[Hybrid Lecture]

Responses to Witnessing Gwangju: While writing, at publication, and two years later – changing perspectives on a historical event

SPEAKER: Paul Courtright

DATE: Tuesday. October 25, 2022. 7:30PM (KST)
ADMISSION (Online & In-person): Free for Members; W10,000 for Non-members

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The talk will explore the perspectives of Koreans and Americans regarding Witnessing Gwangju, a memoir by a foreign witness to the uprising in Gwangju (5.18) in 1980.

You can check his previous lecture here.

Paul Courtright was a US Peace Corps Volunteer in Jeonnam Province of Korea from 1979-81. He completed his Masters and Doctorate in Public Health focusing on eye diseases and neglected tropical diseases. For 20 years he lived and worked in Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa, and Tanzania establishing, with his wife, the Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology in Moshi, Tanzania. He has published over 250 scientific articles and has received awards from the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Premio Vision Mundi de Lucha Contra la Cuguera, and the Antonio Champalimaud Vision Award. He is a professor (adjunct) at the University of Cape Town and currently he is the Trachoma Technical Lead, consulting for Sightsavers, a UK-based non-governmental organization. He is married with two sons and currently lives in San Diego. Since 1981 he had continued his relationship with Korea conducting research there with Korean colleagues and a summer epidemiology course at Yonsei University wif his wife. His work in Africa has been recognized by the Queen and got invited to England.