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AKSE Newsletter 35 ASSOCIATION FOR KOREAN STUDIES IN EUROPE NEWSLETTER No. 35 October 2011 Table of Contents A Word from the President…………………………………………….2 A Note from the Editor…………………………………………….......3 AKSE Conference 2013 – Preliminary Notice………………………4 Constitution of the Association for Korean Studies in Europe……………………………………………………………….…5 AKSE Activities funded by the Korea Foundation………………..7 Honorary Members of AKSE……………………………………........8 AKSE Representatives to the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies………………………………….….8 Country Reports Austria…………………………………………………………………….9 Czech Republic………………………………………………........…..18 France……………………………………………………………………22 Germany…………………………………………………………………30 Great Britain………………………………………………………...…43 Ireland…………………………………………………………………..55 Italy……..…………………………………………………………….…56 The Netherlands…………………………………………………….....60 Russia…………………………………………………………………....63 Sweden………………………………………………………………..…76 Obituaries……………………………………………………………….78 1 AKSE Newsletter 35 A W O R D F R O M T H E PRESIDENT During the Biennial Conference in Moscow, there were several changes in the composition of the Council. The four-year term of Boudewijn Walraven as President has ended. As his successor, I want to express my sincere thanks to him and also to the other Presidents whom I have worked with in the past, Warner Sasse and Alexander Guillemoz. I have learned much from them and will always be in their debt. My thanks also go to the council memers who supported my candidacy. I look forward to their continued support in the coming four years. Eckert Dege left the Council after having served as Treasurer for many, many years. We are deeply grateful to Eckart for all the work he has done, always assisted by his wife Katherine. The image of their sitting together to collect membership everyday of the conference has become a familiar and cherished part of AKSE. I have no words to express my gratitude for their devotion in dealing with membership matters. In recognition of their service, Eckart and Katie Dege have been appointed honorary members of AKSE. Koen De Ceuster has consented to take over as Treasurer. Pavel Leshakov has become Vice-President, and Rüdiger Frank is the new Secretary and organizer of the next conference in Vienna after having managed the AKSE website for several years. I would like to express my thanks to Rüdiger for his enthusiasm in improving the website and also warmly welcome Valérie Gelézeau, who was already serving on the Council but now will be in charge of the website as Councillor for Public Relations. Jay Lewis of the Univ of Oxford has joined the Council as a new Regular Member, as has Michael Shin, the editor of the newsletter. Marion Eggert continues as Councillor for Membership Affairs. The Biennial AKSE Conference was held in Russia for the first time in June of this year. The conference proved to be very successful, with a very high number of participants from all over the world. To organize such a large conference in Moscow was not easy for several reasons. Our gratitude goes to Pavel Leshakov and to his team who worked hard to surmount all obstacles. In particular, our thanks go to Ksenia Khazizova for her dedication and kindness in replying to thousands of emails during the preparation of the conference; we all felt that we knew her well even before meeting her. In Moscow, we were also honored by the presence of the President of the Academy of Korean Studies, Dr. Chung Chung Kil. The continued interest of AKSE in Korean Studies in Europe was again confirmed by their generous financial support for the conference. We were also pleased to welcome the President of the Korea Foundation, Dr. Kim Byung-kook, whose organization supports several AKSE activities and hosted a dinner for conference participants. In Moscow, it was decided to have the next AKSE conference in Vienna, the first time it will be held in Austria. The organizer is Rüdiger Frank, who is already immersed in making preparations, with new and stimulating ideas. The conference will be held 6-9 July 2013, and details will be announced on the website. I hope to meet many of you in Vienna and look forward to hearing from you! All the best, Antonetta L. Bruno AKSE President 2 AKSE Newsletter 35 A N O T E F R O M T H E E D I T O R This issue of the newsletter is significantly longer than last year’s, in part thanks to the return of Italy and Sweden and to the inclusion of new countries such as Ireland. The increase in pages is also due to the continued growth and increasing activity of the field. This year, one of our Russian colleagues has submitted a list of all Russian-language publications in Korean Studies. Such lists are not required from each country, but if anyone else wishes to do so, you are welcome to submit them. Next year, if we have many such lists, they will be placed in a special section in the newsletter. I just want to add the usual