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Subject: talk on antiquarian Korean maps of the MacLean Collection @ The Korea Society of New York


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Asia Week 2011 Gallery Talk
Mapping Identity: Antiquarian Korean Maps of the MacLean Collection

Tuesday, March 22
6:30PM Gallery Talk and Q&A

The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue @ 57th Street, 8th Floor

Richard Pegg, Asian art curator of Chicago’s MacLean Collection, examines Korean maps in a variety of formats, the challenges faced by cartographers, and the formation of multiple identities in Korea during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The MacLean Collection, housed in a private museum outside Chicago, focuses on the cultures of Korea, China, and Southeast Asia.

$10 (Members/Students); $20 (Guests)
(Walk-in registration will incur an additional charge of $5)

About the Speake r
Richard A. Pegg, is co-author of The MacLean Collection: Chinese Ritual Bronzes and is managing editor of the second book in the series, Protecting Wisdom: Tibetan Book Covers in the MacLean Collection . He frequently lectures at major museums on Asian art. He holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University

The Korea Society of New York is an American non-profit that works to better relations between the U.S. and Korea. The organization was founded over 50 years ago by General James Van Fleet, and is currently chaired by Ambassador Thomas Hubbard. It offers public programs on Korean politics, history and art, and is engaged in teaching Americans about Korea through courses, lectures and fellowships for teachers and students.



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Nancy A. Kandoian
Map Cataloger
The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
The New York Public Library
5th Ave. & 42nd St.
New York, NY 10018-2788

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phone 212-930-0586, fax 212-930-0027