politics and disjunctures in an era defined by ecological crisis and multispecies co-becoming. Particularly, we propose to think about multispecies ruptures in the context of Asia, the region that is vastly heterogenous yet shares lived experiences of cultural, social, and political ruptures throughout contemporary history. The historical contingencies include, but are not limited to, de/colonization (Duara 2003), Cold War (Kwon 2010), authoritarian state violence (Ganesan & Kim 2013), urbanization (Jones 2004), modernization (Davidann 2018), migration (Chu 2010), neoliberal capitalism (Song 2010), and so forth. In what ways have the diverse forms of ruptures across society and nature affected one another? What kinds of new perspectives can we present by attending to ruptures in more-than-human Asia(s)? Rather than treating rifts in nature as collateral incidents, we posit multispecies ruptures as the focal point of discussion to reflect on struggles and potentialities of other forms of life (Fedman, Kim & Park 2023) in the context of unsettling landscapes at various scales. -- Yeon-ju Bae [jən-dʒu b̥ɛ] (she/her/hers) PhD in Anthropology Instructor, Ferris State University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We sincerely hope many of you will join us to connect, share insights, and build valuable relationships within our academic community. Event Details:▐ Date: July 25▐ Venue: Korea University▐ Language: Korean / English▐ Registration : https://forms.gle/jHtLhS6pHYadNDF37Please note that the registration link will be closed on July 18. After that, please contact at songhee3101 at korea.ac.kr.  Schedule:▐ 3:00 PM: Open-topic Workshop (서관 West Hall 314A, 314B)▐ 5:00 PM: Networking Gathering (중앙광장 Central Plaza B1 CCL)All are warmly welcome to join us for an engaging workshop and a valuable opportunity for networking. We eagerly anticipate your presence and look forward to an enriching gathering.   Best regards,Songhee Lee, Ph.D.Koreanist Summer Connections CoordinatorInstitute for Global Humanities Research and Collaboration (IGHRC)+82-10-2733-3019 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From ICAS at ICASINC.ORG Mon Jul 14 19:37:10 2025 From: ICAS at ICASINC.ORG (ICAS) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 19:37:10 -0400 Subject: [KS] Ned Price to address virtual ICAS Summer Symposium Veritas 2025: The Korean Peninsula Issues and US National Security, August 7 2025 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM EDT, Washington DC In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6d06db1f-ed1b-4c2a-b207-f1868d38dd45@ICASINC.ORG> */                                  ICAS/**/ Bulletin/* /Institute for Corean-American Studies, Inc./ /www.icasinc.org / July 8, 2025 image.png *Ned Price* /ICAS /Fellow* * Former Spokesperson US Department of State Former Senior Advisor to Secretary of State Anthony J Blinken /*Virtual */*/Address/* */ /* /ICAS/Summer Symposium/Veritas/2025 *_US National Security and World Affairs _* *_The Korean Peninsula Issues and US National Security_* August 7 2025 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM EDT Washington DC   August 8 2025  8:00 AM – 9:15 AM KST Seoul JST Tokyo ***_On-line Registration _* (Access code to Registrant Only) Dear Friend: We are pleased to share with you that Ned Price will address the virtual/ICAS/Summer Symposium/Veritas/2025 with a particular emphasis on "US National Security and World Affairs" on August 7, 2025, Washington DC. Ned Price most recently served as the Deputy to the US Representative to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, overseeing the US Mission to the United Nations’ Washington office and, as a Deputy Cabinet-level official, serving as a standing member of the National Security Council’s Deputies Committee. Ned began his most recent stint in government at the Department of State in January 2021, when he assumed the role of Department Spokesperson, a title Ned held until March 2023. He then served as Senior Advisor to Secretary of State Antony J Blinken until Ned took on his leadership role with the US Mission to the UN. Prior to the State Department, Ned was Co-Founder and Director of Policy and Communications at National Security Action, a non-profit advocacy organization. During the Obama Administration, he served as Special Assistant to President Obama on the National Security Council staff, where Ned also was the Spokesperson and Senior Director for Strategic Communications. He previously was at the Central Intelligence Agency, where he was a senior analyst and Spokesperson. Ned has been an NBC News analyst and contributor and taught at Georgetown University and The George Washington University. He graduated/summa cum laude/from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and received a Master’s from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Ned is originally from Dallas, Texas, and is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Thank you.       Sincerely,     Sang Joo Kim                                  Senior Fellow & Executive Vice President /ICAS/ www.icasinc.org /ICAS/Strategy (icasinc.org) ///ICAS /2025 Videos */ICAS/**is not an agent of any government and/or foreign principal.* All Rights Reserved. Virus-free.www.avast.com <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The primary reasons were: (1) the text was "discovered" by Yi Hoegwang in the early 20th century; (2) the work is primarily derivative from Chinese Buddhist sources and Korean sources, such as the Samguk yusa; and (3) there is no real information unique to the Haedong goseung jeon. I seem to remember that Ledyard was trying to get it published, but I never did learn any more about this. Does anyone know of anything in print in Korean or English on the possibility of the Haedong goseung jeon's being a forgery? Best, Rick McBride Richard D. McBride II Professor and Chair, Asian and Near Eastern Languages Brigham Young University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From songhee3101 at korea.ac.kr Mon Jul 14 23:02:33 2025 From: songhee3101 at korea.ac.kr (Songhee Lee (Korea Univ)) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 12:02:33 +0900 (KST) Subject: [KS] =?utf-8?q?=5BKoreanist_Summer_Connections=5D_From_Rural_Roads?= =?utf-8?q?_to_Seoul_Table=3A_Cheongnyangni=2C_Gyeongdong_Market=2C_and_the_?= =?utf-8?q?Making_of_=22Baekban=22_=28Aug_13=29?= Message-ID: <539896113.252223.3992.1752548251522@hiworksMail> Dear Colleagues, We truly appreciate your enthusiastic response to 2025 Koreanist Summer Connections.In light of this strong interest, we are thrilled to announce our last tour program this year. From Rural Roads to Seoul TableCheongnyangni, Gyeongdong Market, and the Making of "Baekban"  The Gyeongdong Market area is a traditional market that organically formed along the eastern gateway to the pre-modern capital city.  This locale also served as a pivotal space where countless members of the laboring class, part of the rural-to-urban migration (離村向都, ichonhyangdo) amidst Korea's modernization and Seoul's rapid expansion, settled, leading to the emergence and popularization of "Baekban" (백반) as their staple sustenance. Connected to modern transportation networks, this market embodies the dynamic daily life of eastern Seoul. Here, merchants, customers, and individuals from various professions intertwine, forging a vibrant sense of place. This tour offers an immersive journey through Gyeongdong Market, exploring its physical environment, the objects that speak volumes within it, and the intricate human activities that unfold there. Through a direct walk and a shared meal, we will profoundly experience the market's historical narrative, intimately linked with the history of Seoul's working class.