Meeting

The Legacy of the Korean War

Monday, June 29, 2020

Kim Hong-Ji

Speakers

Bruce Cumings

Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of History and the College, University of Chicago

Sue Mi Terry

Senior Fellow for Korea, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Samuel F. Wells Jr.

Cold War Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Author, Fearing the Worst: How Korea Transformed the Cold War

Presider

Louise Mirrer

President and Chief Executive Officer, New-York Historical Society

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