Gwangju Seo-gu Successfully Hosts Reading Academy Lecture by Professor Mark Peterson

Published 20 Oct.2023 13:38(KST)

On the 20th, Dongcheon-dong in Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced that it held the 5th Reading Academy by inviting Professor Mark Peterson the previous day, under the theme "Why are there so many Kim, Lee, and Park in Korea?".

The lecture was attended by Seo-gu Mayor Kim I-gang and about 150 residents of Dongcheon-dong, and it was conducted with great enthusiasm and high interest.

On the 19th, Dongcheon-dong in Seo-gu, Gwangju, hosted the 5th Reading Academy by inviting Professor Mark Peterson. <br>[Photo by Seo-gu]

On the 19th, Dongcheon-dong in Seo-gu, Gwangju, hosted the 5th Reading Academy by inviting Professor Mark Peterson.
[Photo by Seo-gu]

Professor Mark Peterson, famous for knowing Korean history better than Koreans themselves, earned his master's and doctoral degrees in Korean studies from Harvard University and taught Korean history for over 30 years at Brigham Young University. He currently runs a YouTube channel called "Korean History Seen by a Frog Outside the Well."

Also, Professor Mark Peterson, who has a Korean name "Bae Doseon" that sounds similar to his English name Peterson, showing his special interest and affection for Korea, delivered a distinctive and interesting lecture dealing with our country's history and culture from an American perspective.

Seo-gu Mayor Kim I-gang said, "We will continue to discover various specialized projects suitable for the book village Dongcheon-dong and do our best to realize a happy life government for residents."

Meanwhile, the Reading Academy project is a public contest project hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and it is the only project in the country selected as an executing agency at the dong (neighborhood) level by actively utilizing Dongcheon-dong's BI (Brand Identity) called Dadokdadok Book Village.

Accordingly, since June, Dongcheon-dong has been inviting Dr. Shin Chae-yong (Director of the Korean Historical Figures Research Institute) every month to hold a Reading Academy that reexamines Joseon history from the perspective of the overlooked Bu-ma, receiving great responses from residents.