Wayne Patterson (Department of History, St. Norbert's College)
| DATE: | Friday, October 29, 2004 |
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| TIME: | 4:00-6:00 p.m. |
| PLACE: | IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton St., 6th Floor |
| FORMAT: | Colloquium |
| SPONSOR: | Center for Korean Studies, Center for Japanese Studies |
This lecture will examine the immigration process that began one hundred years ago reveals that American policy and actions toward late Choson Korea operated at two distinct levels that were at cross purposes with each other. It also suggests that the Japanese takeover of Korea was not only a matter of security but also involved considerations of national prestige.
Wayne Patterson is the author of numerous books and articles on Korean immigration including The Golden Mountain: The Autobiography of a Korean Immigrant, 1895-1960 by Easurk Emsen Charr. Second Edition. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1996; Korean-American Relations, 1866-1997. Albany: SUNY Press, 1999 (With Yur-Bok Lee); The Ilse: First-Generation Korean Immigrants in Hawaii, 1903-1973. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2000. (Nominated for the Kapalapala Po'okela Award and the Association for Asian American Studies Book Award); The Korean American Journey [Korian Amerikan ui Paljachwi]. New York: Canaan Printing Company, 2002. (With Daniel Eunsup Shim, Hesung Chun Koh, Edward Taehan Chang, Sang Joon Choi, and Robert Hyung-Chan Kim); The Koreans in Hawaii: A Pictorial History, 1903-2003. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003. (With Roberta W. S. Chang).
Free and open to the public.
Sponsored by a grant from the Korea Foundation.
