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DTSTART;TZID=KST:20260626T105500
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DESCRIPTION:In the area between Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campu
 s and Penn Station\, the remnants of Baltimore’s unofficial Koreatown re
 main visible. A small number of Korean restaurants and shops continue to o
 perate\, even though the neighborhood was a vibrant Koreatown between the 
 1970s and the 1990s. This study asks what happened to Baltimore’s Koreat
 own and why its history has received little scholarly attention.\n\nBecaus
 e no systematic academic research exists on this topic\, this project offe
 rs the first historical study of Baltimore’s Koreatown that grew after t
 he Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. By examining its rise and decl
 ine\, the study challenges the long-standing myth that the Baltimore 1968 
 riot caused an irreversible collapse of the city. The growth of a Korean i
 mmigrant corridor in the years after the uprising points instead to the si
 gnificance of global migration in shaping and revitalizing urban spaces.\n
 \nThe history of Baltimore’s Koreatown also encourages a rethinking of h
 ow Asian immigration fits into broader narratives of U.S. immigration hist
 ory. Rather than framing Korean migrants as a “model minority\,” the s
 tudy aligns their experiences with earlier nineteenth century European imm
 igrant communities\, revealing patterns of adaptation\, entrepreneurship\,
  and neighborhood formation that connect Baltimore to wider global movemen
 ts.\n\nBy reconstructing this overlooked chapter of the city’s past\, th
 e project contributes to Asian American and Pacific Islander studies and h
 ighlights how global migration leaves lasting marks on local communities. 
 It offers a lens for understanding global entanglement in a period marked 
 both by cross-border movement and by rising skepticism toward globalizatio
 n.
DTSTAMP:20260412T123936Z
LOCATION:Room 304 PC Desk (Seats 36)
SUMMARY:Is there Koreatown in Baltimore\, USA?: How Korea came to Baltimore
 \, Maryland - Boram Yi and Lisen Gottavall
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/XCSAQQ/
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