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Emanuel Yi Pastreich<\/strong><\/p>\n Associate Professor \n \n Friday, May 15, 6\u00a0PM<\/strong> New Millennium Hall<\/p>\n Yonsei University<\/p>\n This talk considers the competing cultural identities of Seoul: Gangnam (South of the river) whose brash spirit is embodied in Psy\u2019s hit song and Gangbuk (North of the River) a subtle urban space of tight-knit urban communities. How has the tension between these two cultures stimulated cultural production in Seoul and driven the cities evolution even from its founding in the late fourteenth century? What are the prospects for Seoul’s cultural\u00a0future?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emanuel Yi Pastreich Associate Professor College of International Studies, Kyung Hee University Director, The Asia Institute “A Tale of Two Cities: Seoul as the Byzantium of the 21st Century” Friday, May 15, 6\u00a0PM Room 107 New Millennium Hall Yonsei University Seoul has emerged at the center of a new economic and cultural order in … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9296425,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-talks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/green-liberty.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/green-liberty.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/green-liberty.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/green-liberty.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9296425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/green-liberty.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/green-liberty.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/green-liberty.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/green-liberty.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/green-liberty.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCollege of International Studies, Kyung Hee University
\nDirector, The Asia Institute<\/p>\n“A Tale of Two Cities: Seoul as the Byzantium of the 21st<\/sup> Century”<\/h3>\n
\nRoom 107<\/p>\n
\n<\/em><\/strong>Seoul has emerged at the center of a new economic and cultural order in East Asia and this massive city is increasingly making its presence felt around the world through its music, art, fashion and movies. Could it be that Seoul is becoming the dominant political and cultural center of Asia while remaining closely tied to the United States?\u00a0 Seoul\u2019s rise brings to mind the relationship between Rome and Byzantium in another age.<\/p>\n