[KS] Modern Encounters Workshop (SOAS Centre of Korean Studies) 15 June
Grace Koh
gk5 at soas.ac.uk
Fri May 29 12:04:31 EDT 2009
*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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