# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Free Hybrid Book Presentation: From SPAM™ to K-Pop: The Korean War & the Rise of Modern South Korea
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: South Korea has recently jumped onto the global stage through its economic rise and export of popular culture. Drawing on their new book, The Forgotten Home Front: Roger Marshutz’s Photographs of Pusan, South Korea, 1952–1954 (Peabody Museum Press and KMEC Books, 2026), coauthors Ilisa Barbash, Curator of Visual Anthropology, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard, and Sean C. Kim, Professor of History, University of Central Missouri, will visually explore a key moment of transition in the development of South Korea: the Korean War (1950–1953). 

This conflict ruptured Korea’s traditional and colonial past and ushered in new political, economic, and cultural opportunities—under American influence—that have shaped modern South Korea. By examining this moment of change through photography, the lecture illuminates South Korea’s rise from a war-torn peninsula to an economic powerhouse and global cultural trendsetter.

Free admission. Free parking is available at the 52 Oxford Street Garage starting at 5:00 pm. Advance registration recommended: 
https://tinyurl.com/KoreanWarPhotos

Copies of The Forgotten Home Front will be available for purchase and signing following the program.

Presented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture in collaboration with the Harvard Korea Institute.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/free-hybrid-book-presentation-from-spam-to-k-pop-the-korean-war-and-the-rise-of-modern-south-korea/200029675538034
- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 12

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Cambridge
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
- **lat**: 42.37819
- **long**: -71.11624
- **full address**: Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Free Hybrid Book Presentation: From SPAM™ to K-Pop: The Korean War & the Rise of Modern South Korea being held?
  - **A:** Free Hybrid Book Presentation: From SPAM™ to K-Pop: The Korean War & the Rise of Modern South Korea takes place on Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Free Hybrid Book Presentation: From SPAM™ to K-Pop: The Korean War & the Rise of Modern South Korea?
  - **A:** Free Hybrid Book Presentation: From SPAM™ to K-Pop: The Korean War & the Rise of Modern South Korea is organized by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

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