[KS] Koreanstudies Digest, Vol 124, Issue 9

Donald Baker ubcdbaker at hotmail.com
Mon Oct 14 15:22:08 EDT 2013 

I hate to rain on anybody's parade, but the Hwan-dan-go-gi is a 20th century product of nationalistic zeal, not a product of ancient historians. Moreover, the Hongshan culture had little in common with the culture that emerged later in Korea. For example, Hongshan is well known for the jade objects it produced--that links it with proto-Chinese culture, rather than proto-Korean cultures.  And I know of no archaeological evidence for goddess worship in proto-Korean cultures similar to what we see in the Hongshan Goddess Temple site. 

Don Baker


On 2013-10-14, at 9:43 AM, Jaenam Kim <jaenam_kim at yahoo.com> wrote:

> On October 20th Sunday 2pm at the Reception House; 167-17 Northern Blvd., Flushing, NY 11358; there will be a lecture on the book Hwan-dan-go-gi.  The lecture will focus on archeological evidences gathered from Hongshan culture located in Liaoning county in Manchuria and how they relate to the history laid out in the book, Hwan-dan-go-gi.  The lecture will be given in Korean and it will be translated into English.  
> Hongshan culture is known to have existed from 5000 BC.  They found foundation of pyramids in the scale of the largest pyramids of Egypt.  They found many temples that enshrined life size Goddess statues that are in the sitting meditating postures.  There are many goddess statues that represent mother or fertility; however, Hongshan Goddess statues are the only known meditating statues.  In the Temple we also find many bear paws representing signs of bear worship or bear clan.  (The tradition of bear clan still exit among the Ainues in Japan and Okinawa.)  According to Korean tradition, Korean people came about by Heaven worshiping, Hwan clan uniting with earth worshiping Bear clan.  But before they can unite, the woman of the bear clan goes into the cave and meditates until her enlightenment before marriage.  This temple is for the mother of Koreans, the bear woman.  The lecture is being sponsored by a Korean cultural TV station, STB broadcasting. 
> The lecture and gayageum concert will start at 2pm, and after the lecture there will be free Korean buffet dinner if you would like stay for dinner.  See you there. 
> 
> At 2 pm there will be a gayageum concert performed by beautiful and talented, Seo Rami .  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3ljx3h4DY0 (Preview) .
> At 2:45 pm an opening speech will be given by the Consul General of Korea in NY, Son Se-joo.  http://usa-newyork.mofa.go.kr/english/am/usa-newyork/mission/greetings/index.jsp.
> At 3 pm the lecture will be presented along with a slide show by the translator of Hwandan-Gogi, Ahn Kyung-Jeon.  http://www.amazon.com/Hwandan-Gogi-Pocket-Korean-Yeun/dp/8994295402.
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>   1. "InfoShare" / "Korea InfoPool": any suggestions? (Frank Hoffmann)
>   2. Leiden University Centre for Korean Studies looking for 4 PhD
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> Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:33:54 -0700
> From: Frank Hoffmann <hoffmann at koreanstudies.com>
> To: koreanstudies at koreanstudies.com
> Subject: [KS] "InfoShare" / "Korea InfoPool": any suggestions?
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> Dear All:
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> This is just a very loose idea -- and I wonder what your take is on 
> this, and what more specific ideas you may have (in case this seems 
> something that may be wanted)?
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> Originally, when Rob Provine started an email discussion list in 1994, 
> an important function was to exchange all kind of informations 
> regarding publications, research, conferences, positions. That is still 
> the same today. 
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> What I myself am sometimes missing -- and here I am not too sure if 
> that is or is not shared by others -- is some sort of micro information 
> exchange, or whatever you want to call it. Sometimes I wonder about 
> smaller detail questions, issues that I would not want to post and 
> "bother" 1,700+ scholars with, or that I might feel are questions whose 
> answers I should certainly know the answer to by now but still do not. 
> A typical example that came up today: some old newspaper article very 
> briefly lists a person's education and then his current whereabouts, 
> and there it reads something like: "[city name]? ??" -- and I now 
> wonder if this means person X runs his "own business" in [city name]. 
> Or, a few days ago I was wondering about another very tiny detail: how 
> would you transcribe "[person's name]?" -- would you put a dash in 
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> whole list with, nor any personal friends. When you look for 
> information of how to fix your computer or your car, you just search 
> the Web and find some posting in some forum for sure that has the 
> answer. Korean studies is obviously not such a big field, and the 
> "forum" format would likely not work, because nobody would go there 
> unless he/she has a question. 
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> Anyone has suggestions and ideas?
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> Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:43:15 +0200
> From: Remco Breuker <rebreuker at gmail.com>
> To: koreanstudies at koreanstudies.com
> Subject: [KS] Leiden University Centre for Korean Studies looking for
>     4 PhD candidates and 1 postdoc
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> Dear List,
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> I have recently been awarded a five-year research project by the European
> Research Council. For this project, I am now looking for four PhD students
> (salaried employee-status, 4 years) and one postdoc (three years).
> 
> These are the links to the announcements on the site of Leiden University.
> Assessment of incoming applications will continue until the positions are
> filled.
> 
> postdoc:
> http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/wetenschappelijke-functies/13-285-postdoctoral-researcher-in-reading-policy-through-historiography-north-korea.html
> 
> PhD 1:
> http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/phd-posities/13-284-phd-position-in-the-manchurian-heriotage-of-north-korea.html
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> PhD 2:
> http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/phd-posities/13-283-phd-poistion-in-uses-and-abuses-korea.html
> 
> PhD 3:
> http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/phd-posities/13-281-phd-position-in-uses-and-abuses.html
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> PhD 4:
> http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/phd-posities/13-282-phd-position-in-subsidizing-history.html
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> Remco Breuker
> Professor of Korean Studies
> Leiden University
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