Mason Korea
George Mason University

On October 11, Mason Korea successfully held a cross-continental literary event as part of Mason’s annual Fall for the Book Festival at the Fairfax campus. Two Korean-American authors, Eugenia Kim and Alice Stephens, were invited to talk about their recently published books. Close to 50 participants attended the event at the Korea campus to hear the authors discuss how they ended up writing such powerful narratives of their families’ immigration story and trans-racial adoption experience.

George Mason University Korea and Yonsei University's United Graduate School of Theology held a joint international symposium to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's birth. The two-day event was held at Yonsei University's Songdo International Campus and Mason Korea from October 1-2. The symposium entitled "Gandhi’s 150-year Legacies: Peacebuilding from Asia and the West" was co-hosted by Mason Korea, the East-West Theological Forum, and the Indian Embassy in Seoul.

Youngseo (Laura) Park is a Mason Korea student majoring in conflict analysis and resolution, who participated in the first ever study abroad program organized by George Mason University Korea in the summer of 2019, led by Dr. Borislava Manojlovic and Dr. Roland Wilson. This unique experience enabled Youngseo and eighteen of her fellow students to learn about conflict and peacebuilding in the three countries in the Balkans: Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia.