{"id":15054,"date":"2016-03-31T10:47:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T14:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=15054"},"modified":"2016-04-14T16:11:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T20:11:27","slug":"8th-annual-introduction-asia-conference-sets-sights-korean-japanese-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/8th-annual-introduction-asia-conference-sets-sights-korean-japanese-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"8th Annual Introduction to Asia Conference sets sights on Korean and Japanese culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/03\/foreign-language-week-2014-japanese-calligraphy-10.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14948\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-attachment-id=\"14948\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/foreign-language-week-2016\/foreign-language-week-2014-japanese-calligraphy-10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/03\/foreign-language-week-2014-japanese-calligraphy-10.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,850\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Michael Miller&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D300S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1395661468&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;42&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"foreign-language-week-2014-japanese-calligraphy-10\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/03\/foreign-language-week-2014-japanese-calligraphy-10-1024x680.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14948 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/03\/foreign-language-week-2014-japanese-calligraphy-10-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"foreign-language-week-2014-japanese-calligraphy-10\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/03\/foreign-language-week-2014-japanese-calligraphy-10-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/03\/foreign-language-week-2014-japanese-calligraphy-10-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/03\/foreign-language-week-2014-japanese-calligraphy-10-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/03\/foreign-language-week-2014-japanese-calligraphy-10-580x385.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/03\/foreign-language-week-2014-japanese-calligraphy-10-610x405.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/03\/foreign-language-week-2014-japanese-calligraphy-10-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/03\/foreign-language-week-2014-japanese-calligraphy-10-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/03\/foreign-language-week-2014-japanese-calligraphy-10.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>**<strong>Update<\/strong>: for those wishing to attend the museum event, there is <strong>no longer a need to fill out the application<\/strong>. Simply contact Jeffrey Melnik at\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:edast@utc.edu\">edast@utc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UTC\u2019s Asia Program is hosting the University\u2019s 8th Annual Introduction to Asia Conference. UTC faculty, staff, students, and the general public are cordially invited to attend all or some of the sessions. The conference will take place on <\/span><b>Wednesday<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>April 13 12:00-4:45 P.M.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>University Center Auditorium <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">followed by an off-campus program at the Creative Discovery Museum. For detailed information about the day\u2019s events, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/asia-program\/conference.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">visit their website here.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The Introduction to Asia Conference is a free event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As the keynote speaker, Republic of Korea Consul General Seong-jin Kim will explore the relationship between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the U.S. Other topics for the conference\u2019s four sessions include:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-\u201cJapanese Culture Now and Then: From Samurai to Pokemon\u201d-<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/international-students\/profiles\/lsf776.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Takeo Suzuki<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Executive Director, UTC Office of International Students<\/span><\/p>\n<p>-\u201cThe Korean War, The Cold War, and American National Interests\u201d-Sean N. Kalic, Department of Military History, US Army Command and Staff College<\/p>\n<p>-Panel Discussion: \u201cLearning from Asia, Learning from the United States\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The conference will wrap-up with a visit to the exhibit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdmfun.org\/exhibits\/\">\u201cHeart and Seoul: Growing Up in Korea,\u201d<\/a> at the Creative Discovery Museum. This exhibit is free and open to the public, but event goers <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">must<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> register with an application that can be found <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/asia-program\/conference.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and numbers are limited. Please send museum visit applications to Jeffrey Melnik at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:edast@utc.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">edast@utc.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For any questions about the conference call <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">423-425-2118<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or email <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/asia-program\/profiles\/bdk789.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jeffrey Melnik<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">edast@utc.edu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Support provided by the Freeman Foundation, the Consulate-General of the Republic of Korea in Atlanta, the Creative Discovery Museum, the Apgar Foundation, the ROTC Military Science and Leadership Program, the College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies, and the UTC Office of International Students. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the keynote speaker, Republic of Korea Consul General Seong-jin Kim will explore the relationship between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the U.S. UTC&#8217;s Takeo Suzuki will present \u201cJapanese Culture Now and Then: From Samurai to Pokemon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/8th-annual-introduction-asia-conference-sets-sights-korean-japanese-culture\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":858,"featured_media":14950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,15,12659,7712,6743],"tags":[12921,4,12699,12922,12923,12683],"class_list":{"0":"post-15054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus","8":"category-college-of-health-education-and-professional-studies","9":"category-events-entertainment","10":"category-faculty-and-staff","11":"category-international-programs","12":"tag-asia-program","13":"tag-culture","14":"tag-introduction-to-asia-conference","15":"tag-japanese-culture","16":"tag-korean-culture","17":"tag-office-of-international-programs","18":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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