Core University Program for Korean Studies - Form for the Interim Report -

Project No. AKS-2011-BAA-2104

Institution Name School of Oriental and African Studies

Project Name Overseas Leading University Programme for Korean Studies

2011.09.01. ~ 2016.08.31. (the total grant year) Project Period 2014.09.01. ~ 2015.08.31. (the current grant year) ______200,000_____ (Unit: KRW 1,000) Amount of Awarded Grant _118,916____ (pounds)

______200,000___ (Unit: KRW 1,000) Total Amount of Funding __118,916 circa (depending on exchange rate on date of Requested for the next year transfer__ (pounds) Project Director 1 Number of Project Team Member 10 Total 14 Project Participants Project Assistant 3 (Name) Yeon, Jaehoon (Affiliation & Position) SOAS, Professor of Korean Language and Linguistics (E-mail) [email protected] Project Director (Signature)

(Name) Prof. Paul Webley (Affiliation & Position) SOAS, Director & Principal (E-mail) [email protected] Authorized Representative of the (Signature) Administrative Entity

연차보고 요약 (계획 대비 실적)

수행 기관 런던대학교 소아스 (SOAS)

사업 단장 연재훈 (Yeon, Jaehoon)

사업 내용 당초 계획 실 적

2013년-현재: Mr Sangpil Jin 임용 박사후 연구인력 2014년-현재: 추가로 Dr. Ju Youkyung 강화: Research 매년 1명 이상 고용 임용 (2015년 9월부터 한국어 Fellow 고용 전임강사로 임용 예정)

한국학 연구소 평균 2주에 한번 꼴로 당초 계획대로 진행 (아래 보고서 세미나 한국학 세미나 개최 참고)

한국학 1년에 2-3번 정도 학술대회와 웍숍 4월에 1회 개최, 9월에 1회 개최 예정 학술회의와 웍숍 개최 개최 Brown & Yeon: The Handbook of Korean Linguistics. (2015년 6월 출판) 한국학 한국어학, 한국역사, Howard: SamulNori: Korean Percussion 교육자료와 한국문화 등에 관한 교재와 for a Contemporary World and Korean 연구서 출판 연구서 출판 Musical Instruments: A Practical Guide. (2015년 8월 출판 예정)

한국학 전공 당초 계획보다 많은 학생에게 장학금 대학원생 장학금 매년 2-3명 장학금 수여 수여. (2014-15: 5명 선발) 수여 박사과정생 논문 발표 지원

세미나, 학술회의, 웍숍 SOAS-AKS Online Working papers 학술회의와 웍숍 논문들 지속적으로 온라인 (Ongoing) 결과물 출판 보조 발표 그 후 우수 논문 . 책으로 출판. 연구비 지원 받은 박사 학위 논문: Korean 연구원과 대학원생들의 교육, Neutralisation Attempts (1882-1907): 그 외 한국학 연구 활동, 학회 활동, Retracing the Struggle for Survival and Imperial Intrigues 진흥 사업 보조 한국학 연구소 교육 활동 등 지원 한국어, 문화 교육 인터넷 사이트 (Bridge to Korea) 개설: 아래 주소 참고 https://wiki.ucl.ac.uk/display/KOR/Korean Ⅰ. Yearly Project Performance Result

1. Original Project Plan and Objective

a) Development of research manpower (appointment of research fellows) b) Centre of Korean Studies Seminars c) Hosting of Research Workshops, Conferences and Seminars in collaborations with other institutions d) Development of curriculum materials and research publications e) Awarding Scholarships for Postgraduate Students f) SOAS-AKS Publications - Publish an edited collection of SOAS-AKS Working Papers in Korean Studies. g) Support Korean Studies staff for teaching and research activities

2. Project Performance Contents and Results

A. Summary Number of Achievement Classification Original Plan Remarks Achievement Rate One published and Books published unspecified 1 + 2 100% two will be published in August Journal Articles unspecified 1 unsatisfactory Need to be improved Publication of book chapters, proceedings, and unspecified Many 100% See below working papers Academic Activities Bi-weekly 18 100% (Seminars) Academic activities One will be held in 2-3 1 50% (workshops) September Support of Scholarships 2-3 5 200%

