[KS] (no subject)

[Sem Vermeersch]

Dear all,

I know this goes out pretty late, but if you're in the Cambridge (Mass) area, 
you may find the following workshop on Kaesong, which takes place on Saturday, 
interesting.

Sem Vermeersch


Kaesong in History and Memory

Workshop on the history and historical representation of Kaesong,
ancient capital of the Koryo dynasty (918-1392)

Saturday, May 17, 2003
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Seminar Room 3
625 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138


Schedule


10:00   Welcome & introduction


10:10   "Temples of Kaesong" -  Sem Vermeersch, Harvard University

10:50   "Kaesong as Burial Ground: An Examination of Burials of the Koryo
        Elite" - Charlotte Horlyck, Victoria & Albert Museum


11:30   "Geomantic Ideas that Influenced the City Development of Kaesong" 
        Yoon Hong-key, University of Auckland

12:10   "Kaesong in the Eyes of Choson Dynasty Intellectuals"
        Sonja Haeussler, University of Berlin

   ~ Lunch break (12:50-1:30 pm) ~

1:30     "Quietly Crying at The Melancholic Chirping of InsectsŠ":
      Kaesong's Forgotten Claim to Capital History
        Remco Breuker, University of Leiden

2:10    "Symbol of Hope or just another Failure? The Free Economic Zone in
               Kaesong" - Ruediger Frank, Columbia University

2:50    "Monuments of Kaesong - its Development as a Tourist Site"
        Tony Michell , Cambridge University


3:30    General Discussion


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Sponsored by the Harvard Korea Institute and the Min Young-Chul Memorial Fund


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