plea to choose a romanization system and to use it consistently throughout your reports. About half the reports are submitted without proper romanization, so it would be good to see improvement next year! The SUBMISSION DATE for Newsletter 36 will be 31 JULY 2012. The contact details for the Editor are as follows: Postal address: Dr. Michael Shin Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies University of Cambridge Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge, UK, CB3 9DA Email address: [email protected] Please observe the following: 1) Submit your next report according to instructions given on the inside back cover. The format of your submission should follow the style in the entry for your country and university. Please do not submit the same reports that you used for AKS or the Korea Foundation since they ask for items that are not usually included in AKSE newsletters. 2) As AKSE is becoming more globalized and interacts more with scholars in both America and Korea, there is more pressure to adopt American spellings of English. This has already been done by many university presses in the UK. For future issues, American spelling conventions will be preferred. 3) For now, either of the two main romanization systems is acceptable - McCune- Reischauer or Revised Romanization. As in the past, the Yale System can be used for linguistic purposes, and a non-standard Romanisation is acceptable if used in a title or if it is the preferred spelling of a person’s name, such as Syngman Rhee. 4) Please do not submit any text in Korean or Chinese characters, and please use standard English forms of punctuation. Michael D. Shin 3 AKSE Newsletter 35 AKSE CONFERENCE 2013 Preliminary Notice At the AKSE Membership Meeting in Moscow in June 2011, the Council announced that the next AKSE Conference will be held in Vienna, Austria with Prof. Rüdiger Frank as the organizer. The following information will allow you to plan your participation well ahead of the actual conference. At this point, no action from your side is required. Dates of the conference: 6-9 July 2013 Venue: Renaissance Imperial Riding School Hotel, Vienna (http://www.marriott.de/hotels/travel /viese-the-imperial-riding-school-renaissance-vienna-hotel/). All registered participants will stay at the hotel; all regular panels of the conference will take place in the hotel. Conference Fees (subject to change): The conference fee includes 3 nights at a 4-Star hotel in Vienna, 2 dinners, 3 lunches and 5 light breakfasts/coffee breaks. We have decided to reward active conference participation, AKSE membership, and consider the status of conference participants. There is a special rate for students, a discount of 50 EUR for paper presenters and (in some cases) an additional discount of 100 EUR for AKSE members. The conference fees for single participants are: category Per person Non-members/guests 360 EUR Guests who present a paper 310 EUR AKSE members who do not present a 260 EUR paper AKSE members who present a paper 210 EUR Students (no further reductions) 120 EUR Participants who do not stay at the hotel 120 EUR Students who do not stay at the hotel 90 EUR Surcharge for single room 195 EUR As you can see, for financial reasons we must ask for an extra fee for single room occupancy. Participants are kindly asked to find their roommates individually; we will later create an online forum on the conference website to make this process easier for you. Additional information: -- The conference website is currently under construction. -- When registering for the conference, participants will be asked to pay a non-refundable registration fee. -- The Call for Papers will be announced in early 2012. -- If you require additional information, want to leave comments, or make suggestions, please contact the AKSE 2013 Secretariat at: [email protected]. The organizing team and I are looking forward to welcoming you and to holding a successful and active AKSE 2013 conference in Vienna! Best regards, Rüdiger Frank, Conference Organizer 4 AKSE Newsletter 35 CONSTITUTION OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR KOREAN STUDIES IN EUROPE (as amended 2009) NAME 1. The name of the Association shall be ‘The Association for Korean Studies in Europe’ (AKSE). OBJECTS 2. The Association shall be non-political and its objects shall be: - to stimulate and to co-ordinate academic Korean Studies in all countries of Europe; - to contribute to the spread of knowledge of Korea among a wider public. The objects of the Association shall be attained: - by organizing academic conferences on Korea; - by issuing a newsletter; - by encouraging and facilitating co-operation with other organizations having aims consistent with its own objects. MEMBERSHIP 3. The Association shall consist of Full Members in the categories of Ordinary Members and Honorary Members, and of Associate Members in the categories of Individual Associate Members and Corporate Associate Members.