[KS] Invitation to the 1998 Colloquium in the Korean Humanities at GW.
kimrenau
kimrenau at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu
Fri Oct 2 00:05:23 EDT 1998
Dear Colleagues,
Just in case you might be in Washington, DC, in the beautiful month of
October, I should like to invite you to the 1998 Colloquium in the Korean
Humanities at
The George Washington University, October 24 and 25, 1998. The program and
registration information are given below.
If you are already in Washington, you might be getting this message more than
once. Please forgive me for the inconvenience this might cause.
Cordially,
Young-Key Kim-Renaud
Professor of Korean Language and Culture and International Affairs
Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures
The George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052
Tel: 202-994-7107
Fax: 202-994-1512
Email: kimrenau at gwu.edu
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The George Washington University
1998 Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium in the Korean Humanities
presents
"Sparks of Creativity: Women in the Korean Humanities"
Commemorating the 80th birthday of Hahn Moo-Sook and the 15th anniversary of
the Korean Language and Culture Program at The George Washington University
October 24-25, 1998
The George Washington University
Academic Center (Smith Hall of Arts, Room 114 and Rome Hall, Room 459)
801 22nd Street, N.W. (22nd and "I" Streets)
Washington, DC 20052
PROGRAM
Saturday, October 24, 1998
8:30-9:15 (Smith Hall of Arts, Room 114)
Registration/ Coffee and Donuts
9:15-9:30 (Smith Hall of Arts, Room 114)
Opening Remarks:
Jonathan Chaves, Chair and Professor of Chinese, Dept. of East Asian Languages
and Literatures, The George Washington University
Young-Key Kim-Renaud, Professor of Korean Language and Culture and
International Affairs, The George Washington University
9:30 -10:30 (Smith Hall of Arts, Room 114)
1. "Naehun" (1475) by Queen Sohye
Speakers: John Duncan (UCLA) and Young Hai Park (Sookmyung Women's U.)
Discussants: Sonja Haeussler (Humboldt U.)
Young-chan Ro (George Mason U.)
Chaired by: Shoko Hamano (George Washington U.)
10:30-11:30 (Smith Hall of Arts, Room 114)
2. Shinsaimdang (1504-1551): The Foremost Woman Painter of the Early Choson
Period
Speaker: Yi Song-mi (Academy of Korean Studies)
Discussants: Marsha Weidner (U. of Kansas)
Kumja Paik Kim (Asian Art Museum of San Francisco)
Chaired by: Young-chan Ro (George Mason U.)
11:30-1:00
Lunch Break
1:00-2:00 (Rome Hall, Room 459)
3. Scholarly Women before Confucianization: Hwang Chin-I (1506-1544) and
Others
Speaker: Mark Peterson (Brigham Young U.)
Discussants: John Goulde (Sweet Briar College)
Young Hai Park (Sookmyung U.)
Chaired by: David Steinberg (Georgetown U.)
2:00-3:00 (Rome Hall, Room 459)
4. Ho Nansorhon (1563-1585) and 'Shakespeare's Sister'
Speaker: Kichung Kim (San Jose State U.)
Discussants: John Duncan (UCLA)
Yi Song-mi (Academy of Korean Studies)
Chaired by: S. Robert Ramsey (U. of Maryland)
3:00-3:30
Coffee Break
3:30-4:30 (Rome Hall, Room 459)
5. Private Memory and Public History: The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong
(1735-1815)and Testimonial Literature
Speaker: JaHyun Kim Haboush (U. of Illinois, Urbana)
Discussants: Bonnie B.C. Oh (Georgetown U.)
Mark Peterson (Brigham Young U.)
Chaired by: John Goulde (Sweet Briar College)
4:30-5:30 (Rome Hall, Room 459)
6. Kyubang Kasa: Women's Writings from Late Choson
Speaker: Sonja Haeussler (Humboldt U.)
Discussants: Kongdan (Katy) Oh (George Mason U.)
Kichung Kim (San Jose State U.)
Chaired by: Don Baker (U. of British Columbia)
Sunday, October 25, 1998
8:30-9:30 (Smith Hall of Arts, Room 114)
Coffee and Donuts
9:30-10:30 (Smith Hall of Arts, Room 114)
7. A Celebration of Life: Patchwork and Embroidered Pojagi by Unknown Korean
Women of the Choson Dynasty
Speaker: Kumja Paik Kim (Asian Art Museum of San Francisco)
Discussants: Yi Song-mi (Academy of Korean Studies)
Marsha Weidner (U. of Kansas)
Chaired by: Susanne Francoeur (George Washington U.)
10:30-11:30 (Smith Hall of Arts, Room 114)
8. Kim Iryop's (1896-1971 Conflicting Worlds
Speaker: Bonnie B.C. Oh (Georgetown U.)
Discussants: Yung-Hee Kim (U. of Hawaii)
Kongdan (Katy) Oh (George Mason U.)
Chaired by: R. Richard Grinker (George Washington U.)
11:30-12:30 (Smith Hall of Arts, Room 114)
9. Dialectics of Life: Hahn Moo-Sook (1918-1993) and Her Literary World
Speaker: Yung-Hee Kim (U. of Hawaii)
Discussants: JaHyun Kim Haboush (U. of Illinois, Urbana)
Don Baker (U. of British Columbia)
Chaired by: Jessie East (Howard Community College)
12:30-12:40 (Smith Hall of Arts, Room 114)
Concluding Remarks:
R. Richard Grinker, Associate Professor of Anthropology and International
Affairs, The George Washington University
12:40- (Rome Hall, Room 459)
Buffet Lunch
Conference Chair: Young-Key Kim-Renaud
Organizing Committee: R. Richard Grinker
Bonnie B.C. Oh
Byung-Soo Park
S. Robert Ramsey
Young-chan Ro
Co-sponsor: International Circle of Korean Linguistics
The conference is open to the public and is free of charge. However, the
space is limited, and reservations are required. For more information and
reservation, please contact Dr. Young-Key Kim-Renaud, Dept. of East Asian
Languages and Literatures, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052,
U.S.A. (Tel)202-994-7107/7106; (Fax) 202-994-1512; (E-mail) kimrenau at gwu.edu;
(Home Page)http://www.gwu.edu/~eall/eallnews.
Funded by the Hahn Moo-Sook Endowment at GW and generous grants from the
Korean Culture & Arts Foundation, Korean Embassy, Consortium of Universities
of the Washington Metropolitan Area, GW's Columbian School of Arts & Sciences,
Elliott School of International Affairs, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, and
Women's Studies Program.
The HMS Colloquium in the Korean Humanities Series at GW provides a forum for
academic discussion of Korean arts, history, language, literature, thought and
religious systems in the context of East Asia and the world. The Colloquium
series is made possible by an endowment established by the estate of Hahn
Moo-Sook, one of Korea's most honored writers, in order to uphold her spirit
of openness, curiosity, and education. The conveners of the Colloquium are R.
Richard Grinker and Young-Key Kim-Renaud.
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