One of our classmates, Emanual Pastreich, is an expert in Asian studies and will be discussion Korea's future later this month:

Scholars of the World Discuss Korea's Future

Lecturer:

Emanuel Pastreich

Date:

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm

Venue:

Second floor Residents’ Lounge, Somerset Palace

Admission:

7,000 won (non-member); free for members

This talk presents some of the Asia Institute interviews with such scholars as Francis Fukuyama, Benjamin Barber and Noam Chomsky concerning contemporary Korean society. The topics covered include populism, social welfare, education, free trade and the outsider in politics. The event is an opportunity for a broader discussion among attendees.

Emanuel Pastreich serves as associate professor of humanities at the Graduate School of Pan Pacific and International Studies at Kyung Hee University and as director of the Asia Institute (asia-institute.org). Pastreich has written extensively on East Asian studies, specifically his original field of intellectual history of the 17th and 18th centuries, and also on international relations and science policy. He has worked as a consultant to both local and central government in Korea, as well as a variety of American, Korean and Japanese organizations. He served as adviser to the governor of Chungnam, Korea, Korea’s largest industrial cluster, the Mayor of Gwangju City, the Mayor of Daejeon and the CEO of the Daedeok research cluster. His activities have extended to public relations, international relations, FDI, tourism, agriculture and academic exchanges. Pastreich taught at George Washington University in Washington D.C. while serving as an advisor to the ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States. He was also the editor-in-chief of the journal "Dynamic Korea" (2005-2007). He is author of four books.