[KS] Korean Studies Special Lecture Series 2006 (Prof. Laurel Kendall)

[Nansook JUNG]

Korean Studies Special Lecture Series 2006

- Prof. Laurel Kendall(AMNH & Columbia University)

 

You are all invited to come out and hear Laurel Kendall, a scholar of Korean shamanism at the American Museum of Natural History and Columbia University. This lecture focuses on how the capitalism and modernization has affected Korean Shamans. 

Laurel Kendall is one of the most recognized anthropologists in Korean shamanism. She is the author of <Shamans, Housewives, and Other Restless Spirits>, <The Life and Hard Times of a Korean Shaman>, and <Getting Married in Korea: Of Gender, Morality, and Modernity>.

The lectures will be given in English and the abstracts in English and Korean.

Academics and professionals who are interested are welcome.

 

▣ Date and Time

May 22(Mon)   16: 30 ~ 18:00    Korean Shamans and the Spirits of Capitalism

May 29(Mon)    16: 30 ~ 18:00    Of Hungry Ghosts and Other Matters of Consumption in the Republic of Korea

June  2(Fri)       16: 30 ~ 18:00     Mobile Gods and Changing Seoul Landscapes: The Anthropology of Landscape and the Study of Korean Shamans

June  9 (Fri)      16: 30 ~ 18:00    Shamans, Mediums and the Power of Objects: Comparisons between Korea and Vietnam

 

▣ Location

Room #105, Unjung-gwan Building

The Center for Information on Korean Culture

The Academy of Korean Studies

 

▣ For research abstracts and details, please download the attached file at  http://www.aks.ac.kr/eng_home/main/main.asp

 

▣ For more information, please contact 



   Ms. Lee Soohyun
   International Support Division, 
   The Center for Information on Korean Culture. 
   Tel : +82-31-709-8111(Ext. 821), +82-31-709-9843
   E-mail : culture at aks.ac.kr