Lecture: ’Korean War: Public Memory & Post-Cold War Perspectives’ by Henry Em

TITLE: ’Korean War: Public Memory & Post-Cold War Perspectives’ SPEAKER: Prof. Henry Em DATE: Tuesday. July 26, 2022. 7:30PM (Seoul) Abstract: Official narratives about the Korean War “guard” their publics against dissonant memories and dangerous scholarship. As official narratives are continually repeated, they define the horizon of loyal citizenship. Thus, to acquire a critical understanding of the origins and the character of the Korean War requires considerable intellectual, political, and emotional investment. This lecture provides a glimpse into scholarship that take steps in that direction. Speaker: Henry Em (임흥순) is associate professor of Korean history at Yonsei University Underwood International College. He was born in Seoul, grew up in Chicago, and received his BA, MA, and PhD (History, 1995) from the University of Chicago. From 1995 to 2013, he was assistant professor at UCLA and University of Michigan, and associate professor at NYU. He b