The State's Sexuality: Prostitution and Postcolonial Nation Building in South Korea
When:
Thursday, November 7, 2024
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CT
Where: Harris Hall, 108, 1881 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
(847) 491-5288
Group: Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Co-Sponsor:
East Asia Research Forum
Category: Academic
Description:
Please join us for a special lecture by Dr. Park Jeong-Mi on her 2024 publication, The State’s Sexuality: Prostitution and Postcolonial Nation Building in South Korea (University of California Press).
The State’s Sexuality investigates the intertwined history of prostitution and the building of South Korea’s postcolonial nation-state from 1945 to present. Dr. Park will give a one-hour lecture on The State’s Sexuality, followed by a Q&A with the audience.
Dr. Park Jeong-Mi, Associate Professor of Sociology, Chungbuk National University 2024-25 Fulbright Scholar at George Washington University Harris.
Thank you to our co-sponsors:
East Asia Research Forum
CCHS
SPAN
History
Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities