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The Seoul 1988 Olympic Games and Urban Renewal: a longer view

By Professor Lisa Kim Davis/Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Series

Monday, April 06, 2009
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA United States

Professor Lisa Kim Davis will discuss the ongoing impact of the Seoul Olympics on Seoul's physical environment and in the later half of the colloquium lead a discussion of interdisciplinarity and the study of Korea, comparative scholarship (much of Davis's work compares Seoul with other Northeast Asian mega-cities) and the beauty of/trap of particularism in Korean Studies.

Cost: Free