Opening of New Courses 1 1 100%

Hiring of New Faculty 1 1.8 180%

B. Details of Yearly Project Achievement a. Publications Serial No. Title Author Brown, Lucien The Handbook of Korean Linguistics (Oregon) and Yeon,

Jaehoon (SOAS)

Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Date of Publication 2015 Acknowledgment of Type of Publication Ordinary book (edited) Included AKS’s Support

The Handbook of Korean Linguistics presents state-of-the-art overviews of the linguistic research on the Korean language. The unique features of this book are as follows:

• Structured to allow a range of theoretical perspectives in addressing linguistic phenomena. Abstract • Includes chapters on Old Korean and Middle Korean, present-day language policies in North and South Korea, social aspects of Korean as a heritage language, and honorifics.

• Indispensable and unique resource not only for those studying Korean linguistics but cross-linguistic research in general.

Process for

Releasing the Result

In addition to contributing chapters in the book (see below), Prof. Yeon Remarks edited this book with Dr Lucien Brown, an external participant of the CKS project.

Serial No. Title Author SamulNori: Korean Percussion for a Howard, Contemporary World Keith/SOAS

Publisher Ashgate Date of Publication 2015 Acknowledgment of Type of Publication Ordinary book Included AKS’s Support This volume explores this vibrant percussion genre, charting its origins and development, the formation of the canon of pieces, teaching and Abstract learning strategies, new evolutions and current questions relating to maintaining, developing, and sustaining samulnori in the future. Process for This book will be released in August 2015. Releasing the Result Part of SOAS Musicology Series, the series contain studies of different music, analysed in the contexts of the societies of which they are part, Remarks and exploring repertories, performance practice, musical instruments, and the roles and impacts of individual composers and performers.

Serial No. Title Author Howard, Korean Musical Instruments: A Practical Guide Keith/SOAS

Publisher Minsokwon Date of Publication 2015 Acknowledgment of Type of Publication Ordinary book Included AKS’s Support This book is the most comprehensive English language account of Korean musical instruments. Designed as a 'show and tell' guide, two overview chapters on history and al instruments currently used or reported in Korea precede seven chapters devoted to the seven most Abstract important current instruments. Each instrument is considered in its historical, regional, and contemporary context, in respect to notation types and systems, instrument construction, and playing techniques. The book includes copious notations in both traditional mensural notation and Western staff notation. Process for This book will be published in August 2015. Releasing the Result Remarks

b. Book Chapters

Serial No. Title Author Horlyck, “Koreaanse kunst” (Korean art) Charlotte/SOAS

Publisher Museum of Fine Arts Date of Publication 2014

Chapter Pages 173~185 Acknowledgment Type of Publication Ordinary book Included of AKS’s support Abstract

Process for Already published. Releasing the Result Remarks Published in Dutch and English.

Serial No. Title Author Yeon, Passives Jaehoon/SOAS Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Date of Publication 2015

Chapter 7 Pages 116~136 Acknowledgment Type of Publication Ordinary book Included of AKS’s support Abstract

Process for

Releasing the Result Remarks Part of The Handbook of Korean linguistics.

Serial No. Title Author Yeon, Varieties of Contemporary Korean Jaehoon/SOAS

Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Date of Publication 2015

Chapter 26 Pages 459~476 Acknowledgment Type of Publication Ordinary book Included of AKS’s support Abstract

Process for

Releasing the Result Part of The Handbook of Korean linguistics, this chapter was co- Remarks authored with Dr Brown.

b.2- Publications (Proceedings papers)

Serial No. Title Author Knowledge of Word Connotations in the Translation of Culture-specific Lexis: Finding Lee, Vivian/SOAS

from a Pilot Study

Publisher Date of Publication 2014 Acknowledgment of Type of Publication Proceedings paper Included AKS’s Support This paper looks at the knowledge of word connotations possessed by participants in Korean into English translation tasks which involved culture-specific lexis (CSL). Students learning Korean into English translation were given pre and post-translation tasks containing culture- Abstract specific lexis, and a taught session with discussions was held in between. Pre and post interviews were also conducted. The recorded data was transcribed and coded using NVivo software. Presenting data from the study, this paper looks at what prior knowledge of culture- specific lexis was possessed by the learners, and how translation tasks involving such culture-specific words require consideration of connotations in both L1 and L2 words. Results show that while in most cases L1 speakers may have knowledge of connotations in CSL, when translating from their L1 into L2 it is important to find ways to convey such meanings in translation into the target text. For L2 speakers of the source text, translating CSL from L2 into L1 requires the learning and understanding of any unknown CSL for efficient translation into the target text. The paper also highlights the importance of CSL in translation tasks, and considers pedagogical implications for teachers and trainers of translation studies. Process for

Releasing the Result This research was supported by AKS grant and it was acknowledged in Remarks the paper.

