The 20th Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium in the Korean Humanities
Generations: A Century of Modern Korean Literature
Saturday, October 13, 2012, 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Harry Harding Auditorium, 1957 E Street, NW, Room 213
Washington, DC 20052
http://www.gwu.edu/~eall/hms
Featured Speakers:
Three Korean Authors, Hye-kyung Lee, Jung-hee Oh, and Sae-young Oh
and
Kyeong-Hee
Choi, University of Chicago; Theodore Hughes, Columbia University;
Yung-Hee Kim, University of Hawai‘i; Ji-Eun Lee,
Washington University
in St. Louis; Youngju Ryu, University of Michigan
EVENT
The
29th annual HMS Colloquium celebrates a century of Modern Korean
Literature.
Distinguished scholars and prize-winning authors will
discuss Korean literature that has
flourished through the tumultuous
history of modern Korea. The highlight of this year's
event is a dialog
between literary scholars, prominent authors, and the Washington
audience.
On the eve of the Colloquium, the Korean authors will speak at
a special event provided at
the Korean Cultural Center of the Korean
Embassy.*
BACKGROUND
The
HMS Colloquium series provides a forum for academic discussion of
Korean humanities
in the context of East Asia and the world. The series
was created by an endowment established
by the estate of Hahn Moo-Sook,
one of Korea’s most honored writers, to uphold her spirit of
openness,
curiosity and commitment to education. The 20th HMS colloquium is
co-organized
with the Literature Translation Institute of Korea and
co-sponsored by GW’s Columbian College
of Arts and Sciences, Department
of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Sigur Center for
Asian Studies,
Institute for Ethnographic Research, and the Korean Cultural Center of
the
Korean Embassy.
Lunch is served. This event is free and open to the public. However, reservations are required.
Please RSVP with your name, affiliation, address, and phone number to kimrenau@gwu.edu
or (202) 994-7107.
* The Korean authors will speak in a special program titled “K-Literature: An Evening
with Korean Writers” on Friday, October 12,
6:00–9:00 p.m. at the Korean Cultural Center of the Korean Embassy,
2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20008. RSVP: lmhlucy@koreaembassy.org.
