[KS] RAS Lecture with Clark on Foreign Missionaries in Korea, and Late-Spring Tours

[David Mason]

Upcoming Royal Asiatic Society - Korea activities of 
potential interest to Studiers-of-Korea:

Tuesday, May 20th: RAS-K Lecture-Meeting: 
featuring Professor Donald Clark (PhD in in East Asian 
History from Harvard, author of books on Seoul history 
and foreigners-in-Korea history, son and grandson of
Presbyterian missionaries who first arrived in Korea in 
1902). He will speak on "Where do Foreign Missionaries 
fit in Korea’s Modern History?", addressing questions 
aimed at an understanding of who those missionaries were
and what they really did and didn't do in modern Korea. 
See the interesting description of this speech on our
website for more. 7:30 pm in the 2nd-floor Resident's
Lounge of the Somerset Palace, Anguk-dong (just north of
Jogye-sa), Seoul. Free for RAS Members, w5000 donation
requested from others.

Sun May 25th: Odae-san National Park Tour:
This great park is much less-famous and thus less-visited
than Seorak-san, but this is one of its attractions because
it is possible to enjoy the beauty of the pine-forested
sloped, deep valleys and grand temples in a relatively
quiet atmosphere. Buddhists also consider it one of
Korea’s most important mountains, as it was a crucial
site in the history of the propagation of Buddhism in
Korea.  The tour includes the important historic temples
Woljeong-sa and Sangwon-sa.

Sat-Sun May 31-June 1st: Gangneung City / East Cost Tour:
A visit to the historic city of Gangneung, gateway to
Korea’s east coast.  We will visit Ojukhon (birth-house
of philosopher Yi Yul-gok and museum of his mother Shim
Saim-dang’s artworks), the Gangneung Hyanggyo Confucian
School, the Seongyo-jang (aristocratic mansion), Gyeongpo
Provincial Park (beach, lake, pavilion-on-hill) and
Uljin’s Manghae-jeong Pavilion and Songnyu-gul Cave ("the
underground diamond mountains").  After visiting these
interesting and well-preserved Neo-Confucian architectural
sites around Gangneung, we will take a scenic drive along
the east coast, stopping at the stunning Bulyeong Valley on
the way home.

Friday June 6th (holiday)(9am-1pm): Hiking Tour of the 
Fortress Wall on Bugak-san (northern Seoul)

Sunday June 8th:  Danyang County Tour (North Chungcheong
Province) — visiting the Gosu Cave and a boat-cruise on
beautiful Chungju Lake, with the Cheongpung Cultural
Folklore Village.

For more information, call 763-9483 in Seoul during
business hours, write to raskb at kornet.net or visit our
website http://www.raskb.com/




David A. Mason  
Professor of Korean Tourism, KyungHee University
Office #710, College of Hotel and Tourism Management
http://www.san-shin.org
Phone: 02-961-0852    Mobile: 011-9743-9753