Serial No. Title Author Acquisition of L2 Words and their Connotations Through the Translation of Culture-specific Lee, Vivian/SOAS

Lexis: Findings from a Pilot Study

Publisher Date of Publication 2014 Acknowledgment of Type of Publication Proceedings paper Included AKS’s Support There is an increasing importance for today’s language learners to be communicatively competent and have intercultural awareness. Successful intercultural communication requires language learners to be able to communicate effectively between and across cultures. For learners dealing with translation, this is particularly important. Such learners work with the cultures of the source and target text; as such, it is particularly important for these learners to be intercultural mediators and relate source and target culture to identify culture-specificity in the source text (Olk 2009). Culture-specific words pose a challenge to language learners: translation of such words requires the ability to surpass word denotation and to know, Abstract and be able to, convey any connotations the word contains. This paper reports the findings of a recent pilot study which focused on the translation of culture-specific lexis. The study involved pre and post- translation tasks containing culture-specific lexis, interviews and a taught session with group discussions. Recorded data was transcribed and coded using NVivo software. This paper presents findings from the study, looking at how such tasks enable learners to acquire new words and their connotations, and how attempts to communicate these words and meanings in translation enable them to potentially develop their intercultural mediating roles.

Process for

Releasing the Result This research was supported by AKS grant and it was acknowledged in Remarks the paper.

Serial No. Title Author Group Discussions Based on Translation Tasks Involving Culture-specific Lexis as a Platform Lee, Vivian/SOAS for Developing Intercultural Communication: Findings from a Pilot Study

Publisher Date of Publication 2014 Acknowledgment of Type of Publication Proceedings paper Included AKS’s Support This paper examines the intercultural awareness of source text L1 and L2 learners through their interactions with each other in group translation and discussion tasks. It seeks to highlight the important role such tasks can play in developing intercultural awareness and competence.

Students learning Korean into English translation were given pre and Abstract post-translation tasks containing culture-specific lexis and interviews were also conducted. In between the pre and post tasks, a taught session with group discussions was carried out. Recorded data was transcribed and coded using NVivo software. This paper focuses on the study participants’ group discussions, which reveal how they were able to learn about and consider both L1 and L2 cultures from each other, thus highlighting the potential of such tasks to play a role in developing learners’ intercultural awareness and consequently, competence. Process for

Releasing the Result This research was supported by AKS grant and it was acknowledged in Remarks the paper. b.3- Publications (PhD thesis)

Serial No. Title Author Korean Neutralisation Attempts (1882-1907): Retracing the Struggle for Survival and Imperial Jin, Sangpil/SOAS Intrigues

Publisher SOAS, University of London Date of Publication 2015 Acknowledgment Type of Publication PhD thesis Included of AKS’s Support Abstract The late nineteenth and early twentieth century was a turbulent period in East Asia. Aggressive imperial powers challenged the traditional regional order, changing the relationships between the nations in the region and ushering in a period of imperialism and intense international rivalry. The subject of this study is Korean neutralisation attempts in this period, initiated by Koreans as well as by international actors, in an effort to fully understand how Korea endeavoured to preserve its sovereignty and how major powers pursued their interests in the Far East. Arguing that previous scholarship has dealt with Korean neutralisation in a too piecemeal fashion, this study utilises previously overlooked diplomatic documents, examines influencing factors previously disregarded, and covers a longer time period (1882-1907) than prior scholarship to provide a comprehensive and multilateral analysis of Korean neutralisation. Whereas previous scholarship has downplayed the historical significance of these attempts, based on such comprehensive analysis, this study argues that Korean neutralisation was possible on at least one discrete occasion. To facilitate a better understanding of the factors that influenced these neutralisation attempts, the study introduces examples of successful neutralisation in Europe and compares these with the Korean case. The structure of the study is chronological, describing attempts within the context of domestic and regional historical developments, focusing on the time periods surrounding major domestic and international events such as the Imo Mutiny, 1882, the Gapsin Coup, 1884, the British occupation of Port Hamilton (Geomundo), 1885-87, the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-95, and the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905. Although comparisons with successful European cases show that a lack of essential requirements made all Korean neutralisation attempts discussed in this study infeasible, this study re-evaluates their historical significance and illustrates that neutralisation can only be realised through the candidate’s own will and strength combined with international respect and support.