□ Schedule: August 13 (Wed), 10AM □ Language: Korean□ Narrator:  Chong Eunjung is a rural sociology researcher, born in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, in 1977, the youngest of four siblings, during kimchi-making season. In December 1983, she moved to Seoul and grew up on the city's outskirts. Since her twenties, she has lived a nomadic life. She now resides in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, where her parents once farmed tomatoes. As rural, agricultural, and farming matters are also personal to her family, she chose to specialize in rural sociology. She writes about rural areas and food for newspapers and speaks on radio broadcasts and the current affairs podcast "그것은 알기 싫다."Koh Young studied classical literature at university and holds a deep interest in premodern stage plays and daily life. His extensive reading in food literature beyond mere cookbooks consistently informs his writing. He currently writes a column series for Kyunghyang Shinmun and is the author of 《카스테라와 카스텔라 사이 (Between Castella and Kasutella)》.□ Tour Route- 10:00-11:00 | Guide Lecture (by Chong Eunjung) Meeting point: 경동시장 청년몰 3F 작은도서관 Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/yn5fKF8kWMax6Sim8- 11:00-12:00 | Market Tour- 12:00-13:00 | Baekban Lunch- 13:00-14:00 | Reflection Talk (by Koh Young)□ Fee: ₩20,000 (Cash payment on-site / Includes: Guided tour, lunch, coffee/tea)Please note that the registration link will be closed when there's no spot available. Given the limited spots, early registration is highly recommended.   Best,Songhee, Ph.D.2025 Koreanist Summer Connections CoordinatorLecturer, Korea University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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From Rural Roads to Seoul TableCheongnyangni, Gyeongdong Market, and the Making of "Baekban"  The Gyeongdong Market area is a traditional market that organically formed along the eastern gateway to the pre-modern capital city.  This locale also served as a pivotal space where countless members of the laboring class, part of the rural-to-urban migration (離村向都, ichonhyangdo) amidst Korea's modernization and Seoul's rapid expansion, settled, leading to the emergence and popularization of "Baekban" (백반) as their staple sustenance. Connected to modern transportation networks, this market embodies the dynamic daily life of eastern Seoul. Here, merchants, customers, and individuals from various professions intertwine, forging a vibrant sense of place. This tour offers an immersive journey through Gyeongdong Market, exploring its physical environment, the objects that speak volumes within it, and the intricate human activities that unfold there. Through a direct walk and a shared meal, we will profoundly experience the market's historical narrative, intimately linked with the history of Seoul's working class.□ Schedule: August 13 (Wed), 10AM □ Language: Korean□ Narrator:  Chong Eunjung is a rural sociology researcher, born in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, in 1977, the youngest of four siblings, during kimchi-making season. In December 1983, she moved to Seoul and grew up on the city's outskirts. Since her twenties, she has lived a nomadic life. She now resides in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, where her parents once farmed tomatoes. As rural, agricultural, and farming matters are also personal to her family, she chose to specialize in rural sociology. She writes about rural areas and food for newspapers and speaks on radio broadcasts and the current affairs podcast "그것은 알기 싫다."Koh Young studied classical literature at university and holds a deep interest in premodern stage plays and daily life. His extensive reading in food literature beyond mere cookbooks consistently informs his writing. He currently writes a column series for Kyunghyang Shinmun and is the author of 《카스테라와 카스텔라 사이 (Between Castella and Kasutella)》.□ Tour Route- 10:00-11:00 | Guide Lecture (by Chong Eunjung) Meeting point: 경동시장 청년몰 3F 작은도서관 Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/yn5fKF8kWMax6Sim8- 11:00-12:00 | Market Tour- 12:00-13:00 | Baekban Lunch- 13:00-14:00 | Reflection Talk (by Koh Young)□ Fee: ₩20,000 (Cash payment on-site / Includes: Guided tour, lunch, coffee/tea)Please note that the registration link will be closed when there's no spot available. Given the limited spots, early registration is highly recommended.   Best,Songhee, Ph.D.2025 Koreanist Summer Connections CoordinatorLecturer, Korea University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In light of the increasing attention paid over the last decade to cultural production in Cold War South Korea, we are particularly interested in how post-liberation representations of the colonial period in Korean literature and literary criticism, from 1945 to the present, may challenge the idea of the Cold War as a neat rupture from the period of colonial rule. Focused on the way that literary and memory studies intersect in approaching the fluid boundary between political regimes in modern and contemporary Korea, we welcome submissions on a broad range of topics in Korean literary and cultural studies related to connections between colonial and Cold War logics. Guiding questions include: - How do concepts of memory and postmemory—ideas developed in part through the study of world events contemporaneous to the Japanese colonial period—help us understand Cold War representations of colonial Korea? How has the colonial period been remembered by those who lived through it as well as those who did not, and what do these remembrances, in literary and critical form, tell us about how sense was made of the Cold War present? - Where do we see counter-narratives or counter-memories that challenge conventional ways of telling the history of both the colonial period and the Cold War? - How have categories and priorities stemming from the Cold War structured what we think of as literary history? - How might rethinking the temporality of both the colonial period and the Cold War enable us to think more expansively about knowledge produced in the field of Korean literary studies and in Korean studies at large? We especially encourage colleagues working in Korea to submit proposals. Papers will be considered for publication in a special journal issue. Funding is available through the UCLA Korean Humanities Initiative for contributor travel to and participation in the workshop. Brief (350-words or less) proposals written in English may be submitted via email at coldwarmemory at proton.me by October 10, 2025. Any inquiries may be addressed to co-organizers HeeJin Lee (HEL163 at pitt.edu) or Chris Hanscom (hanscom at humnet.ucla.edu). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bmazurek at iu.edu Thu Jul 17 16:48:58 2025 From: bmazurek at iu.edu (Mazurek, Bethany) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:48:58 +0000 Subject: [KS] Call for Papers: Midwest Korean Studies Graduate Conference Message-ID: The Institute of Korean Studies at Indiana University Bloomington is seeking applications for the Midwest Korean Studies Graduate Conference we will be hosting coming up on November 15th, 2025! Applicants should send their CV and a 250-word abstract of their Korean Studies related project to iks at iu.edu by September 15th, 2025. Please apply if you are interested and share with graduate students that may be interested as well. 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AI and Data Science in Education (AIDE) - Insights from South Korea Fourth Annual Buffalo Korean Studies Conference September 26-27, 2025 Asia Research Institute, University at Buffalo, State University of New York PROPOSALS ARE DUE BY 11:59PM EDT, FRIDAY, JULY 25 Convened by Sunha Kim, Associate Professor, Educational Data Science Program, Graduate School of Education, and Nojin Kwak, Vice Provost for International Education and Professor, Department of Communication The Asia Research Institute at the University at Buffalo (UB), State University of New York, invites scholars who work on AI and data science in education to submit an application to participate in a two-day Korean studies conference on September 26-27, 2025, in-person only at the University at Buffalo. The conveners are particularly interested in papers that focus on innovative uses of AI or data science in South Korean education and education research. We also welcome proposals on AI and data science developments in comparative contexts that include Korea or broader theoretical frameworks that could generate valuable insights in conversation with educational practices in Korea. The integration of artificial intelligence and data science in education is revolutionizing learning environments, reshaping research methodologies, and transforming