[KS] Announcements

[Kenneth M. Wells]

If anyone is in the Auckland, NZ or Canberra, Australia areas mid-November,
the following might be of interest:

1.  CONFUCIANISM AND CONTEMPORARY KOREAN SOCIETY
Sponsored by Centre for Korean Studies and New Zealand Asia
Institiute, University of Auckland.

19 November 1998 (Thursday)
5:00-6:30 p.m.  Opening Reception
Staff Common Room, Old Government House, U. of Auckland

6:30 pm-7:30 pm.  Keynote Address
Lecture Room, Ground Floor, Old Government House

James B. Palais, University of Washington
"The Historical Antecedents of Contemporary North and South Korean
Problems"

7:30 - 8:30 pm  Light refreshments


20 November (Friday)
Old Government House, University of  Auckland

9:30 am-12:00noon  Morning Session

"Confucianism in Twentieth-Century Korea: Concepts and Critiques"
J. Michael Allen, University of Auckland

"Confucianism and Contemporary Korean Political and Economic Life."
James B. Palais, University of Washington, USA


12:00-1:30 pm  Lunch

1:30 - 4:30 pm  Afternoon Session

"Confucianism in the Late Twentieth Century: New Era or False Dawn?"
Brian Moloughney, University of Otago, New Zealand

"The Confucianization of Capitalism and the Capitalization of
Confucianism in Contemporary South Korea."
Roger L. Janelli, Indiana University, USA

"Superstition and Self-Cultivation: The Confucian Imprint on the
Korean 'kyohoe'."
Kenneth M. Wells, Australian National University

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2.  Seminar on "Slavery in Traditional Korea"
        By Professor James Palais

  17 November, 11:00am, Seminar Room E, Coombs Building
        The Australian National University

--Sponsored by the ANU Centre for Korean Studies and the Divison of Pacific
& Asian History, Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies





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