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Korea +50: No Longer Forgotten

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The Legacy of Korea: A 50th Anniversary Conference
October 25-27, 2001

Sponsors: Truman Presidential Museum & Library and University of Missouri-Kansas City.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Korean War. The nation's leading scholars of the Korean War will discuss its legacy.

  

Machine gun emplacement
Machine gun emplacement overlooking the main highway bridge across the Kap-ch'on River on the outskirts of Taejon.
Photo: U.S. Army. Source: Truman Library.


A South Korean soldier comforts a wounded buddy before he is evacuated.
Photo: U.S. Army. Source: Truman Library.

 

 
   


Conference Schedule - October 25, 26, 27 2001

THURSDAY EVENING, October 25: Opening forum, UMKC, Pierson Auditorium.

"Origins of the Korean War - Point/Counterpoint"
Bruce Cumings (University of Chicago)
Vladislav Zubok (National Security Archive)
Jian Chen (Southern Illinois University)
Questions and Answers


FRIDAY, October 26: Truman Presidential Museum & Library

8:00 - 8:30 Coffee, Rolls

8:30 - 10:30 "War in the American Living Room"
Thomas J. Doherty (Brandeis), Tony Williams (Southern Illinois University) and Lary May (University of Minnesota) will discuss the implications of television and film surrounding the Korean War.


Breakout Sessions 10:45 - 12:15 "Teaching the Korean War"
Introductions by: Mark Adams and Tom Heuertz (Truman Library)
A. Origins of the War (Cumings, Chen, Zubok)
B. Popular Culture (Led by Gregory Black and Tom Poe of UMKC, with Doherty and Williams)

Luncheon Address 12:30 - 2:00
"Fuzzy Definition, Poor Resolution: Early Television, the Korean War, and the Brainwashed American Mind"
Alan Nadel (Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute)

2:15 - 3:45 "Legacy of the War"
William Stueck (University of Georgia) addresses "International Ramifications"
David Reimers (New York University) speaks on "Immigration".

Response and Questions


SATURDAY, October 27 Truman Museum & Library

8:00 - 8:30 Coffee, Rolls

8:30 - 9:45 "Koreans and Americans - Memories of War"
Presentation by Maija Rhee Devine and James I. Matray (New Mexico State University)

10:00 - 11:45
Workshop: "Using Primary Sources to Study the Korean War"
Mark Adams and Tom Heuertz (Truman Presidential Museum & Library)

Noon
Lunch provided in cooperation with the Korean American Society of Greater Kansas City followed by a tour of the museum.
   


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