pedagogical strategies worldwide. This conference delves into the profound impact of AI and data science in education, with a particular focus on insights connected to South Korea, including its pioneering contributions. The conference will feature keynote addresses by Dr. Jo Boaler, Nomellini and Olivier Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University, and Dr. Craig Enders, Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), along with contributions from esteemed scholars, including professors from Seoul National University. South Korea has emerged as a leading advocate in harnessing AI and data science to enhance student engagement, personalize learning experiences, and optimize large-scale educational assessments. This conference will spotlight key innovations such as the development of AI-driven digital textbooks, big data collection and analytics for education, free software packages for educational data science, and automated scoring systems. By fostering dialogue between international and Korean scholars, this conference will offer a comprehensive exploration of AI and data science's transformative role in shaping the future of education. The conference will delve into the intersection of technology and pedagogy, the potential of AI and data science integration in education, and their broader implications for global learning systems, with a particular emphasis on South Korea's innovative approaches and contributions to this field. Paper or panel topics related to the application of AI and data science in education may include, but are not limited to, the following: * Student learning, growth, and success * Course design and curriculum development * Equity, diversity, justice, and inclusion * Comparative studies, international perspectives, and big data analysis * Potential pitfalls and considerations * Current trends, perspectives, and innovations * Evaluation, assessment, and research methods * Current and prospective relationships with education Researchers at various career stages, from advanced PhD students to senior scholars and independent scholars, are welcome to apply. The costs of local accommodations and meals during the conference will be covered by the UB Asia Research Institute. Competitive travel grants will be available. For individual paper proposals: Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be submitted via the online submission form by the deadline. Please include your name, institutional affiliation, department, title/position, and contact information. For panel proposals: Abstracts consisting of a 300-word rationale for the panel and 100-word abstracts of each of the papers (up to four papers) to be presented at the panel should be submitted via the online submission form by the deadline. The proposed panels should present an examination of thematically and/or theoretically coherent subjects. For each author, please include name, institutional affiliation, department, title/position, and contact information. To submit a proposal, please fill out the form and upload an abstract of your paper or required panel abstracts as PDF files to the Airtable site here. Proposals are due on Friday, July 25, 2025. Accepted participants will be notified shortly thereafter. Thank you for your interest in the conference. Should you have any questions, please email koreaed25 at buffalo.edu. 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Through this program, selected organizations can receive up to 50 Korean literature books per year, completely free of charge. 📚 Program Highlights: Institutions abroad (universities, libraries, etc.) can receive Korean literature books to support education and research. Up to 50 volumes annually may be granted per institution, depending on selection. The application is open year-round, but early submission is strongly recommended as support is limited and granted on a first-come, first-served basis due to budget constraints. 🔗 For more details and to apply: https://library.ltikorea.or.kr/services/donationInfo KONG & PARK is the official partner for this program, and we are reaching out to inform valued institutions like yours about this meaningful opportunity. We sincerely hope that many institutions will benefit from this support and enrich their Korean literature collections. Should you have any questions or need assistance with the application, please feel free to reach out to us directly. We’d be more than happy to help. --- 🔔 *Join at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2025!* 📍* Location:* Hall 6.1, Booth B87 Best Regards, *Flavia Pana * 본사 / 과장 flavia.pana at kongnpark.com T: +82 (0)70 8798 7349 M: +82 (0)10 9867 9003 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jyeeli at hanyang.ac.kr Fri Jul 18 04:17:38 2025 From: jyeeli at hanyang.ac.kr (=?UTF-8?B?7ZeI7KeA7Zic?=) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:17:38 +0900 Subject: [KS] [Hanyang University Korean Legal History Research Center] Publishes Translation of Korean Modern Civil Judgment Documents! Message-ID: Greetings, This is Professor Seung-Il Lee, Director of the Center for Korean Legal History at Hanyang University. We are pleased to announce the publication of "Translation of Korean Modern Civil Judgment Documents"(Volumes 16~30), produced by our center. This series offers a comprehensive collection of translated civil judgments from the Korean Empire period, offering valuable insights into the everyday lives, customs, legal practices, and judicial system of Koreans during that time. It serves as an important resource for scholars studying Korean legal history. Please find the relevant materials attached for your reference. Thank you. Hanyang University Korean Legal History Research Center Publishes Translation of Korean Modern Civil Judgment Documents! -Empirical Materials on Korea's Modern Judicial System and Legal Life- ● A comprehensive collection of litigation materials revealing the legal life and legal culture of Koreans during the modern period. ● Unique source materials for understanding the transition process from traditional litigation to modern litigation ● Transcription, digitization, and translation into contemporary Korean of litigation materials to promote Korean legal history research The Hanyang University Korean Legal History Research Center (Center Director: Professor Lee Seung-il of the Department of History, Hanyang Univeristy) has recently published a translation titled "Korean Translation of Korean Modern Civil Judgment Documents (Volumes 16-30)", which contains Korea's modern judicial system and legal life. This translation includes approximately 4,000 civil judgment documents produced from March 1908 to December 1909, and approximately 500 Japanese civil judgment documents written by the Japanese Consulate, Commissioner's Office, and Resident-General's Legal Affairs Department in Korea from the opening of ports until 1907. This research was led by Professor Lee Seung-il's research team at Hanyang University and was conducted from 2018 to 2021 with support from the Korean Studies Promotion Service of the Academy of Korean Studies. The work was published in a total of 15 volumes by Minsokwon Publishing. Until now, modern civil judgment documents have been the only materials that can provide empirical understanding of Korean legal life and social conditions through civil trials from 1895 to 1909. However, their research utilization has been extremely limited because they were written in cursive script. In particular, academic access was difficult until partial disclosure in 2008, making this translation publication a groundbreaking achievement in improving accessibility. The judgment documents translated this time are records left by modern-style courts established according to the "Court Organization Law" enacted in 1907. They include not only judgment documents but also decision documents, order documents, conciliation records, and interrogation records. Since civil trials at that time were conducted based on the "Law of Civil and Criminal Procedure" enacted by Japan in July 1908, they show distinct differences in procedures and content from previous trials and can be utilized as core historical materials for comparative studies of the formation and transformation of colonial judicial systems. Professor Lee Seung-il stated, "This translation of judgment documents serves as material that empirically demonstrates legal system changes that occurred during the transition from traditional litigation to modern litigation, and will provide an important foundation for research in Korean legal history and popular life history." He added, "Given that research has been constrained by original texts written primarily in cursive and semi-cursive scripts, we expect that this contemporary Korean translation will stimulate active research in various fields including law, history, economic history, and social history." 