3:00 PM to 4:00 PM| Exhibit Reception
(For In-Person Attendees Only)
A reception for the exhibit "Mundanity of North Korea," on display in Geisel Library, will be held in the Seuss Room and Lobby. Korean refreshments will be served.
4:00 PM to 6:15 PM Lectures and Q&A
(In-Person and Online)
The reception will be followed by lectures featuring two prominent scholars of North Korea, with opening remarks by Professor Jin-Kyung Lee, Director of UC San Diego Transnational Korean Studies.
Professor Suk-Young Kim, (UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television) and Professor B.G. Muhn (Georgetown University, Department of Art and Art History), will discuss their work on North Korean culture. Professor Kim's presentation will explore how media technologies designed North Korea's own "intranet" for its people during the new millennium. Professor Muhn, a nine-time visitor to North Korea over the past six years, will share his experience of a relatively unknown field of North Korean art, Chosonhwa (조선화). Q&A will follow each presentation.
Admission/Cost: FREE Please Register
Location:
Geisel Library
9500 Gilman Drive
San Diego, CA
Thursday, December 7 - 3:00 PM to 6:30 PM