Process for This dissertation has been submitted and is waiting for the final result. Releasing the Result This research was supported by AKS grant and it was acknowledged in Remarks the thesis. c. Journal Articles

Serial No. Title Author The Eternal Link – Grave goods of the Koryŏ Horlyck, Kingdom (918-1392CE) Charlotte/SOAS Name of Journal Ars Orientalis Date of Publication 2014

Journal Vol./No. 44 Pages 156~179 Acknowledgment Type of Journal Included of AKS’s support Informed primarily by complex indigenous belief systems that the afterlife is a continuation of life on Earth, early Chinese and Korean Abstract tombs were created as microcosms of the world the deceased inhabited in life. This, it was believed, enabled the occupants to continue to “live,” rule, and lead armies amid familiar surroundings. Process for Already published and available on-line. Releasing the Result This volume grew out of a panel of the same name held at the 2012 Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference in Toronto. Guest edited by Melia Belli, this volume unites diverse representations of Remarks death in art across Asia, while maintaining that Asia is far from a monolithic entity. Volume 44 aims to cultivate new insights about death and funerary art through an in-depth discussion of art objects in their appropriate contexts.

d. Academic Activities

Serial No. Name of Relevant Seminar/Symposium/Conference Date/Place

Korean Studies after the Sewol Ferry Disaster 24 April 2015/SOAS

No. of Articles 5 No. of Participants 30 Presented This workshop was held to commemorate the Sewol Ferry incident by Purpose critically reflecting the Korean modernity from various academic perspectives. The workshop comprised of two panels. The first panel focused on history, state, and development of the Korean state and saw three speakers from SOAS and University of Warwick presenting their papers Agenda / Theme on this theme. The second panel saw three speakers presenting two papers that analysed the Sewol incident using language, communication, and media as investigative tools. Both presenters and audience agreed that the event covered topics that Outcome warrant further academic research and some presenters indicated that some issues raised at the conference would have to investigated further. This event attracted audience from both within SOAS and beyond, Remarks testifying a widespread interest in this important episode.

e. Support of Scholarships Serial Details of Activities Carried Out Name Department Major No. Support Provided by the Recipient MA She has Japan and 1 Hyojin An Korean £6000 successfully Korea Studies completed MA. MA Theory She has 2 Mina Kim Linguistics and £6000 successfully Practice of completed MA. Translation She has MPhil/PhD Japan and successfully 3 Yejin Kim Korean £6000 Korea proceeded to her Studies third year of PhD MA Critical She has School of 4 Rebecca Lewis Media and £6000 successfully Arts Cultural completed MA. Studies He has successfully MPhil/PhD Allan C. Japan and proceeded to his 5 Korean £3796 Simpson Korea second year of Studies PhD.

f. Opening of New Courses Serial No. Title of course Instructor (Affiliation)

Topics in Modern Korean History Miller, Owen/SOAS Date October 2014~ June 2015

No. of Students 6 This thoroughly revised course looks in detail at the crucial events and trends in history that have shaped 20th century Korean culture and society, such as the opening of the country in late 19th century; reform movements; social and economic aspects of the colonial period 1910- Contents 1945; colonial rule and resistance; independence and the division of the peninsula; the Korean War 1950-1953; military rule and democracy movements; economic growth, industrialization and urbanization; the Korean diaspora and the emergence of an urban middle class. We have seen steadily growing numbers of students wishing to take a modern Korean history course at MA level over recent years. There has also been a need to separate the teaching for MA modern history course from the undergraduate course and create a completely standalone Remarks course with an updated syllabus covering cutting-edge research on Korean history since the late 19th century. Another motivation for revising the course was to make it more attractive to students from other departments and degree programmes, particularly history. The first year has been very successful with six excellent students taking the course from a variety of programmes, including MA Korean Studies, MA History and MA History and Intensive Korean. g. Others Online publications Over the years, SOAS has held bi-weekly seminars and numerous papers were presented at various venues. To provide a lasting record of the ground-breaking and thought-provoking research that has been presented, we have collected copies of these papers from many of the speakers.

