[KS] Academia Koreana International Conference (AKIC 2016)

[Michael Finch]

Dear List Members,

I would just like to inform everyone that Academia Koreana of Keimyung
University will be holding an international conference on the theme of "The
Philosophical Examination of Human Nature in Chosŏn Korea" on Thursday,
November 3 to Friday, November 4, 2016. The keynote speakers for the
conference are Professor Choi Young Jin (Sungkyunkwan University) and
Professor Roger Ames (Peking University). The complete schedule, including
all presenters and paper titles may be found at the end of this e-mail. All
the presentations on the first conference day will be in Korean, and the
presentations on the second day will be in English. If you are in Korea and
would like to attend the conference, you are most welcome. There is no
conference registration fee, but it would be helpful if you could e-mail
the conference organizers in advance at acta at kmu.ac.kr if you would like to
attend.

Best regards,

Michael Finch



*ACADEMIA KOREANA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (AKIC 2016)*



Title: The Philosophical Examination of Human Nature in Chosŏn
Neo-Confucianism


Dates: Thursday, November 3 – Friday, November 4, 2016


Venue: Room 207, Euiyang Hall, Seongseo Campus, Keimyung University, Daegu


*Conference Schedule*



Time

Schedule

Note

*Conference Day 1 (Thursday, November 3)*

10:00-10:30

Registration

Opening Address: *Lee Young Chan* (Director, Academia Koreana)

Welcoming Address: *Synn Ilhi* (President, Keimyung University)

Chairperson: Moon     Hyojeong

(Academia Koreana)

10:30-11:00

*Keynote Speech**: The Theory of Human and Non-Human Nature: The
Metaphysics of Similarity and Difference*

Keynote Speaker:* Choi Young Jin *(Sungkyunkwan University)

Chairperson: An Se-Gweon

(Keimyung University)

11:00-11:30

Coffee break

11:30-12:00

(1) A Comparative Study of the Theory of the Similarity and Difference
between Human and Non-Human Nature of the T’oegye School's Chonjae Yi
Hwi-il and Sun'am An Chŏng-bok

Presenter*: An You Kyeong *(Andong University)

12:00-12:30

(2) At the Border of Modernity: The Theory of Human and Non-Human Nature
and the Imagined Other

Presenter: *Kim Kyeong Ho* (Jeonnam University)

12:30-14:30

Lunch



14:30-15:00

(3) A Study on the Views of Tasan (茶山) on the Difference Between Human and
Non-Human Nature Based on a View of Wei-fa (未發)

Presenter: *Cho Eun Yeong *(Korean Military Academy)

Chairperson: Kim Ki Ju (Keimyung University)

15:00-15:30

(4) Nosa Ki Chŏngjin’s Theory of Human and Non-Human Nature–A Critical
Rejection of Both Sides of the ‘Horak’ Debate Based on the Accommodation of
Divergent Principles

Presenter*: Park Hak Rae *(Kunsan University)

15:30-16:00

(5) Analysis of the Logical Grounds of the Debate on the Similarities and
Differences between Human and Non-Human Nature: Focusing on Yi Kan, Han Wŏnjin,
and Im Sŏngju

Presenter: *Son Heung Cheol* (Anyang University)

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break



16:30-17:30

Roundtable Discussion

Chairperson: Kim Ki Ju (Keimyung University)

17:30-20:00

Dinner



*Conference Day 2 (Friday, November 4)*

10:00-10:30

*Keynote Speech **Ⅱ**: Recovering a Confucian Conception of Human Nature: A
Challenge to the Ideology of Individualism*

Keynote Speaker*: Roger Ames *(Peking University, China)

Chairperson: Michael Finch

(Keimyung University)

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-11:30

(1) Human Nature and Life in Korean and Japanese Confucianism

Presenter: *Ogura Kizo *(Kyoto University, Japan)

11:30-12:00

(2) The Significance of the Concept of Mibal in the Horak Debate

Presenter: *Yoo Weon-ki *(Keimyung University, Korea)

12:00-14:00

Lunch



14:00-14:30

(3) Namdang’s Theory on the Nature of Humans and Animals and His
Development of Zhu Xi’s Theories

Presenter: *Xing Liju *(Fudan University, China)

Chairperson: Janet Lee

(Keimyung University)

14:30-15:00

(4) Nongmun Im Sŏngju’s Theory of Qi and Human Nature

Presenter:* Vladimir Glomb* (Free University of Berlin, Germany)

15:00-15:30

(5) Between Heaven and Earth: Tasan’s Understanding of Human Nature

Presenter: *Donald L. Baker* (University of British Columbia, Canada)

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break



16:00-17:00

Roundtable Discussion

Chairperson: Donald L. Baker

(UBC)
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