KOREA at SOAS CentreKOREA of Korean at SOAS Studies, SOAS Annual Review Centre of Korean Studies, SOAS Annual Review September 2008 - August 2009 2008/2009 CENTRE OF KOREAN STUDIES (CKS) MEMBERS Dr Lucien BROWN Research Fellow Centre of Korean Studies [email protected] Dr Jae Hoon YEON Reader in Korean Language and Literature Dr Dae-oup CHANG Chair, Centre of Korean Studies Lecturer in Development Studies Department of the Languages and Cultures of Japan and Korea Department of Development Studies [email protected] [email protected] Dr Charlotte HORLYCK Lecturer in the History of Korean Art Department of Art and Archaeology Current Honorary Appointments [email protected] Professorial Research Associate: Professor Keith D HOWARD Professor Martina DEUCHLER ~ Oct 2002 - Aug 2011 Professor of Music BA (LEIDEN) PHD (HARVARD) Department of Music [email protected] Research Associate: Dr Owen MILLER ~ Jul 2008 - Aug 2010 Dr Anders KARLSSON PHD BA (LONDON) Lecturer in Korean Studies [email protected] Department of the Languages and Cultures of Japan and Korea [email protected] Dr Youngsook PAK ~ May 2007 - Aug 2010 PHD (UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG) Dr Stefan KNOOB [email protected] Research Fellow Centre of Korean Studies Visiting Scholars: [email protected] Ms Hakyung CHANG ~ Apr 2009 - Mar 2010 MA BA (SOOK-MYUNG WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY) Dr Grace KOH [email protected] Lecturer in Korean Literature Department of the Languages and Cultures of Japan and Korea Professor Sang Hie HAN ~ Mar 2009 - Feb 2010 [email protected] PHD LLM LLB (SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY) [email protected] Dr Tat Yan KONG Reader in Politics and Development Studies Ms Jongsook KIM ~ May 2009 - Oct 2009 Department of Politics and International Studies BA (KOREA UNIVERSITY) [email protected] [email protected] Mrs Kyung Eun LEE Professor Seungwoo LEE ~ Aug 2009 - Aug 2010 Lector in Korean SEOUL THEOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, YONSEI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY Department of the Languages and Cultures of Japan and Korea [email protected] [email protected] Professor Wookhee SHIN ~ Jan 2009 - Jan 2010 PHD MA (YALE UNIVERSITY, USA) BA (SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Professor Peter SELLS [email protected] Professor of Linguistics Department of Linguistics For a list of all honorary appointments who have carried our research [email protected] at SOAS in the academic year of 2008-2009, see p.21 Dr Isolde STANDISH Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies Centre for Media and Film Studies For more information on CKS members, visit: [email protected] http://www.soas.ac.uk/koreanstudies/members/ 2 LETTER FROM THE CHAIR (Science Po, Paris), Professor Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch (Freie Universitat Berlin), Professor Daeyol Kim (INALCO, Paris), Professor Nam-lin Hur (The University of British Columbia), Dr James Lewis (University of Oxford), Dr Jo Elfving-Hwang (Leeds University), and Dr Choon Key Chekar (Cardiff University), and the lectures covered a wide range of topics from a Confucian moral practice in 19th Century Korea to recent political developments and fi lming in North Korea. On 24 February 2009 the Centre organised a workshop on Decorative Arts and Folk Customs of Korea. Professor Michael Pettid (SUNY Binghamton) and Professor Chong Pyongmo (Kyongju National University) gave special lectures at the workshop. The workshop was followed by a special visit to British Museum led by Professor Chong Pyongmo. The Centre also organised two other workshops during the year; on 22 May 2009, a workshop on Territory, Frontiers and Borders in Korean History organized by Dr Anders Karlsson, and on 15 June 2009, another workshop on Modern Encounters and Travel Literature: Accounts by Contiguity, Firsthand Accounts, and Mutual Perceptions of Chosŏn Korea and the West. The workshop in June was organized by This academic year was the third year of the fi ve-year SOAS-AKS Korean Dr Grace Koh and contributed by staff members of Academy of Korean Studies Institution Grant project. This generous support from the Studies and faculty members of Languages and Cultures at SOAS. Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) has enabled the Centre to signifi cantly expand its manpower and infrastructure, its research programme and its The Centre welcomed the following visiting scholars during the year: event calendar. Professor Hyunsoo Kim (Dankook University), Professor Young Kim (Inha University), Professor Seonmee Kim (Sunchon National University), During the year the Centre welcomed Dr Dae-Oup Chang, Lecturer in Professor Wookhee Shin (Seoul National University), Professor Sanghie Development Studies, as a new member, and it also appointed Dr Lucien Han (Konkuk University), Professor Cho-see Jung (Chongju University), Brown as research fellow and Dr Owen Miller as research associate. and Ms Hakyung Chang (Sookmyung Women University). Professor Martina Deuchler, Professorial research associate of the Centre, recently received the fi rst Korea Foundation Award, recognizing Finally, this