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Feel free to reach out to me (kparkk at umich.edu ) if you have any questions! Best wishes, Kaeun COMMUNAL ART HISTORY: NEW METHODS FOR COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF EAST ASIAN ART This panel seeks scholars developing new comparative approaches to studying art made in East Asia between the 1960s and the 1990s, a time marked by distinct regional transformations and the rise of “globalism” in the art world. Examining East Asia as a discursive, not geographic category, this panel welcomes papers on art from countries conventionally grouped under East Asia (China, Korea, and Japan), as well as polities such as Vietnam that have been historically entangled with them. Colonialism and imperialism, though experienced differently across East Asia in the twentieth century, are shared structures in which postwar artistic practices unfolded. At the same time, such practices were formed through local histories of development, mass political movements, and military conflicts. We invite submissions that explore this tension between locally specific and globally shared conditions, which are linked to thematic tensions in the study of art from this period: urbanization and rurality; collectivity and subjectivity; development and tradition to name a few. Moving beyond formal or conceptual comparisons often developed with models based on “contemporaneity” and “pseudo-morphology,” our panel explores how material changes and resonances between art in East Asia can be grounded more historically. Beyond remapping art practices in the region, this panel proposes a “communal history” that imagines new forms of global art history, which escape from the nation-state framework and the market logic, presentism, and institutional imperatives of globalism. Instead, we advocate for art historical narratives anchored in the layered entanglements that connect different regions. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pjuhl026 at gmail.com Mon Jul 21 08:34:07 2025 From: pjuhl026 at gmail.com (Peter Juhl) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:34:07 +0900 Subject: [KS] RAS Korean Literature Club: August 14, 2025 gathering invitation Message-ID: The RAS Korean Literature Club invites members of the Korean Studies community to its August 2025 gathering. Those with interest in Korean literature in English translation may find this gathering worthwhile and rewarding. GATHERING DATE/TIME: Thursday, August 14, 2025. Discussion: 7:30pm to 9:00pm. Gathering starts at 6:30pm. BOOK: The August 2025 book is “BLOWFISH"; author: Kyung-ran Jo (조경란); translator: Chi-young Kim. Literary fiction, published: July 2025, concurrently by Astra House [US] and Wildfire [UK]. ***This is an in-person-only event.*** : There is no need to RSVP. All are welcome to reach out for further information. CONTACT: You may consult the Korean Literature Club’s “Goodreads" page: http://www.Tinyurl.com/RASKLC ( https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1263773-the-ras-korean-literature-club) to find contact-information; in addition to more on the group’s history and activities. INFO: The RAS Korean Literature Club is a public, English-speaking, in-person gathering dedicated to the reading, appreciation, and discussion of Korean literature in English translation. This Korean Literature Club is believed to be the longest-running, continuously-active group of its kind in Korea. As of 2025 it is thriving. Begun as an initiative of the Royal Asiatic Society Korea, the Korean Literature Club has been active since winter 2011-12 without serious interruption; the group soon begins its 15th year. ACTIVITIES: As of this writing there is one literature-discussion gathering per month, typically on the second Thursday of the month. Recent attendance is around 25 per session. There are new attendees at every gathering. Lately (mid-2025) there have been regular special events or excursions, at a rate of about one per month. See further information at: http://www.Tinyurl.com/RASKLC. REQUIREMENTS TO ATTEND: There is currently no charge to attend. The leaders request that attendees have read the book (August 2025: "Blowfish" by Kyung-ran Jo) and be able and prepared to discuss it in English. MEETING TIME: Thursday, August 14, 2025 - 6:30pm (gathering begins) - 7:30pm (discussion begins) - 9:00pm (discussion ends) MEETING LOCATION: - The North Terrace Building, basement below Trevari Cafe (Anguk), Jongno, Seoul. // Address in English (Google Maps): 12 Yulgok-ro 10-gil, Jongno District, Seoul (Basement). // Address in Hangul: 노스테라스빌딩, 트레바리 안국 아지트 (지하층) / 서울 종로구 율곡로10길 12 창덕이십일. Thank you. / http://www.Tinyurl.com/RASKLC / http://www.RASKB.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The application deadline for both programs is: * *July 15 for non-EU citizens **(we are still accepting applications until 31 July)* * *September 15 for EU citizens/BildungsinländerInnen* Interested students are welcome to reach out and contact our team at maceas at in-east.de The Master’s Program in *Contemporary East Asian Studies (MA CEAS)* is a social science-based program with a contemporary and interdisciplinary profile. It offers research-focused training for highly qualified graduates with a BA or similar degree in social sciences or economic science. Students in the MA CEAS program focus on learning Chinese, Japanese or Korean language and specialize in social sciences or economics, combining intensive language training with interdisciplinary and discipline-specific modules on East Asia. Prior skills in an East Asian language are not required. 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They use Batang for all Korean, but Batang doesn't seem to produce Middle Korean. I can use the world's tiniest soft keyboard with IME input for Middle Korean, and it produces what I want, but in Malgun Gothic. Is this as good as it gets? Yours, Jay Lewis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Ross.King at ubc.ca Tue Jul 29 00:43:27 2025 From: Ross.King at ubc.ca (King, Ross) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 04:43:27 +0000 Subject: [KS] Middle Korean fonts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi James: The fonts I find best for Middle Korean are: NanumMyeongjoOTF YetHangul NanumBarunGothic YetHangul Noto The NanumMyeongjo is quite good for both web-based use and word-processing. Some publishers are moving to Noto as a kind of all-purpose font that covers both modern and premodern Korean spellings, as well as a robust repertoire of sinographs, but I haven't used it much. Perhaps others on the list can share their experience with Noto? Ross King ________________________________ From: Koreanstudies on behalf of James B. Lewis Sent: Monday, July 28, 2025 8:51 PM To: Korean Studies Discussion List Subject: [KS] Middle Korean fonts [CAUTION: Non-UBC Email] Dear All, At the risk of irritating people with a recurring question, I venture to send this today. I'm using MS Microsoft. I am trying to set Middle Korean with a publisher, which is a very rare thing for me to do. They use Batang for all Korean, but Batang doesn't seem to produce Middle Korean. I can use the world's tiniest soft keyboard with IME input for Middle Korean, and it produces what I want, but in Malgun Gothic. Is this as good as it gets? Yours, Jay Lewis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Jihoon.Chun at ruhr-uni-bochum.de Tue Jul 29 04:02:24 2025 From: Jihoon.Chun at ruhr-uni-bochum.de (=?UTF-8?Q?CHUN_Jihoon_=E7=94=B0=E6=99=BA=E5=8B=B3?=) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:02:24 +0900 Subject: [KS] Middle Korean fonts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <19e8b02f60d0323fae395e18bc3fccb7@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Dear Professor Lewis, While I am not sure what you specifically mean by 'Middle Korean', HCR Batang font worked on MS Word manuscripts for my paper ("Reassessing the Historical Significance of Chung-kuk/Chung-kuo(Zhongguo) 中國 in East Asian Historiography – Featuring an Analysis of Hunmin chŏng'ŭm 訓民正音") in inserting chŏng'ŭm 正音 transcription as in the so-called Hunmin chŏng'ŭm ŏn-hae 訓民正音諺解. It worked for tone marks (聲調) (“·” or “:” on the left of the letter where applicable) as well. For your reference, I utilized 어듸메 (https://akorn.bab2min.pe.kr/) for some of the chŏng'ŭm transcription. Best regards, CHUN Jihoon On 2025-07-29 12:51, James B. Lewis wrote: > Dear All, > > At the risk of irritating people with a recurring question, I venture > to send this today. > > I'm using MS Microsoft. I am trying to set Middle Korean with a > publisher, which is a very rare thing for me to do. They use Batang > for all Korean, but Batang doesn't seem to produce Middle Korean. I > can use the world's tiniest soft keyboard with IME input for Middle > Korean, and it produces what I want, but in Malgun Gothic. > > Is this as good as it gets? > > Yours, > > Jay Lewis From nabibabi at gmail.com Tue Jul 29 05:33:57 2025 From: nabibabi at gmail.com (Barbara Wall) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:33:57 +0200 Subject: [KS] Middle Korean fonts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Jay and everyone struggling with this, I used "New Gulim" for my book for Middle Korean, and this font could show 아래아 and other wonderful things. But I'm very ignorant when it comes to Middle Korean, so maybe there are better options... Thank you for the question, I'm looking forward to hearing more about solutions. Best, Barbara *Barbara Wall * Associate Professor Korean Studies University of Copenhagen Mail: barbara.wall at hum.ku.dk Zoom:https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/69366189383 Website: https://ccrs.ku.dk/staff/?pure=en/persons/583023 Author of The Dynamic Essence of Transmedia Storytelling: A Graphical Approach to The Journey to the West in Korea (NOW OPEN ACCESS) PI, research project TEMPTING TUNES: Interfaces of Sound and Narrative in Korean Culture On Tue, 29 Jul 2025 at 06:19, James B. Lewis wrote: > Dear All, > > At the risk of irritating people with a recurring question, I venture to > send this today. > > I'm using MS Microsoft. I am trying to set Middle Korean with a publisher, > which is a very rare thing for me to do. They use Batang for all Korean, > but Batang doesn't seem to produce Middle Korean. I can use the world's > tiniest soft keyboard with IME input for Middle Korean, and it produces > what I want, but in Malgun Gothic. > > Is this as good as it gets? > > Yours, > > Jay Lewis > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From R.Winstanley-Chesters at leeds.ac.uk Tue Jul 29 09:50:05 2025 From: R.Winstanley-Chesters at leeds.ac.uk (Robert Winstanley-Chesters) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:50:05 +0000 Subject: [KS] Middle Korean fonts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Professor Lewis, You might remember from your days as Editor in Chief of the European Journal of Korean Studies that we solved the Middle Korean issue by using HWP files to produce the characters and diacritics, then sending images of them to the printer and proofer who could adjust them into Noto (and for EJKS at this time Noto Serif), or a home made version of Batang, using In Design the proofing/printing software. As far as I am aware Unicode doesn't support Middle Korean characters (or at least it didn't). You could suggest this to your publisher, but it depends whether their production/proofing team use In Design or some other publishing platform. I can find the thread where I discussed this with the printer/proofer if you like. At the time it was BBR Design who had worked on EJKS for years and were quite knowledgeable with Korean text. Yours Robert ________________________________ From: Koreanstudies on behalf of James B. Lewis Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2025 5:17:49 AM To: Korean Studies Discussion List Subject: [KS] Middle Korean fonts CAUTION: External Message. Use caution opening links and attachments. Dear All, At the risk of irritating people with a recurring question, I venture to send this today. I'm using MS Microsoft. I am trying to set Middle Korean with a publisher, which is a very rare thing for me to do. They use Batang for all Korean, but Batang doesn't seem to produce Middle Korean. I can use the world's tiniest soft keyboard with IME input for Middle Korean, and it produces what I want, but in Malgun Gothic. Is this as good as it gets? Yours, Jay Lewis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From thorsten.traulsen at rub.de Tue Jul 29 12:52:29 2025 From: thorsten.traulsen at rub.de (Thorsten Traulsen) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 18:52:29 +0200 Subject: [KS] Middle Korean fonts (Thorsten Traulsen) Message-ID: Dear Jay, for a long time I used New Batang (새바탕) in my Middle Korean related word documents which covered every syllable block I needed including Tongguk chôngûm spellings with the exception of one or two (can’t remember which one but it was a very rare non-standard combination) plus kugyôl and many "Korean hancha“. I had no problems with that until 2017 when MS Word on my then new Apple computer refused to display New Batang and made me switch to Apple Pages instead. In addition, there is the coding problem. New Batang as well as the very similar HaanSoft Batang are based on the old proprietary Korean coding while Noto is based on Unicode and thus should work on all platforms and programs. I recently switched to Noto and started to convert my old files - passage by passage - into Noto/Unicode by means of this online tool which also serves as an input device: https://xn--gt1b.xyz/oko/ However, my MS Word under Apple OS still has problems displaying the premodern nasal ㆁ ‹​ŋ ​› (not ㅇ) in syllable final position so I stick with Apple Pages. I guess it may work just fine on MS computers. All other premodern syllables are displayed correctly now even in Word-on-Apple. Maybe the easiest way for you would be to add New Batang if the editor wants to stick to Batang. 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Even if they include the Extended‑A/Extended‑B Jamo blocks (for Middle Korean), you cannot legally embed or export these fonts to other systems (Mac/Linux) because they are licensed by Microsoft. In addition, they may simply vanish in a couple of years when Microsoft ships a new OS. Avoid proprietary Korean‑system fonts for the same reason if you want to create a truly future‑proof "product" that anyone can read without going through some complex transfer in 5, 10, or 15 years on a new digital medium. In that regard, the Noto fonts--updated regularly and now released under the SIL Open Font License--provide the latest encodings. (Update them if you still have an old edition, and download the current version directly from https://fonts.google.com/noto/fonts, not from a 3rd party source that may have reposted them, to avoid getting an old release.) They are cross‑platform compatible and available in multiple styles; I believe Noto Serif CJK KR was mentioned, which works especially nice, visually, in the body text and/or if mixed with western language fonts. Whatever other fonts might be designed later will very likely all be upward‑compatible with Noto (which isn't the case with these Microsoft fonts). Best, Frank _______________________________ Frank Hoffmann https://koreanstudies.