Korean Studies

The 14th Korean Studies Graduate Students Conference in Europe 2017 – Tübingen, Germany

Day 1: 11th October 2017 (Wednesday)

16:30 – 19:30 Arrival and check-in

19:30 – 21:30 Informal pre-conference drinks at Saints & Scholars (Wilhelmstrasse 44)

Day 2: 12th October 2017 (Thursday)

9:00 – 9:30 Registration (at Großer Senat, Neue Aula)

9:30 –10:00 Welcoming speech by representative of the University

10:00 – 11:30 SESSION 1 – Korean-Chinese: land, language, and identity

(Chair: Dr. Hwang Taejin)

11:30 – 11:45 Coffee break

11:45 – 13:15 SESSION 2 – Sociology

(Chair: Prof. You Jae Lee)

13:15 – 14:30 Lunch at the Faculty Cafeteria

14:30 – 16:00 SESSION 3 Music and Poetry

(Chair: Jun.-Prof. Jerôme de Wit)

16:00 – 16:15 Coffee break

16:15 – 18:15 SESSION 4 – Contemporary Korean Film

(Chair: Jun.-Prof. Jerôme de Wit)

18:15 20:30 Dinner at Schnitzelakademie (Herrenberger Strasse 34)

Day 3: 13th October 2017 (Friday)

9:00 – 11:00 SESSION 5 – Family and Gender

(Chair: Jun.-Prof. Jong Chol An)

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 – 12:45 SESSION 6 – Chosŏn Foreign Relations

(Chair: Isabella Jukas M.A.)

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch at the Faculty cafeteria

14:00 – 16: 00 SESSION 7 – Issues of ethnicity and identity

(Chair: Dr. Kim Sungjo)

16:00 – 16:15 Coffee break

16:15 – 18:15 SESSION 8 – Premodern Korea

(Chair: Dr. Andrew Logie)

18:30 – 20:30 Dinner at Restaurant Meteora (Weizsäckerstraße 1)

Day 4: 14th October 2017 (Saturday)

9:00 – 11:00 SESSION 9 – Korean Language and Linguistics

(Chair: Dr. des. Tobias Scholl)

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 – 12:45 KSGSC General Meeting

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch


About

The KSGSC committee is pleased to announce the 14th convention for graduate students, hosted by the University of Tübingen, Department of Korean Studies. The conference aims to give graduate students in all Korea-related fields an opportunity to present their research, share academic interests, and strengthen ties with other junior scholars.

This conference, now in its 14th edition, will follow the KSGSC’s history marked by successful previous conventions at Ruhr University, Bochum (2004), SOAS, London (2005), the Oriental Institute, Prague (2006), Edinburgh University (2007), Leiden University (2008), Moscow State University (2009), Babes-Bolyai University (2010), Maison de l’Asie, Paris (2011), University of Warsaw (2012), University of Helsinki (2013), Saint Petersburg State University (2014), the University of Malaga (2015), and the University of Copenhagen (2016).

The convention is organized by the KSGSC committee and is funded by the Academy of Korean Studies.