is the second issue of CKS annual review, which was initially her contributions to the fi eld of Korean studies. proposed and prepared by Dr Charlotte Horlyck. This annual review is designed and produced by Centres and Programmes Offi ce at SOAS, and The Centre has continued its ordinary lecture series as well as the I would like to thank Mrs Jane Savory and Miss Rahima Begum for their special lecture series for European scholars enabled by the AKS grant. hard work. Among the fi fteen presenters this academic year were Professor Dr Jaehoon Yeon Ruediger Frank (University of Vienna), Professor Shin Dong Kim Chair, Centre of Korean Studies Editorial: Design: Dr Charlotte Horlyck Miss Rahima Begum [email protected] Produced by: Jane Savory Rahima Begum Printed by: Centres & Programmes (REO) [email protected] [email protected] SOAS Print Room Offi ce Manager: Mrs Jane Savory Executive Offi cer: Miss Rahima Begum 020 7898 4892 020 7898 4893 Room 479, Russell Square, SOAS Special thanks to Dr Lucien Brown for providing Fax: +44 (0)20 7898 4489 photographs throughout the year. http://www.soas.ac.uk/centresoffi ce/ 3 AKS KOREAN STUDIES INSTITUTION GRANT REPORT & SOCHON SCHOLARSHIP Project Implementation for 2008 - 2009 Period Project Goals & Original Project Plan To promote SOAS as a leader in Korean studies in Europe, the major 2. Centre Seminar Series goals of the project include the following: to develop research During the last year, lecturers were invited from leading and teaching manpower, to develop Korean studies courses, to hold European institutions as well as Korea and Canada. The institutions invited seminars, workshops, and conferences promoting collaboration with include: University of Vienna, Sciences Po, INALCO (Paris), Freie University other Universities in Europe and Korea, to provide support for graduate Berlin, and also from Oxford University, Cardiff University, Leeds students and to publish research materials. University, University British Columbia and Korean Universities. Full details of papers presented can be found on p. 9 The original plan covered the following seven areas: 3. Hosting of research workshops and conferences in conjunction with other institutions 1) The maintenance of one lectureship in Korean Studies and two The following workshops have been held during the last year: research fellowships (one full-time, and one half-time) 2) The development of a series of seminars by scholars from Europe a) Workshop on Korean Decorative Arts (24 Feb 2009) and Korea Under the leadership of Charlotte Horlyck, the centre held a workshop on Korean folk art and culture on 24 February 2009. 3) The hosting of research workshops and conferences in conjunction For more details, visit p. 12 with AKS and other institutions b) Workshop on Territory, Frontiers and Borders in Korean History (22 4) The development of curriculum materials and research publications May 2009) 5) The provision of support for postgraduate students Under the leadership of Anders Karlsson, the Centre held a workshop on territories and territorial disputes, on 22 May 2009. 6) The sponsoring of a variety of other projects organised by and For more details, visit p. 14 conducted in SOAS CKS c) Modern Encounters and Travel Literature: Accounts by Contiguity, 7) The publication of SOAS-AKS online working papers, aiming at the Firsthand Accounts, and Mutual Perceptions of Chosŏn Korea and the publication of SOAS-AKS European Series on Korean Studies West (15 June 2009) The centre also hosted a workshop on travel literature during 15-16 June 2009, under the supervision of Grace Koh. 1. Development of teaching and research manpower For more details, visit p. 16 Employment of one lecturer: The plan to employ Charlotte Horlyck (Korean Art History) as a full-time lecturer on a fi ve-year contract has 4. Development of curriculum materials and research publications been carried out. At the end of the fi ve-year period, SOAS has agreed to maintain the position permanently under university funding. a) Report on Korean (Choson) history book project headed by Dr Anders Karlsson Employment of two research fellows (one full-time and one half-time): The project team have started to write in full one pilot chapter on Dr Owen Miller (Korean History) and Stefan Knoob (Korean Linguistics) the eighteenth century. Once Anders Karlsson and Owen Miller have were respectively employed as full-time and half-time research fellows, fi nished the parts on political, social, and economic history Grace Koh according to the project plan. During the period of employment, both and Charlotte Horlyck will give input on literature and art. have attained PhD degrees. From October 2008, Owen Miller has taken up a postdoctoral fellowship at Cambridge University and Dr Stefan b) Korean reference grammar book project headed by Knoob is currently applying for teaching positions in Britain and Europe. Dr Jaehoon Yeon As the successor for Owen Miller, Lucien Brown (PhD degree in Korean As for the Korean reference grammar book being compiled under the Studies awarded October 31st 2008) is being employed from October supervision of Jaehoon Yeon, the book is now in a more advanced state 2008.