[KS] International Symposium Highlights Korean National Treasure at UW-Milwaukee

[acope at uwm.edu]

**Hello,


A few weeks ago I sent a "save the date" announcement. I am happy to 
follow up with the details for the International Symposium on the 
Daedong yeojido at UW Milwaukee. You can read an article (in Korean) here:
******Yonhap news article: 
http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/culture/2009/11/11/0902000000AKR20091111121600092.HTML

*or here is the information:
*

*Korean maps in the 19th Century**: the Korean National Treasure 
/Daedong yeojido/ /(“Territorial Map of the Great East”), /at the 
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee*

    *Friday, November 20, 2009*

*Morning Session: 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM (AGS Library)*

    * Kihuk Kim (Pusan National University). “Cartography of the Daedong
      yeojido and its Origins”
    * Kibong Lee (National Library of Korea). “Characteristics of Korean
      Old Maps: An interpretation of mountains and mountain ranges from
      a perspective of the history of civilization”
    * Suk-Soo Kim and Halla Kim (University of Nebraska at Omaha). “On
      the Philosophical Significance of Kim Jeongho’s Daedong yeojido”
    * Discussant: Woonsup Choi (Geography, UWM)

*Lunch*: *12:00 PM – 1:30 PM (Greene Hall)* Complimentary lunch 
featuring Korean cuisine and traditional cultural activities

*Afternoon Session: 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM (AGS Library)*

*Special Lecture* by Gari Ledyard (King Sejong Professor Emeritus of 
Korean Studies, Columbia University)

    “The Life and Work of Kim Jeongho before the Daedong yeojido of 1861”

Reception following the lecture

More information: http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/AGSL/korean_maps.cfm

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