COLUMBUS, Ga. ( WRBL ) — An ongoing speaker series hosted by Columbus State University (CSU) continued on Thursday night. Guests gathered at the National Infantry Museum at 7 p.m. for the third panel and fourth discussion addressing the legacy of the Korean War.
Panelists Dr. Mary Dudziak and Dr. Michael Lynch spoke in a discussion moderated by CSU’s Col. Richard R. Hallock Distinguished Chair of Military History Dr. David Kiernan. Dudziak is a law professor at Emory University, historian and author. Lynch currently serves as a research associate and professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute.
“When Americans do think about the Korean War, of course, Americans think about Americans,” Dudziak said.
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The conversation was still in its first minutes but the response colored the rest of discussion that followed. Dudziak was hinting at the necessity of decentering the American perspective of the Korean War through alternative cultural lenses and with a critical eye toward history.