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X-WR-CALNAME:URGENCY!  A PANEL DISCUSSION ON HAN KANG\, 2024 NOBEL LAUREATE
  IN LITERATURE
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DESCRIPTION:Event Details\n\nJoin us at Boston College for a panel discussi
 on on the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature\, South Korean nove
 list Han Kang. The first Asian woman to receive this prestigious award\, H
 an Kang was honored by the Nobel Committee for her “intense poetic prose
  that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life
 .” Her works resonate deeply in today's world\, where crises in democrac
 y and the environment are ever-present. This panel features distinguished 
 experts: Prof. Ji-Eun Lee from Washington University in St. Louis\, Prof. 
 Min Song from the English Department\, and Prof. Seung Hee Jeon\, the firs
 t English translator of Han Kang’s work. Together\, they will explore th
 e profound relevance of Han Kang’s literature in our contemporary world.
 \n\nChair & Panelists\n\nChair: Prof. Franziska Seraphim (Boston College\,
  History Department /Asian Studies)\n\nPanelists: Prof. Ji-Eun Lee (Washin
 gton University in St.Louis\, Korean Language & Literature)\, Prof. Min So
 ng (Boston College\, English Department)\, Prof. Seung Hee Jeon (Boston Co
 llege\, Department of Eastern\, Slavic\, and German Studies)\n\nCo-sponsor
 s\n\nAsian Studies\, Department of Eastern\, Slavic\, and German Studies\,
  The Global Korea Project\, Department of English
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LOCATION:McGuinn Hall\, Room 121
SUMMARY:URGENCY!  A PANEL DISCUSSION ON HAN KANG\, 2024 NOBEL LAUREATE IN L
 ITERATURE
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.bc.edu/event/urgency-a-panel-discussion-on-han
 -kang-2024-nobel-laureate-in-literature
CATEGORIES:Conference
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