[KS] UCLA 2009 Im Conference of Korean Christianity, April 17-18

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Please post the following announcement:

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“Korean Christianity in Korea-U.S. and Korea-Canada Relations”

2009 Im Conference of Korean Christianity
UCLA Center for Korean Studies
April 17-18, 2009
4357 Bunche Hall, UCLA

 
April 17, Friday
 
9:30-10:20 Continental breakfast is available at the conference room
 
10:20-10:30 Welcome 
John Duncan, Professor of Korean History and Director of the Center for Korean Studies, UCLA 
Sung Deuk Oak, Dongsoon and Mija Im Scholar Assistant Professor of Korean Christianity, UCLA
 
Session I. Historical Issues 1: American Connections
 
10:30-11:00 Albert L. Park, Assistant Professor of History, Claremont McKenna College, CA
     “A Vision of Modernity: The Gospel of Wealth and Protestantism in Early Modern Korea”
11:00-11:25 Responses and discussion
                  Emily Anderson, Ph. D. candidate, Japanese history, UCLA
                        
11:30-12:00 Mi-Soon Im, Adjunct Professor, Mission Studies, Memphis Theological Seminary, TN
     “Gender Empowerment and Korean Nationalism: Single Female Missionaries of Methodist 
      Episcopal Church, South, 1910-1945”
                  Hyaeweol Choi, Associate Professor of Korean Studies, Arizona State University
 
12:00-12:25 Responses and discussion 
 
12:25-2:00 Lunch is available at the conference room
 
Session II. Historical Issues 2: Canadian Connections
 
2:00-2:30   Yeogeun Yonsue Kim, Ph. D. candidate, Literature, University of Toronto 
   “Interpreting Pre-Modern Korea from a Resident Alien Perspective: James S. Gale’s 
    English Translations of Korean Literature” 
2:30-2:55 Responses and discussion. 
                Hyaeweol Choi, Associate Professor of Korean Studies, Arizona State University
 
2:55-3:10 Coffee break
 
3:10-3:40 William Tait, MA, History, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
             “Canada’s Presbyterian Mission to Korea: Issues of Education and Shinto Shrine Worship,  
    1898-1938”
3:40-4:05 Response and discussion, 
               Baek Lan Moon, Ph. D. student, Korean History, Yonsei University
 
4:05-4:25 Overall discussion on Session I & II
 
April 18, Saturday
 
9:00-9:30 Continental breakfast available at the conference room
 
Session III. Contemporary Issues: Mega Churches, Korean Missional Work, and US 
 
9:30-10:00  Eun-Young Lee Easley, M.A. Sociology and Anthropology, Yonsei University 
     “The Transformation of Korean Mega Churches since 1990s: Rick Warren’s Program”
10:00-10:25 Responses and discussion
                  Sung-Deuk Oak, Assistant Professor of Korean Christianity, UCLA              
 
10:30-11:00 Minjoo Lee, Ph. D. candidate, Anthropology and Mission, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
                “Christian Humanitarianism through the Missionary Perspective: Continuing Legacy of American 
                 Christian Organizations in Korea since the Korean War”
11:00-11:25 Responses and discussion
                  Young Lee Hertig, Lecturer, Global Studies and Sociology, Azusa Pacific Univ.
 
11:30-12:00 Ju Hui Judy Han, Ph. D. Candidate, Geography, University of California, Berkeley  
      “Alliance and Affinities in Afghanistan”
12:00-12:25 Responses and discussion
                  Young Lee Hertig, Lecturer, Global Studies and Sociology, Azusa Pacific Univ.
 
12:25-12:45 Overall Discussion
 
12:45-1:30 Lunch is available at the conference room
 
 
Cost: Free
Special Instructions: Open to the public. RSVP is required.
Please visit http://www.international.ucla.edu/korea/events/showevent.asp?eventid=7322  
 
For more information please contact:  Sejung Kim
Tel: 310-825-3284
skim at international.ucla.edu 
 
Organizer: 
Sung-Deuk Oak
Dongsoon Im and Mija Im Scholar
Assistant Professor of Korean Christianity
UCLA
oak at humnet.ucla.edu
 
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