From 2014-2015, the following papers were published online in the SOAS-AKS Working Papers in Korean Studies series: (http://www.soas.ac.uk/koreanstudies/overseas-leading- universityprogrammes/soas-aks-working-papers-in-korean-studies-ii/): -An Analysis of the Text Structure of Cheonjugasa from a Linguistic Perspective Cho, Wonhyong (Seoul National University). September 2014. -‘Kim Jong-un Syndrome’: North Korean Commemorative Culture the Succession Process Cathcart, Adam (University of Leeds). March 2015. -Producing Political Landscape on the Korean Peninsula-Divided Visions, United Vista Winstanley-Chesters, Robert and Ter Molen, Sherri (University of Cambridge and Wayne State University). May 2015.

Centre of Korean Studies Seminars (all can be seen at www.soas.ac.uk/koreanstudies/) During the last academic year, a total of seventeen lecturers were invited from prestigious institutions from Asia, Europe, and North America. The institutions include Tokyo Keizai University, University of Cambridge, and UC San Diego. Moreover, SOAS has also managed to attract high-profile speakers by working with non-academic institutions (e.g. British Council, Wilson Center, and ROK embassy), a testament to SOAS’s reputation as an institution that embraces cutting-edge and multi-disciplinary research on Korea.

Date Speaker Affiliation Title 19 September Hoechan Roh Former MP A Crisis in Korean Democracy and a Role of 2014 Progressive Parties in Korea 23 September Yun-ho Yang Director K-Drama Week: Global Korean Wave Seminar 2014 3 October 2014 Byoung Yoong University of Assorted Chatter about Mr.Y's Literature Kang Ljubljana 14 October Person James Wilson Center How do we know what we think we know 2014 about North Korea?: The use of records from the archives of Pyongyang's former communist allies to challenge the received wisdom

17 October Killick Andrew University of Hwang Byungki: Traditional Music and the 2014 Sheffield Contemporary Composer in the Republic of Korea 31 October Amb. Sungnam ROK Embassy Security Challenges in Northeast Asia 2014 Lim 14 November Adam Cathcart University of Leeds Succession Politics and Commemorative 2014 Culture in North Korea 28 November Owen Miller SOAS The making of the North Korean working 2014 class: class formation and capitalist development at the Hungnam Chemical Complex, 1930-1960 3 December Bruce Fulton University of British The Translations of James Scarth Gale, a 2014 Columbia Canadian Missionary in Korea, 1888-1929

16 January Haekyung Um University of Pop Nostalgia, Pop Canonization and Korean 2015 Liverpool Music Reality Shows

23 January Ramon P. Pardo King’s College, North Korea Faces the World: A Story of 2015 London Nuclear Weapons, Economic Reform, and Normalization 30 January Justin Choi SOAS Rhee Syngman in the first decade of the 2015 Youngchan twentieth-century 6 February Hyelim Kim SOAS Actualising Musical Tradition: Performance- 2015 as-Research on the Korean flute, taegŭm 17 February Andrea Rose British Council “Life in the Dolphin Pool” An Illustration of 2015 life in North Korea 27 February Polly Savage SOAS North Korean Artists and Africa 2015 20 March 2015 Kyung-sik Suh Tokyo Keizai Art, National Identity, and the Korean Diaspora University 1 May 2015 Robert University of Producing Political Landscape on the Korean Winstanley- Cambridge and Peninsula: Divided Visions, United Vista Chesters and Wayne State Sherri Ter Molen University 15 May 2015 Todd Henry UC San Diego Queer Lives as Cautionary Tales: Female Same-Sex Marriage in the Hetero-Patriarchal Imagination of Postwar South Korea

The centre has continuously maintained the two research fellowships, thereby enhancing research manpower of the centre:

Mr. Sangpil Jin (September 2013- present) Dr. Youkyung Ju (May 2014 – present)

Literature translation Ms Deborah Smith, a PhD candidate in Korean literature, has translated into English a well- known novel by South Korean author Han Kang. The Vegetarian was published by Portobello Books, which despite its short history, has already built a strong reputation as an independent publisher that publishes works by original and independent-minded writers. The company was also shortlisted for the Independent Publisher of the Year Award in 2009. With the growing interest of Korean literature in Europe, as evidenced by Kung-sook Shin’s winning of the Man Asian Literature Prize, the English translation of Han Kang’s book would reach a wider audience in the UK, which would increase the profile of Korean literature in Europe, where Chinese and Japanese literature have already been receiving a wide acclaim.

