[KS] Modern Encounters Workshop (SOAS Centre of Korean Studies) 15 June

[Grace Koh]

*Modern Encounters and Transitional Images of ‘The Other’*

Mutual Perceptions of Chosŏn Korea and the West in Travel Literature
(1700~1910)



A One-Day Workshop hosted by The Centre of Korean Studies, SOAS

In collaboration with the Faculty of Languages and Cultures, SOAS**

* *

*Monday, 15 June 2009***

*9.30am-5.30pm***

*Room B102 *(Brunei Gallery Building)**

*SOAS, **University** of **London***

*Thornhaugh Street**, **London** **WC1H 0XG*

*ALL WELCOME*

Enquiries and Registration: Rahima Begum (rb41 at soas.ac.uk) or Grace Koh (
gk5 at soas.ac.uk)



*WORKSHOP PROGRAMME*



09.30                   *REGISTRATION *(*Tea / Coffee in B111*)

* *

*10.00-10.40         WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION *

*Chosŏn **Korea** in 1700~1910 and Project Overview***

Grace Koh (Workshop Organiser)**



*10.40-11.50
**PANEL 1***

*Perceptions of the West in Chosŏn Travel Accounts**: Chosŏn Encounters with
the ‘West’ in **Beijing***

Shin, Ik-Cheol (*Associate Professor in Korean Literature, **Academy** of **
Korean** Studies*)

*Discussants: *

Peter Kornicki (*Professor of East Asian Studies, **University** of **
Cambridge*)

Stefan Sperl (*Senior Lecturer in Arabic, SOAS*)



11.50-12.00*         **TEA / COFFEE BREAK*



*12.00-13.00         PANEL 2*

*Perceptions of Chosŏn **Korea** in Western Travel Accounts** *

Jo, Yoong-Hee (*Associate Professor in Korean Literature, **Academy** of **
Korean** Studies*)

*Discussants: *

Wen-Chin Ouyang (*Reader in Arabic Literature, SOAS*)

Stephen Dodd (*Senior* *Lecturer in Japanese Literature, SOAS*)



13.00-14.20         *LUNCH BREAK*

* *

*14.20-15.30         PANEL 3*

*Transitional Images of the West in Chosŏn Literature***

Lee, Hyung-dae (*Associate Professor in Korean Literature, Korea University*
)

*Discussants: *

Michael Shin (*Lecturer in **Korean Studies**, **University** of **Cambridge
*)

Kai Easton (*Lecturer in African Literature and Diaspora Studies, SOAS*)

* *

*15.30-16.30         PANEL 4*

*Transitional Images of Chosŏn **Korea**: Accounts by Contiguity vs
Firsthand Accounts*

Grace Koh (*Lecturer in Korean Literature, SOAS*)

*Discussants: *

Angus Lockyer (*Lecturer in the History of **Japan**, SOAS*)

Francesca Orsini (*Reader in the Literature of **North India**, SOAS*)



16.30-16.45
*TEA / COFFEE BREAK*



*16.45-17.30         ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION** *

*Negotiating Difference and Representing ‘The Other’: Interdisciplinary and
Comparative Literary Perspectives*

*Convenor:  *Dr Ayman El-Desouky (*Lecturer in Arabic and Comparative
Literature; Chair, Centre for Cultural, Literary and Post-Colonial Studies,
SOAS*)



*17.30                   **DRINKS RECEPTION***


-- 
Grace Koh
Lecturer in Korean Literature
School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London
Thornhaugh Street
London WC1H 0XG
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4290
Fax: +44 (0)20 7898 4229
Email: gk5 at soas.ac.uk
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