Mary Ahn in a Senior Piano Recital

This is the program for the senior piano recital of Mary Ahn, which was held in Mitchell Hall Auditorium on December 16, 1962, at 3:00. Mary Ahn was a pupil of Miss Evelyn Bowden

More adult-born dentate gyrus neurons to weaken cocaine-related retrograde memories: an in vivo strategy employing exogenous lysophosphatidic acid

The post-training enhancement of adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN) has been receiving growing interest as a potential method to manipulate retrograde memories. Recent hypothesis suggest that the addition of adult-born dentate granule cells might promotes remodeling of pre-existing hippocampal circuits, which might both clear cocaine-related memories and facilitate the learning of new adaptive information. Here, we study the effect of stimulating AHN in vivo with exogenous lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) on the maintenance of retrograde cocaine-contextual associative memories. Male C57BL/6J mice trained in a cocaine-induced Conditioned Place Preference (CPP) model were later submitted to repeated intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injections of LPA, Ki16425 or vehicle solution during withdrawal. Afterwards, the long-term persistence of the cocaine-CPP was assessed and the mediational role of AHN in this process was evaluated. In addition, wild-type and mice lacking the LPA1 receptor received a single i.c.v. injection of LPA, Ki16425 or vehicle to assess the role of the LPA1 receptor in the LPA-induced increase of AHN. Our results revealed that the chronic administration of LPA decreased the retention of a previously acquired cocaine-induced CPP. This effect was mediated by an LPA-induced increase of AHN. In contrast, mice treated with Ki16425 showed reduced cocaine-CPP retention, but they increased their preference for the cocaine-paired compartment throughout CPP extinction. Besides, no effects of Ki16425 on AHN were found. Immunohistochemical studies suggested that LPA stimulated cell proliferation and promoted neuronal maturation with a key role of the LPA1 receptor. These findings emphasize the relevance of LPA and its LPA1 receptor as an in vivo modulator of AHN and the utility of the post-training increase of adult-born hippocampal neurons to weaken cocaine-context associations.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tec

Park v. Ahn

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On Shifting a Nations Collective Memory: The Role of Ahn Jung-geun in South Koreas Foreign Policy

This article revisits the role that Ahn Jung-geun plays in Korean collective memory today and contrasts this with the Moon administrations foreign policy. An analysis of Korean collective memory shows that Ahns assassination of Ito Hirobumi is heavily emphasized but Ahns ultimate goal of bringing peace to Northeast Asia is overlooked. This emphasis is understood through Jan Assmanns model of collective memory. Based on Aleida Assmann and Linda Shortts proposition, it is argued that the historical figure of Ahn can instead play a constructive role. Shifting the focus of collective memory toward Ahns ambition for peace in Northeast Asia may serve as a positive nudge for Seouls Japan policy, thus helping to ameliorate Korea-Japan relations in the medium term

Bier-bearing Inferiors and the Skin of the Community in Modern and Contemporary Village Society: Cases from Southern Gyeonggi Province

In this paper I analyze what bier–bearers did for the village community, mainly based on the fieldwork interviews carried out in southern Gyeonggi area. Focused on the bier–shouldering practice, those interviews illuminate the role of the inferiors (sangnom 常–, hain 下人, and jungin 中人) who resided in the social border area of the village community. It was their job to perform the lowly work both in ritual and ordinary practices, so they could not escape from social disdain. I begin this article by tracing how sachon gye (四寸契), one of the modern rural organizations for bier–bearing, developed and elucidate its social and cultural meanings, which were consistently under the influence of the yangban-commoner relationship. I then extend the analysis to outline a number of incidents in the southern Gyeonggi area. The final section classifies the southern Gyeonggi cases into two sociohistorical groups to discuss the social and cultural meanings of the abolition of the discriminatory bier–shouldering practices and address debates about immunity and the other community

Reduction of adult neurogenesis by temozolomide inhibits intrinsic preference for exploring complex objects in mice

Póster de congresoIntrinsic exploratory bias is an innate tendency to prefer certain types of stimuli or environments over others. For example, mice would genuinely spent more time exploring perceptually complex objects (i.e. with edges and concavities) than simpler objects without irregularities. Intrinsic exploratory bias are relevant as they may be associated to cognitive, emotional and even personality-like traits. However, their neurobiological basis are scarcely investigated. Adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN) is a key neuroplastic phenomenon for the processing of spatial and contextual stimuli in rodents, being involved in novelty recognition, spatial navigation and spatial pattern separation tasks. Therefore, here we studied whether a pharmacological inhibition of AHN influences intrinsic motivation for exploring complex objects. Twenty male young adult C57BL/6J mice (∼3 months old) received vehicle or the DNA alkylating agent temozolomide (TMZ) for four weeks. Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) was administered weekly, confirming a reduction of AHN-related markers by TMZ. After the pharmacological treatment, mice were tested for behavior. TMZ did not impair mice’s health nor their general exploratory and anxiety-like responses. Unlike control mice, the TMZ-treated mice did not prefer exploring a complex (i.e. irregular) object over a simple (i.e. non-irregular) object of similar size presented at once. Nevertheless, they were able to discriminate a novel complex object from a familiar complex object. This suggest that the lack of intrinsic preference for complexity could be explained by motivational and not by cognitive variables. Future studies should investigate a new role of AHN in modulating exploratory bias.Universidad de Málaga; Project PID2020-114374RB-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