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From linda.tobash at koreasociety.org Tue Jul 29 16:53:58 2025 From: linda.tobash at koreasociety.org (Linda Tobash) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:53:58 -0400 Subject: [KS] Sherman Family Emerging Scholar Lecture Award - Last two weeks to apply! Message-ID: [image: 7fd844f2-f95e-44fa-8ae2-9c1366f4cd17.png] *Call for Applications -- Last two weeks to apply! * The Korea Society is now accepting applications through August 10, 2025 for the ninth annual *Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture Award*. The Society is seeking from students, dscholars, researchers and specialists representative of a wide range osf disciplines and backgrounds. Prior awardees have explored topics in the arts, architecture, political science and technology and have included Ph.D. candidates, junior professors, researchers and professionals. Former applicants have hailed from colleges and universities, research institutions and non-profit organizations in the U.S. *Program Benefits *for the awardee include: - the opportunity to conduct a public, in-person lecture at The Korea Society in fall 2025—the lecture is live-streamed and recorded to allow ongoing access on the Society’s website and YouTube channel; - round-trip air travel to New York City and hotel accommodations and incidentals for two-nights; - a $2,500 honorarium; - a plaque and, - the opportunity to gain wider visibility for one’s work and to become part of a group of distinguished *alumni. * *Click HERE to access the* * Sherman Lecture application!* Process: - After a technical review in August, a committee of experts in the field reviews short-listed applications in early September. - Awardee is announced by late September. - Public lecture held at the Society in fall 2025 at a convenient time for the awardee. 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Ross alerted me to a couple of fonts I have yet to install, but most importantly, to Noto; Chun Jihoon reminded me of HCR Batang; Barbara pointed me to New Gulim; Robert reminded me a nightmare that I had (until now) repressed; Thorsten alerted me to New Batang; and Frank warned me about the danger of monopoly capital and brought me back to Noto. Indeed, Noto Serif KR is elegant (and open source), with apologies to those who have trouble seeing serif fonts. I want to thank you all and any others who still may contribute to my plea for help. On a personal note, I have been waiting years for Middle Korean to become as easy to input and produce as Modern Korean. I still have fond memories of HWP (2.0?) and what was then its miraculous production of Korean (modern and Middle) all together with Japanese, Chinese, and English, all in one text, without spacing problems. Yours, Jay Lewis ______________________________ On 30/07/2025 04:51, Frank Hoffmann wrote: > Dear All, > > Just a logistical note about the Middle Korean font issue--an aspect > to keep in mind when choosing which font to use (and not just for > Middle Korean): > > If you only care about the print version of a book or journal, > whatever font works for you is fine. But if you're forward‑looking and > considering digital access across various media, you really want to > avoid Microsoft Windows system fonts such as New Gulim or HCR Batang > (that were also mentioned here). Even if they include the > Extended‑A/Extended‑B Jamo blocks (for Middle Korean), you cannot > legally embed or export these fonts to other systems (Mac/Linux) > because they are licensed by Microsoft. In addition, they may simply > vanish in a couple of years when Microsoft ships a new OS. Avoid > proprietary Korean‑system fonts for the same reason if you want to > create a truly future‑proof "product" that anyone can read without > going through some complex transfer in 5, 10, or 15 years on a new > digital medium. In that regard, the Noto fonts--updated regularly and > now released under the SIL Open Font License--provide the latest > encodings. (Update them if you still have an old edition, and download > the current version directly from https://fonts.google.com/noto/fonts, > not from a 3rd party source that may have reposted them, to avoid > getting an old release.) They are cross‑platform compatible and > available in multiple styles; I believe Noto Serif CJK KR was > mentioned, which works especially nice, visually, in the body text > and/or if mixed with western language fonts. Whatever other fonts > might be designed later will very likely all be upward‑compatible with > Noto (which isn't the case with these Microsoft fonts). > > > Best, > Frank > > > _______________________________ > Frank Hoffmann > https://koreanstudies.com -- Dr. James B. Lewis Associate Professor of Korean History, University of Oxford Fellow of Wolfson College Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies 1 Pusey Lane, Oxford, OX1 2LE United Kingdom https://www.ames.ox.ac.uk/people/james-b-lewis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ch10 at soas.ac.uk Wed Jul 30 08:55:39 2025 From: ch10 at soas.ac.uk (Charlotte Horlyck) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 12:55:39 +0000 Subject: [KS] New position at SOAS: Lecturer in Korean Digital Media Message-ID: Dear Colleagues I am pleased to share the advert for this new 2-year fixed-term position in Korean Digital Media in School of Arts, SOAS. https://vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/742244 Closing Sept 1 2025. Any enquires, pls email me: ch10 at soas.ac.uk Best wishes Charlotte -- Dr. Charlotte Horlyck 샬롯홀릭SFHEA, Head of School of Arts/ Professor in the History of Korean Art SOAS, University of London. Tel: 02078984704; Office: 429 (Main building) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sungjinshin at yonsei.ac.kr Thu Jul 31 07:46:44 2025 From: sungjinshin at yonsei.ac.kr (Sungjin Shin) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:46:44 +0900 Subject: [KS] CFP Reminder: 2025 Situations International Conference: Precarity and Injustice Message-ID: Dear Korean Studies List, *Situations* is currently accepting essays for presentation at our annual conference titled *"Precarity and Injustice: A Global Reckoning of Our Time."* The conference will take place on October 23-24, 2025, at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. If you are interested in the topic, we warmly invite you to submit a 4,000-word conference paper for presentation. Please send your submission to situations at yonsei.ac.kr and skrhee at yonsei.ac.kr by* August 15, 2025*. See below for details: *2025 Situations International Conference* *Precarity and Injustice: A **Global** Reckoning of Our Time* October 23-24, 2025 Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan The *Situations* journal has done several issues around the idea of precarity in the previous years. It is an issue of grave concern these days, as we witness the damages of climate change, wars, disease, ageing, racism, militarism, rising unemployment, and low fertility rate unfolding before us. While much of the discussion of precarity is geared towards raising our awareness of crises, articulated with affect, job insecurity, and mobility, little attention is paid to its articulation with injustice, as in the cases of the transnationalized, racialized and gendered chain of care and affective labor on a global scale and the rise of global surrogacy industries as a solution to infertility. In addition, while justice is a goal that any society aspires to, the uneven development of geography, technology, labor condition, gender and sexuality consciousness has not only polarized our society along race, gender, class, and generational lines, but also recentered precarity as a symptom of injustice, begging us to rethink what justice means in light of the great disparity and increasing precarity on all fronts. The return of Donald Trump to U.S. presidency moreover brought precarity to the foreground, and specifically exposed the precarity of minorities and undocumented migrants, denied the rights of Palestinians to return to Gaza, and sabotaged the sovereignty of Ukrainians who had fought a bloody war to keep their country and resources intact, now seeming in vain. Whereas the unending war in Ukraine illuminates the injustice of the international geopolitics through which the Ukrainian lives and sovereignty are made precarious, Trump’s call to “take over Gaza” overwrites precarity with a discourse of insecurity that regards securitization as privatization and transaction. The expanding gentrification in the name of development and the pandemic in Asia and beyond, moreover, painfully exposed the precarity of migrant labor, ageing population, first-line care workers and medical respondents, as well as the hegemony of bourgeois ideology that is making