SOAS Sewol Ferry Disaster Workshop The CKS Workshop, Korean Studies after the Sewol Ferry Disaster, was held on 24 April 2015. Marking the one-year anniversary of the disaster, which took place in South Korea on 16th April 2014, the workshop aimed to critically reflect the Korean modernity from various academic perspectives. The workshop comprised two panels. In Panel 1: History, State, and Development, three papers were presented by Dr Dae-oup Chang (Development Studies, SOAS), Dr Iain Pirie (Politics and International Relations, the University of Warwick) and Dr Owen Miller (History, Korean Studies, SOAS) respectively. In the second panel, Language, Communication and Media, two papers were presented: "Linguistic Representation of the Sewol Ferry Disaster: a Corpus-based Analysis of Headlines from Two Korean Newspapers" (Dr Youkyung Ju (Research Fellow in Korean Studies, Centre of Korean Studies, SOAS) and Prof. Jaehoon Yeon (Linguistics, Korean Studies, SOAS)) and "Organising irresponsibility: Korean newspapers on the Sewol Ferry Disaster" (Dr Jaeho Kang (Centre for Media Studies, SOAS) and Dr Eunsuk Hong (Financial and Management Studies, SOAS).

SOAS-UCL Language and Cultural Education Project Professor Yeon, along with Dr. Ju, Mr. Chris Dillon (Research Associate in the Department of Information Studies (DIS)/Vice Dean for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, UCL) and a team of volunteers including Korean native speakers and those studying Korean language and cul t u re , have initiated an ambitious project called Bridge to Korea (https://wiki.ucl.ac.uk/display/KOR/Korean). This project is collaboration between SOAS and UCL that seeks to develop a more widely accessible online resource, called a “Wiki”, for promoting Korean language and culture. The project has the following scope: • Writing Hangeul. • Korean phonology with short videos and orthography. • Vocabulary building – words and how they are used. • Korean conversations and texts in hangeul with sound recordings and possibly videos. • Explanatory articles containing many examples on the grammar occurring in the conversations and texts. • Exercises to help students teach themselves the patterns in the grammar. • Tips on learning Korean. • Dictionary of words used in the conversations and texts. • Learning hanja. • List of major online resources for the study of Korean language and culture. • In the longer term, other resources for the promotion of good relations between the English-speaking world and Korea.

Conference participation/Talks/Other academic activities Dr Jaeho Kang presented a paper, “Ink-Play: Walter Benjamin's Chinese Curios”, at the 8th International Critical Theory Conference in Rome. This conference examined the importance and the developments of the Frankfurt School by addressing both the philosophical tradition of the early stages of Critical Theory – and in particular the works of Walter Benjamin, Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer and Herbert Marcuse – as well as the application of their theories to our contemporary society. Dr Kang’s participation demonstrates that SOAS has been active in forging ties with non-Korean studies scholars, which would enable Korean studies to resume a more prominent position in the mainstream academia.

Dr Charlotte Horlyck, a member of the CKS research team and the chair of the CKS, presented two talks abroad to disseminate her expertise of Korean art to the members of the public. In February 2015, she gave a talk at the University of Copenhagen, entitled, “An introduction to the arts of Koryŏ”, as a part of the EPEL exchange programme funded by the Korea Foundation. In June, she lectured about Korean ceramics at the Korea Foundation Gallery at the British Museum, thereby helping to boost the profile of Korean art in the arts world.

