SU's Fulton Public Humanities Lecture Series Continues with Dr. Jisoo Kim

SALISBURY, MD---Dr. Jisoo Kim, Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History, International Affairs and East Asian Languages and Literature at George Washington University and director of its Institute for Korean Studies, discusses “The Emotions of Justice: Legal Equality in Early Modern Korea and Today” Monday, October 8, at Salisbury University.

Part of SU’s Fulton Public Humanities Series, her presentation is 7 p.m. in Conway Hall Room 156.

She examines how a sense of being “wronged” played a crucial role in seeking and performing justice in early modern Korea and how that situation compares to the modern U.S. justice system.

Kim is a specialist in gender and legal history of early modern Korea. She won the James B. Palais Book Prize for her first book, The Emotions of Justice: Gender, Status and Legal Performance in Choson Korea. She is currently working on a second book project, tentatively titled Suspicious Death: Forensic Medicine, Dead Bodies and Criminal Justice in Early Modern Korea.

Admission to her talk is free and the public is invited. For more information call 410-543-6245 or visit the SU website.