자이니치(在日) 민족교육의 형태: 동경한국학교와 도꾜조선중고급학교 사례를 중심으로

학위논문 (석사) -- 서울대학교 대학원 : 국제대학원 국제학과(국제지역학전공), 2021. 2. Erik Mobrand.After the imperial Japans colonial rule of Korea ended in 1945, Korean residents in Japan – zainichi (在日) – set up a temporary Korean Language Institute with purpose of preparing zainichi in going back to their homeland. However, Koreas politically unstable situation on top of Japans systematic cap on belongings the zainichi could possess left them with no choice but to stay. Now, zainichi is situated in a unique position in the discourse of Korean diaspora as they continue to live in a nation that was once a perpetrator to their ancestors and homeland. This uniqueness created systematic obstacles for zainichis ethnic education to take place within Japan. Accordingly, zainichis ethnic education faces constant institutional challenges up until now. This research aims to examine how the zainichi ethnic education is manifested within contemporary Japanese society. Furthermore, newly emerged social and ethnic values for new generations of zainichi will be diagnosed. In doing so, main findings of the research will provide guidance for zainichi community in formulating an appropriate policy for future direction of zainichi ethnic education.1945 년 일제 식민통치로부터 조선의 광복 후, 당시 자이니치(在日)들은 고국에서의 생활을 위하여 일본에 임시국어강습소를 설립한다. 그러나, 당시 한반도의 정치적으로 불안정한 상황과 일본정부의 의도적인 재산 반출금지 조치에 따라, 귀국에 대한 꿈은 좌절되고 대부분의 자이니치들은 일본에 거류하기를 선택한다. 현재까지도 자이니치는 그들의 식민지배에 대한 가해자였던 나라에서 살아가고 있고, 이러한 특이성은 디아스포라 담론에서도 특별히 부각되는 부분이다. 현재까지도 자이니치의 민족교육은 초창기부터 지속적인 제도적 차별로 많은 어려움을 겪고 있다. 자이니치의 민족교육은 민족 정체성 형성에 있어 큰 역할을 하고 있다는 점에서 연구의 중요성이 있다고 평가된다. 아직도 자이니치들의 민족교육이 일본 정부 및 사회의 제도적 박해를 받고있다. 미래사회에서도 일본 사회에서 정상적인 사회생활을 영위할 수 있도록 자이니치들의 정체성을 유지하면서, 일본의 제도적 및 사회적인 차별을 제거하기 위하여 민족교육의 방향성 및 지속가능성에 대한 연구가 반드시 이루어져야 한다. 본 논문은 현재의 일본 사회에서 자이니치의 민족교육이 어떤 형태로 발생하는지 파악하는 데에 그 목적이 있다. 나아가, 새로운 세대의 자이니치에게 중요한 사회적 및 민족적 가치를 살펴보는 것도 고찰해 보았다. 연구결과에 따른 자이니치의 민족교육에 대한 방향성 및 지속가능성의 제시를 통하여 자이니치와 관련된 조국의 지원 및 일본의 정책 시행의 긍정적인 발전에 기여하는데 연구의 의미가 있다.I. Introduction 1 1. Brief History of Zainichi Ethnic Education 2 2. Structural Make-up of Zainichi Society 24 2-1. Group of Republic of Korea Residents in Japan – Mindan 26 2-2. General Association of Korean Residents in Japan – Chongryun 28 3. Literature Review 31 4. Limitation of Previous Research and Research Question 34 II. Theoretical Framework and Research Methodology 36 1. Ethnic Education Methods and Influencing Factors 36 1-1. External Influencing Factors for Mindan-Affiliated Ethnic Schools 36 1-2. Internal Influencing Factors for Mindan-Affiliated Ethnic Schools 38 1-3. External Influencing Factors for Chongryun-Affiliated Ethnic Schools 40 1-4. Internal Influencing Factors for Chongryun-Affiliated Ethnic Schools 42 2. Research Methodology 47 2-1. Textbook Education and Extracurricular Activity Analysis Methodology 47 2-2. Interview Methodology 49 III. Comparative Analysis of Ethnic Education Methods 53 1. Mindan-Affiliated Ethnic Schools 56 1-1. Textbook Education Analysis 56 1-2. Extracurricular Activity Analysis 66 2. Chongryun-Affiliated Ethnic Schools 85 2-1. Textbook Education Analysis 85 2-2. Extracurricular Activity Analysis 112 IV. Interview Analysis 116 1. Mindan-Affiliated Respondents 117 1-1. Ahn 117 2. Chongryun-Affiliated Respondents 122 2-1. Park 122 2-2. Kim 128 V. Main Findings 130 VI. Conclusion 136 VII. Bibliography 140 VIII. Appendix 145 IX. Interview Transcripts 146 X. 국문초록 165 XI. Acknowledgement 167Maste