<div>Dear List Members,</div>
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<div>On behalf of Academia Koreana, the Korean studies research institute of Keimyung University, I would like to inform you of an upcoming conference to be held on June 2-3, 2011 on the theme: "Confucianism and Ecology." If you are in Korea, you are very welcome to attend the panel sessions. The official conference schedule may be found below. If you have any queries about the conference, please contact Ms. Hyosoon Hwang at <a href="mailto:acta@kmu.ac.kr" target="_blank">acta@kmu.ac.kr</a>. </div>

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<div>Best wishes,</div>
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<div>Michael Finch</div>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 20pt 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">THE FIFTH KEIMYUNG INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KOREAN STUDIES (KICKS 2011)</span></b></p>

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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">Dates: June 2–4, 2011</span></b></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">Venue: Room 207, Uiyang Hall, Keimyung University, Seongseo Campus, Daegu</span></b></p>

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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">Conference Schedule</span></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">Conference Day 1,June 2, Thursday</span></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">10:00–10:30 Opening Address: <b>Lee Yun-gap</b> (Director, Academia Koreana,</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">Keimyung University, Korea)</span></p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">Welcoming Address: <b>Synn Il-hi</b> (President, Keimyung University, Korea)</span></p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">10:30–12:00 Keynote Speech 1: <b>Tu Wei-ming </b>(Professor </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">Emeritus</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">, Harvard University, USA, Lifetime Professor, Peking University, China) </span></p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">Keynote Speech 2: <b>Hong Won-sik</b> (Professor, Keimyung University, Korea)</span></p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">12:00–13:30 Lunch Break</span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US"></span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">Session I</span></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">13:30–14:00 <b>Michael C. Kalton</b> (</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">University</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US"> of Washington, USA) “The Contemporary Confucian Heritage and the Environment”</span></p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">14:00–14:30 <b>Philippe Thiebault </b>(Sejong </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">University</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">, Korea) “Human Fulfillment and Love of the Universe: A Meditation on Emotion in Korean and Chinese Sources”</span></p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">14:30–15:00 <b>Kwon Chee-yun </b>(George Mason </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">University</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">, USA) "The Ecological Dimension in Korean Literati Painting"</span></p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">15:00–15:30 Discussion</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">Chair:<b> Kim Tschung-sun </b>(Keimyung </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">University</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">, Korea)</span></p>

<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">Discussant: <b>Lee Hyo-gul </b>(Andong National </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">University</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">, Korea)</span></p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">15:30–16:00 Coffee Break</span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US"><b>Session II</b></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">16:00–16:30 <b>Edward Y. J. Chung </b>(</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">University</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US"> of Prince Edward Island, Canada) "Yi T’oegye on Reverence for Nature: A Modern Neo-Confucian Ecological Vision"</span></p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">16:30–17:00 <b>Ro Young-chan</b> (George Mason </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">University</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">, USA) "Ecology and Cosmology: A Korean Neo-Confucian Approach"</span></p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">17:00–17:30 <b>Donald Baker </b>(</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">University</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US"> of British Columbia, Canada) “Transformation of Korean Confucianism in 20^th-century Korea, how it has lost most of its metaphysical underpinnings and survives today primarily as ethical rhetoric and heritage rituals”</span></p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">17:30–18:00 Discussion</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">Chair:<b> Michael C. E. Finch </b>(Keimyung </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">University</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">, Korea)</span></p>

<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">Discussant:<b> Lee Dong-hee </b>(Keimyung </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">University</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">, Korea) </span></p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US"><b>Conference Day 2, June 3, Friday</b></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US"><b>Session III</b></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">10:00–10:30 <b>Yu Kwon-jong </b>(Chung-ang </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">University</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">, Korea) "Ecologism and Confucian Vitalism</span></p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">10:30–11:00 <b>KimSe-jeong </b>(Chungnam National </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">University</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">, Korea) "The Present Situation of Ecological Discourse in Korean Neo-Confucianism and Its Future Prospects"</span></p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">11:00–11:30 <b>Kim Jong-won </b>(Keimyung </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">University</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">, Korea) "An Eco-sociological Review on the Origin of Relic Forests in Korea: Case-studies on the Mansong-jeong of Andong, Karo-sup of Uiseong, Seongbak-sup of Seongju, Sang-rim of Hamyang and Kye-rim of Gyeongju.”</span></p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">11:30–12:00 Discussion</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">Chair:<b> Gang Pan-kwon </b>(Keimyung </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">University</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">, Korea)</span></p>

<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">Discussant:<b> Han Myun-hee</b> (Chonbuk National </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">University, Korea</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">)</span></p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">12:00–14:00 Lunch Break</span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">14:00–15:00 Closing Discussion</span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char; WORD-BREAK: keep-all" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang="EN-US">15:00–17:30 Campus Tour – Collection of Korean Classics and Haengso Museum</span></p>

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