[KS] Eighth Keimyung International Conference on Korean Studies

[Michael Finch]

Dear List Members,

If you are in the Daegu area, you may be interested in attending the Eighth
Keimyung International Conference on Korean Studies: Humanities at Turning
Points of Korean Civilization (May 28-30, 2014). Registration is free and
the full details of the conference may be found at the foot of this e-mail.

Best wishes,

Michael Finch


Dr. Michael C. E. Finch
Professor, Department of Korean Studies
Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea





*THE EIGHTH KEIMYUNG INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KOREAN STUDIES*

*(KICKS 2014)*



Title: *Humanities at Turning Points of Korean Civilization *

Dates: *Wednesday, May 28 – Friday, May 30, 2014*

Venue: Room 207, Uiyang Hall and Room 358, Yeongam Hall, Seongseo Campus,
Keimyung University



*Conference Schedule*

*Time*

*Schedule*

*Conference Day 1 (Wednesday, May 28)*

10:00–10:30

Registration

10:30–11:00

Opening Address

*Lee Yun-gap* (Director, Academia Koreana)

Welcoming Address

*Synn Ilhi* (President, Keimyung University)

11:00–11:30

*Keynote Speech (1)*

*Korea’s Course at the Turning Point of Civilization   *

*Keynote Speaker: *

*Cho Dong-il *

(Emeritus Professor, Seoul National University)

11:30–13:00

Lunch

*Session I: Northern Culture and Korean Culture **(Room 207, Uiyang Hall)*

13:30–14:00

*(1) **The **C**ountry of Khoro Sire and the **P**roblem of **the
E**thnogenesis
of the Koreans*

Presenter:

*B. R. Zorigtuyev *

(Professor, Buryat Academy of Sciences, Russia)

14:00–14:30

*(2) Understanding of the “Afterlife” and the “Bird” Symbol in Northern
Asia and the Korean Peninsula *

Presenter:

*Kim Tschung-Sun *

(Professor, Department of Korean Studies, Keimyung University)

14:30–14:50

Coffee Break

14:50–15:20

*(3) A Study on the Historical Character of Northern Shamanism *

Presenter:

*Park Won-Kil*

(Director, Research Center for Chinggis Khan Studies)

15:20–15:50

*(4) The Chronicles as a Monument of the Written Culture of the
Khory-Buryats  *

Presenter*: *

*L. B. Badmaeva *

(Professor, Institute for Mongolian Linguistics, Russia)

15:50–16:10

Coffee Break

16:10–17:30

Discussion

*(Bang Mingyu, Kim Janggu)*

17:30–20:00

Dinner

*Session I: Christianity and Turning Points of Korean Civilization **(Room
358, Yeongam Hall)*

13:30–14:10

*(1) Korean Traditional Religions and Korean Christianity*

Presenter*: *

*Lee Sanghoon*

(Academy of Korean Studies)

14:10–14:50

*(2) Korean Christianity and the Modernization of Korea*

Presenter*: *

*Lee Man-Yeol*

(Former Chairman, National Institute of Korean History)

14:50–15:00

Coffee Break

15:00–15:40

*(3) The Korean Presbyterian Church and Its Influence on the Formation of
Korea’s Democratic Culture*

Presenter*: *

*Hwang Jae-Beom*

(Professor, Keimyung University)

15:40–16:20

*(4) Korea’s Spiritual Culture that Has Rediscovered the Missionaries Sent
to Korea*

Presenter*: *

*Lim Heeguk*

(Professor, Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary)

16:20–16:30

Coffee Break

16:30–17:30

Discussion

17:30–20:00

Dinner

*Conference Day 2 (Thursday, May 29)*

*Session II: Mahayana Buddhism and Turning Points of Korean Civilization
(Room 207, Uiyang Hall)*

10:00–10:30

*Keynote Speech (2)*

*Transplanting Buddhism on the Korean Peninsula: Localizing the
Universal*


Keynote Speaker*: *

*Robert E. Buswell Jr.*

(Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies, Department of Asian
Languages and Cultures, University of California at Los Angeles, USA)

10:30–10:40

Coffee Break

10:40–11:10

*(1) The Development of Mahayana Buddhism During the Unified Silla Era and
the Transformation of Ancient Society *

Presenter:

*Nam Dongsin*

(Professor, Department of History, Seoul National University)

11:10–11:20

Coffee Break

11:20–11:50

*(2) **Buddhism and Totalitarianism: Reflections on the Buddhist **S**umma *
*o**f* *W**ŏ**nhyo and Political Power*

Presenter:

*Sem Vermeersch*

(Associate Professor, Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies, Seoul
National University)

11:50–13:00

Lunch

13:00–13:30

*(3) Research on the Method of Bunhwang Wonhyo’s Theory of Harmonization*

Presenter:

*Ko Yeongseop*

(Professor, Department of Buddhism, Dongguk University)

13:30–13:40

Coffee Break

13:40–14:10

*(4) The Theory of Human Development** in W**ŏ**nhyo’s Commentary on the
Awakening of Faith and Expository Notes on the Awakening of Faith **–
Focusing on the Formation of the ‘Social Self’ *

Presenter:

*Bae Yeongsun *

(Professor, Department of History, Yeungnam University)

14:10–14:20

Coffee Break

14:20–14:50

*(5) The Significance of **W**ŏ**nhyo’s** Thought for Modern Buddhist
Studies *

Presenter:

*Charles Muller*

(Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of
Tokyo, Japan)

14:50–15:00

Coffee Break

15:00–15:30

*(6) **W**ŏ**nhyo’s Pure Land Thought on** Buddh**ā**nusm**ṛ**ti** in its
Sinitic Buddhist Context*

Presenter:

*Richard D. McBride, II*

(Assistant Professor, Department of History, Brigham Young University-Hawai
’i)

15:30–15:50

Coffee Break

15:50–16:10

*(7) Publication announcement: A Korean-English Dictionary of Buddhist
Terms** by Charles Muller *

Presenter:

*Mr. Kim Si-yeol *(President, Unjusa Publishing Company)

16:20–17:20

Discussion

*(Bang In, Cho Sudong, Kim Wonmyung)*

17:20–19:30

Dinner

*Conference Day 3 (Friday, May 30)*

*Session III: T’oegye’s Thought and Turning Points of Korean Civilization
(Room 207, Uiyang Hall)*

09:00–09:30

*(1)* *What is T’oegye’s Thought?*

Presenter:

*Hong Wonsik*

(Professor, Department of Philosophy, Keimyung University)

09:30–10:00

*(2) The Formation of T’oegye’s Thought and the Topography of
Sixteenth-Century Joseon Political Power*

Presenter:

*Kim Yongheon*

(Professor, Department of Philosophy, Hanyang University)

10:00–10:30

*(3) T’oegye’s Thought and Currents of Korean Thought
                                                  *

Presenter:

*Choe Jaemok*

(Professor, Department of Philosophy, Yeungnam University)

10:30–10:40

Coffee Break

10:40–11:10

*(4) T’oegye’s Thought and ‘Koreans’*

Presenter:

*Yan Binggang*

(Professor, Department of Philosophy, Shandong University, China)

11:10–11:40

*(5) **The Four-Seven Debate: Framing a Naturalistic Morality for Life in a
21st Century Evolving Universe*

Presenter:

*Michael Kalton*

(Professor Emeritus, University of Washington at Tacoma, USA)

11:40–12:30

Lunch

12:30–13:00

*(6) T’oegye’s Thought and Japanese Thought*

Presenter:

*Eom Seogin*

(Specialist Researcher, Business Ethics Research Center [BERC], Japan)

13:00–14:30

Discussion

*(Jang Yunsu, Lee Sangho, Kim Gijoo)*

*Session IV : Tasan’s Thought and Turning Points of Korean Civilization
(Room 207, Uiyang Hall)*

14:30–15:00

*(1) Pushing the Confucian Envelope: **Tasan Ch**ŏ**ng Yagyong** as a Man
of, and Not of, His Times*

Presenter*: *

*Don Baker*

(Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia,
Canada)

15:00–15:30

*(2)** Tasan Ch**ŏ**ng Yagyong’s Recommendations for Institutional Reform*

Presenter:

*Kim Munsik*

(Professor, Department of History, Dankook University)

15:30–16:00

*(3) The Character of Tasan’s Practical Learning and the Concept of Nation **–
An Investigation into the Possibility for the Transformation of
Neo-Confucianism in the 21st Century *

Presenter:

*Kim Yongheum*

(HK Research Professor, Korean Studies Institute, Yonsei University)

16:00–16:10

Coffee Break

16:10–16:40

*(4)** Confucius, Zhu Xi, and **Ch**ŏ**ng Yagyong*

Presenter:

*Han Hyeongjo *

(Professor, Academy of Korean Studies)

16:40–17:10

*(5)** Tasan’s Perception of Reality and Study of Statecraft at a Turning
Point of Civilization*

Presenter:

*Lee Yun-gap*

(Professor, Department of History, Keimyung University)

17:10–18:30

Discussion

*(Lee Donghee, Kim Sungwoo)*
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