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Over the weekend of April 9–10, 2005, the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education sponsored its History Institute for Teachers on “Understanding the Koreas.” Specially designed for secondary school teachers and curriculum supervisors, the weekend-long program featured a series of lectures by leading scholars. A conference report is available summarizing the major speakers and presentations.
Don Oberdorfer, Johns Hopkins University
Edward Schultz, University of Hawaii - Manoa
Milan Hejtmanek, University of Pennsylvania
G. Cameron Hurst III, University of Pennsylvania/FPRI
Soon Won Park, Howard University of Washington DC
Don Baker, University of British Columbia
Mikyoung Kim, Portland State University
The History Institute for Teachers is supported by grants from The James and Agnes Kim Foundation and The Annenberg Foundation.
On November 15th at the FPRI annual dinner Fouad Ajami was presented with the Seventh Annual Benjamin Franklin Public Service Award. The event was attended by over 360 people.
Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr. was dinner chairman.

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