the city hospital to some, but not others. The emphasis on tight control over borders since the Covid years has created precarity for racialized/gendered/nationalized subjects (in the case of the Atlanta Spa Shooting of 2021) and explicit forms of xenophobia in many parts of the world where biometrics is fast becoming the cutting-edge means of control that enables subtle forms of racism and puts democracy in jeopardy. In Asia, the precarity discourse is usually associated with the dwindling of the future for the younger generation, which manifests in the rising cost of living, hiking unemployment rate, lack of an intimate life, and the quick drop of fertility. These issues raise questions about reproductive justice (the mounting pressure of raising a family and the increase in the rate of divorce and singlehood), social alienation and the rise of digital intimacy, and the outsourcing of care and reproductive labor to migrant workers and surrogate parenthood that is reconfiguring the notion of kinship. Therefore, rather than looking at precarity as a singularized frame of analysis, informed by neoliberalism, it might be helpful to capture how precarity intersects with injustice, along the global chain of supply and securitization discourse on border control; and how a renewed politics of solidarity and coalition, along with an expanded vision of family andkinship, informed by our relational interdependence, may emerge from our reckoning with and theorization of the current conjunctures. It is an issue that requires a global approach Through this collaboration between South Korea’s Yonsei University and Taiwan’s Academia Sinica, *Situations *hopes to provide a global approach to our precarious modernity and grounded analysis of the vexing problems at hand. Papers addressing the following topics in Asia and beyond, though not exclusive to them, are welcomed: 1. Precarity, intimacy, and reproductive justice 2. Precarity and the right of mobility in political crises 3. Precarity and ageing society 4. Precarity and transitional and/or transnational justice 5. Precarity and solidarity and coalition building 6. Precarity, urban gentrification, and natural disaster 7. Precarity and the remaking of geography and place (refugee camps, occupy movement for instance) 8. Precarity, militarism, and peace activism 9. Precarity, political injustice, and democracy 10. Precarity, indigeneity, and minority survival 11. Precarity, climate crisis, and environmental injustice 12. Precarity, digital divide, and sociocultural exclusion 13. Precarity, migrant labor, and citizenship 14. Surrogacy, family values, and heteronormativity 15. Precarity and queer imaginations *Keynote Speakers:* Professor John Nguyet Erni, The Education University of Hong Kong Professor Anne Allison, Duke University Professor Sujin Lee, University of Victoria Professor Shao-hua Liu, Academia Sinica Early inquiries with 200-word abstracts are appreciated. *We* *invite you to submit your 4,000-word Chicago-style conference presentation with its abstract and keywords by August 15, 2025* (the acceptance of the presentation will be decided based on the 4,000-word paper). Each invited participant is then expected to turn his or her conference presentation into a finished 6,000-word paper for possible inclusion in a future issue of the SCOPUS-indexed journal, *Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context*. All inquiries and submissions should be sent to both situations at yonsei.ac.kr and skrhee at yonsei.ac.kr. Submissions should follow the Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.), using only endnotes. *Notes: Accommodation will be provided for participants whose papers are accepted. Presenters will share twin rooms.* -- Sungjin Shin, Ph.D. Instructor and Postdoctoral Researcher Department of English Language and Literature Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dcoh at syr.edu Thu Jul 31 13:22:27 2025 From: dcoh at syr.edu (David C Oh) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:22:27 +0000 Subject: [KS] CfP: Theorizing the global popularity of South Korean media within de-Westernizing frameworks Message-ID: Call for Papers (special issue of Television and New Media): Theorizing the global popularity of South Korean media within de-Westernizing frameworks The flows of South Korean media and pop music (K-pop) across the globe (or hallyu) are among the most visible signals of a more multipolar global media culture. Although there has been a proliferation of research in what is increasingly called “Korean Wave Studies,” heretofore, most theory-building has relied heavily on explanatory frameworks developed outside Korea. The purpose of this special issue is to call on scholars to articulate new theoretical directions that center local contexts. We are not calling for an abandonment of a Western canon but, rather, theoretical contributions that are not overly indebted to it. We encourage scholars to push theoretical boundaries in order to make generative contributions that not only move forward the study of Korean media and, perhaps, the study of other East Asian media but that produce multipolar centers of knowledge production, which can contribute to a richer, global body of literature. The counterflows of global Korean media have attracted growing academic interest in terms of emerging cultural diversity, resistance to “minor” cultures and the ability to envision life outside of the unilateral construction of the West as the model of modernity and liberal democracy. Currently, however, most efforts to theorize the global flows of Korean media and popular culture have applied existing Western theories without fully considering local contexts. There have been some calls to decolonize and de-Westernize the study of (East) Asian popular culture, but even hallyu studies that explain the global popularity of Korean media through post-colonial theories such as hybridity, self-Orientalism, or post-colonial desire still draw upon existing theories popular in the Western academy rather than generate a new theoretical ferment. Although this work has been productive, the context in which these theories developed differ from Korea’s postcolonial condition. Unlike postcolonial states dominated by the West, Korea’s colonial subjugation was violently enforced by Japan, a regional neighbor, and was displaced by the U.S.’s imperial ambitions in the Pacific Islands and East Asia. The post-coloniality of Korea and Korean culture differs from the societies that postcolonial theorists examined. Moreover, the dynamics of globalizing Korean media and the current use of new media often fit uneasily. Korean media have heavily relied on new media strategies, and the nation’s cultural industries currently produce innovative digital content and platforms (i.e. digital games, webtoon, digital K-pop platforms). In the process, Korean media industries frequently intervene in the global political economic system by mobilizing popular participation worldwide through new media which raise new social and political issues such as affective labor and affective social movements. As global popularity of Korean media matures within the existing global hegemonic order, innovative efforts of Korean media are oftentimes created for but constrained by its economic need to export its media contents within a techno global hegemonic system. These transformations require more theoretical work and should move toward more nuanced explanatory frameworks. We believe that it is necessary to develop new directions in the study of global Korean media. The purpose of this special issue is to build new theory that richly draws upon the specific context of globalizing South Korean media. This call takes up a similar ethos to Korean media, which is created within its local context but with a motivation to move beyond national or regional boundaries. Topics that scholars might address include, but are not limited to: * New theoretical outlooks in the de-Westernization of Hallyu studies * Theoretical implications of new media use among global Hallyu and K-pop fans * Indigenizing and localizing theories in the context of new trends of Korean media and counterflows to global hegemony * Theorizing the simultaneity of the post and the neocolonial in Korean media and popular culture and localizing cultural theories * Reimagination of de-Westernizing theories that take into account the creativity of Korean cultural platforms amidst dynamic changes in the global media sphere * Counterflows of Korean media in the world hegemonic order and the theoretical implications of de-westernization * Theoretical implications of transnational fandom in relation to their social networking and technological production of intimate fan-idol relations through new media platforms. * Live experiences of global fans’ uses of new media and cultural strategies of popular democracy * Theoretical issues of popular participation in innovative production and civic movements through global Hallyu platforms * New methodological directions in Korean wave studies from the de-westernizing perspective Papers due by December 30, 2025. Submissions should be made through the journal website, https://journals.sagepub.com/author-instructions/TVN. Submissions should write the name of the Special Issue in the “Cover Letter.” Individual articles should be no more than 7500 words inclusive. Please adhere to the journal’s submission guidelines, http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/45650_Manuscript_Submission.pdf Should you have any queries, feel free to forward it to Dr. Sunny Yoon at syoon at hanyang.ac.kr. Guest editors Dr. Sunny Yoon is a Professor of Media and Communication at Hanyang University in South Korea. She has published widely on cultural studies, visual culture and ethnographic studies of media audiences. Her research also includes new technologies including digital games, social media, AI and digital media from the cultural studies perspective. She has authored numerous books including the monograph, Social media and cultural politics of Korean pop culture in East Asia (Routledge 2023). David Oh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communications in the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. He has authored books about Asian Americans and media and has edited books in critical Korean popular culture studies. In addition, he has published roughly 50 peer-reviewed essays in journals and edited collections, sits on eleven Editorial Boards in communication, cultural studies, fan studies, and media studies. In 2018-19, he was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Note: No payment from authors is required. -- David C. Oh Associate Professor | S.I. 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URL: From ch.song at auckland.ac.nz Thu Jul 31 19:49:15 2025 From: ch.song at auckland.ac.nz (Changzoo Song) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 23:49:15 +0000 Subject: [KS] =?windows-1252?q?Invitation=3A_Professor_Takeyuki_Tsuda_on_Et?= =?windows-1252?q?hnic_Diversity_in_the_Japanese_Diaspora_=96_K-Diaspora_Col?= =?windows-1252?q?loquium_=2811_August=2C_3=964_PM_NZST=29?= Message-ID: Invitation: Professor Takeyuki Tsuda on Ethnic Diversity in the Japanese Diaspora – K-Diaspora Colloquium (11 August, 3–4 PM NZST) Dear Friends, We are pleased to invite you to a special seminar in the University of Auckland’s K-Diaspora Colloquia Series, featuring Professor Takeyuki (Gaku) Tsuda from Arizona State University. His talk, titled: “Ethnic Diversity in the Japanese Diaspora” will explore the complex diversity within Japanese diaspora communities—specifically the experiences of Japanese Brazilians and Japanese Americans—with attention to their ethnic status, identity formation, and transnational connections to Japan. Although these groups share a common Japanese heritage, their histories, national affiliations, and experiences of racialisation and assimilation diverge significantly. As later-generation ethnic minorities, they have been shaped by the distinct social and cultural contexts of Brazil and the United States, respectively—leading to contrasting forms of minority identity, intra-group division, and transnational belonging. For instance, Japanese Brazilians tend to maintain a more visible and pronounced “Japanese” identity than their Japanese American counterparts. While the K-Diaspora Colloquia Series primarily focuses on Korean diasporas, we also welcome insights from other diaspora experiences—such as the Japanese diaspora—to foster comparative understanding of migration, identity, and belonging. This talk will provide valuable perspectives that resonate with and deepen our understanding of Korean diasporic experiences as well. This seminar is part of the AKS Strategic Research Hub programme in Korean Studies at the University of Auckland, generously supported by the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS). Event Details: • Date & Time: Monday, 11 August 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (NZST) • Location: Pat Hanan Room (Building 207 – Room 501), University of Auckland / Online via Zoom • Online Participation: Available via Zoom (pre-registration required). Please register here: https://auckland.zoom.us/meeting/register/wHbmpNu_St6cznx9BOji6g We look forward to your participation. 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My colleague Joon-Li Kim worked hard on the translation with Doo-Sun Ryu, and Joon-Li asked to use an image of one of my hanji dress art pieces for the cover. The goal of this series is to bring more Korean literature into translation for English readers, and I hope you and your libraries consider it for your collections and teaching. More about /No Hand Held Mine/: An elderly Korean woman talking about being forced into sexual slavery during World War II. A modern Korean woman extricating herself from a failing relationship with an artist. Award-winning South Korean writer Kim Soom presents us with portraits of two women who couldn’t be more different but who both show resilience and compassion. /No Hand Held Mine: Stories/, containing one non-fiction piece and one short story, demonstrates the power and breadth of Kim’s writing. “Granny Wild Goose” uses former Comfort Woman Gil Won-Ok’s own words, recorded during conversations with Kim, to tell her life story of brutality, betrayal, and survival. In “The Root’s Tale,” the female protagonist comes to understand the strength of solitary women. Both devastating and reaffirming, /No Hand Held Mine/ shows why Kim Soom has received every major literary award in Korea. Joon-Li Kim and Doo-Sun Ryu’s sensitive translation maintains Kim’s lyricism and exquisite imagery. 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My hanji dresses are included as well as a new large format artists' book using hanji and indigo. From the show introduction, curated by Kevin Greenwood, Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art: At the intersection of tradition and innovation, Sarah Brayer, Aimee Lee, and Lin Yan transform handmade paper into powerful expressions of cultural memory and contemporary identity. Each artist works within distinct East Asian papermaking traditions—Brayer with Japanese /washi/, Lee with Korean /hanji/, and Lin with Chinese /Xuanzhi/—yet all three engage in a meditative dialogue between ancient craft and modern vision. Their works embody the paradoxical nature of paper—seemingly delicate yet remarkably resilient, characteristics that create a powerful metaphor. Through their hands, the medium of paper allows space for improvisation and renewal, while remaining a vessel of remembrance and tradition. Whether through Brayer’s metaphysical contemplations and fluid compositions, created as the wet fibers coalesce on a screen, Lee’s exploration of self and community through engagement with harvested materials and labor-intensive methods, or Lin’s reflection on the fleeting quality of time and memory by recording the physical texture of architecture in sculpted paper, these artists demonstrate how paper—with its ability to hold both history and possibility in its fibers—can be a catalyst for becoming something completely new. https://amam.oberlin.edu/exhibitions-events/exhibitions/2025/07/29/fibers-of-becoming-contemporary-paper-works-by-sarah-brayer-aimee-lee-and-lin-yan The exhibit is open through May 24, 2026. I will present an artist talk on the Thurs evening, Nov 6, 2025. I hope you can visit! Aimee -- aimeelee.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: