AKS Core University Program for Korean Studies Directors’ Meeting, August 8-11, 2017 in Tübingen

OPENING: Tuesday, August 8, 2017

@ Venue: Fürstenzimmer / Schloss Hohentübingen (Tübingen Castle)
OPENING
Moderator: Jun-Prof. Dr. Jong-Chol An, University of Tübingen
18:00-18:15

• Opening:
  Prof. Dr. You Jae Lee (Director of Korean Studies, University of Tübingen)
• Welcoming Remarks:
  Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bernd Engler (Rector of the University of Tübingen)
  Dr. Bumhym Bek (Consul-General of the Republic of Korea, Frankfurt a.M.)
  Prof. Dr. Jongmyung Kim (Director of Korean Studies Promotion Service, AKS, Seongnam)

18:15-19:00

• Keynote Speech:
  Connecting Korea and the World via Korean Studies
  Prof. Dr. Myoung-Kyu Park (Seoul National University)

19:30-21:30

• Dinner Reception:
  Restaurant Forelle, Kronenstraße 8, 72070 Tübingen

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DIRECTORS' MEETING: Wednesday, August 9, 2017

@ Venue: Großer Senat / Neue Aula
SESSION I: Korean Studies in Europe
Moderator: Jerôme de Wit, University of Tübingen
09:00-10:30

• Global Korea: Colonialism, Cold War, and Migration
  You Jae Lee (University of Tübingen, Germany)
• Enlargement of Korean Studies Disciplinary Field at Saint-Petersburg University and Development of Northern and Eastern European Korean Studies Network
  Rimma K. Tangalycheva (Saint Petersburg State University, Russia)
• 불가리아의 한국학 정착과 확산을 위한 교육·연구 통합시스템 구축
  Soyoung Kim (Sofia University, Bulgaria)

10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:45

• Transcoding as a Cultural and Social Practice
  Eun-Jeung Lee (Free University of Berlin, Germany
• Beauty of Korean Tradition from Interdisciplinary Perspective
  Miriam Löwensteinová (Charles University, Czech Republic)

11:45-14:00 Lunch Break

SESSION II: Korean Studies in North America
Moderator: Taejin Hwang, University of Tübingen
14:00-16:00

• UCI Center for Critical Korean Studies
  Kyung Hyun Kim (University of California at Irvine, USA)
• Visioning Korea for the Next Generation: Korean Studies in the Classroom
  Nojin Kwak (University of Michigan, USA)
• Korean Studies in North America: Challenges and Future Vision
  Sang-Hyop Lee (University of Hawaii, USA)
• Korean Humanities in the Nation’s Capital, Washington, DC.
  Jisoo M. Kim (George Washington University, USA)
   

16:00-16:15 Coffee Break

16:15-17:45

• Establishing Korean Studies in America’s Heartland
  Seung-kyung Kim (Indiana University at Bloomington, USA)
• CKR as Regional, National, and Global Korean Studies Hub
  Jungwon Kim (Columbia University, USA)
• Establishment of a Leading Center for Korean Studies in the Social Sciences
  Gloria Koo (University of Southern California, USA)

18:00-21:00

• Dinner:
  Restaurant Die Kelter, Schmiedtorstraße 17, 72070 Tübingen

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DIRECTORS' MEETING: Thursday, August 10, 2017

@ Venue: Großer Senat / Neue Aula
SESSION III: Korean Studies in Asia I
Moderator: Tobias Scholl, University of Tübingen
09:00-10:30

• Korean Studies in Central Asia
  Nelly Pak (Kazakh Ablai Khan University, Kazakhstan)
• Promotion of Korean Studies in Far Eastern Russia: Successes and Challenges
  Marina Kukla (Far Eastern Federal University, Russia)
• Korean Studies in India and South Asia
  Ravikesh (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)

10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:45

• In Search for Historical Rapprochement-Experience, Memory, and Coexistence
  Yeounsuk Lee (Hitotsubashi University, Japan)
• Advantages and Difficulties of Korean Studies in Japan
  Tadashi Kimiya (University of Tokyo, Japan)

11:45-14:00 Lunch Break

SESSION III: Korean Studies in Asia II
Moderator: Sungjo Kim, University of Tübingen
14:00-15:30

• 북경지역 한국학 교육 연구 강화 및 다민족 대상 한국학 교육 시스템 구축
  Chun-Xian Jin (Minzu University of China, China)
• 중국내 한국학 정착을 위한 선택과 집중의 한국학교육연구시스템 구축
  Hai-Ying Li (Ocean University of China, China)
• 난징대학교의 ‘인문한국학’ 교육·연구
  Hai-Yan Yin (Nanjing University, China)

15:30-15:45 Coffee Break
15:45-16:45

• Reconstruction of Korean Studies in China
  Can-Kui Piao (Yanbian University, China)
• 대만에서의 한국학 발전 현황
  Qing-Zhi Chen (National Chengchi University, Taiwan)

18:00-19:00 Boat Tour on the Neckar River
19:00-21:00 Dinner

• Restaurant Bootshaus, Wöhrdstraße 25, 72072 Tübingen

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DIRECTORS' MEETING: Friday, August 11, 2017

@ Venue: Großer Senat / Neue Aula
SESSION IV: AKS Seed Projects
Moderator: You Jae Lee, University of Tübingen
09:00-10:20

• Consolidating Frankfurt Korean Studies Through Teaching and Research on “Identity and Transnational Mobility in and out of Korea”
  Yonson Ahn (Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany)
• Korean Studies from an Intercultural Perspective: Creation and Development of Korean Studies at the University of Malaga
  Antonio José Doménech del Río (University of Malaga, Spain)
• Korean Studies at Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania: Past Development and Future Prospects
  Codruta Sintionean (Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania)
• Korean Studies in New Zealand: Growth Strategy
  Changzoo Song (University of Auckland, New Zealand, former AKS Core University)

10:20-10:35 Coffee Break
FINAL DISCUSSION: Korean Studies in the Future
Moderators: Jong-Chol An, University of Tübingen / Jongmyung Kim, Academy of Korean Studies
10:35-12:00

• Research Trends, Networking, and Promotion Policies

12:00-13:15 Lunch
13:30-17:00 Optional Field Trip

• Bebenhausen Monastery and Palace, Im Schloß 1, 72074 Tübingen
  [Bus 828]