During the 2014-2015 academic year, Dr Anders Karlsson presented “Lost in Translation: Chosŏn and the Notion of Empire” in August 2014 at the conference entitled Searching for the 21st Century Paradigm in East Asia, held at the Sungkyunkwan University. In December, he gave a paper on the challenges and opportunities of translation of Korean literature into Swedish at the 6th International Translators’ Conference at the Ehwa University. In April 2015, he discussed the relationship between yangban and law at the conference in Andong and two months later, he presented a paper, “Living History, Writing Prose: Hwang Sok-yong, Victor Serge and Collective Agency”, at the Vienna University, which hosted the conference, Fiction and Poetry vs. Reality and Truth: Contesting Korean Literature’s Place within Korean Studies. Though they did not carry AKS acknowledgement, Dr Karlsson’s publication included a book chapter on Korean legal punishment, a journal article on legal history of Chosŏn Korea, and the two book review articles on the general history of Korea and early modern history of Korea.

In addition to his teaching duties, 2014 saw the publication of Korean History in Maps by Cambridge University Press, a book to which Dr Owen Miller contributed under an AKS- funded project at the University of Cambridge. In terms of new research he has completed two articles which will be published within the next year: one is a book chapter on Korea's late 19th century economic history and the other is a journal article on industrialisation and class formation in mid-20th century northern Korea. Dr Miller is also close to completing an edited volume on the subject of state capitalism in East Asia which will be published in 2016. This year he gave a talk in the Centre of Korean Studies seminar series entitled: 'The making of the North Korean working class: class formation and capitalist development at the Hungnam Chemical Complex, 1930-1960' (see above). He also continued his role as a member of the BAKS Council and attended the annual BAKS symposium held in November 2014 at the University of Sheffield. He also continues to be a co-convenor of the Comparative Histories of Asia seminar at the Institute of Historical Research.

Professor Jaehoon Yeon gave a special lecture on Korean linguistics at Paris-Diderot- Paris 7 University as part of EPEL exchange programme in November 2014. In February 2015, he gave a talk on the Korean language and Hangul at the University of Central Lancashire, UK, which hosted a Korean Studies Colloquium. A month later, Prof. Yeon was invited to an inaugural conference organised by International Foundation for Korean Language and Culture Education, held in Seoul National University. He gave a plenary talk on the current states and problems of Korean language education in Europe. In May, he was invited to 2015 International Conference of the Society of Korean Language and Literature, where he presented a paper on various issues related to Korean noun-modifying clauses.

3. Changes in Project Plan Contents/Participants The North Korean history workshop, Writing North Korean social history, was originally planned by Dr Owen Miller to be held in May or June 2015. However, this had to be rescheduled to September 2015 because a couple of the key participants were unable to come to London for workshop due to other commitments. The rationale for this workshop is described in the following paragraphs. Despite the ever-growing popular fascination with North Korea, general understanding of the country and its history is advancing much more slowly. At times it seems like a country without a history. A country where the society, from top to bottom, is inscrutable to historical knowledge. The outline of North Korea's political history is fairly well known and numerous books chart the rise of Kim Il Sung and the establishment of North Korea's monolithic political-ideological system. But beyond this our understanding of the country's history is obscured both by the DPRK state with its near total control of information about North Korea and substantial capacity for historical mythmaking, and by the preconceptions and narrow concerns of media and academia in the English-speaking world. This is reflected most sharply in a dearth of English-language works on the social history of North Korea. Fortunately this situation has begun to change in recent years with the publication of books by Charles Armstrong and Suzy Kim, focusing mainly on the earliest period of North Korean history (1945-1950) and with new Korean-language work such as that of Sunghoon Han, focusing on the Korean War and the 1950s. This workshop will seek to bring together a number of scholars from around the world working on new social histories of North Korea as a way of further developing this new field of research. All in all, the event is expected to attract a large audience, as interest in North Korean history is significant.

4. Support from the University/Institution 1. Cost sharing for research grant: 20% of total cost for five years 2. Establishment of New Senior Lectorship (full-time teaching-only position) in Korean Language fully funded by SOAS. Dr. Youkyung Ju was appointed as Senior Lector and she will start teaching from 1 September 2015. 3. SOAS has secured special scholarships for two-year MA Studies in Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic. (It is notable that Korean is included in this category together with three other big languages: Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic) 4. Other support in terms of office space, facilities, and computers, etc. Ⅱ. Project Plan for the Next Year

1. Project Objective

In the final year of the Core University Programme for Korean Studies, SOAS Centre of Korean Studies proposes to carry out the following activities:

a.) Maintain the new research fellowships b.) Continue Centre of Korean Studies Seminars. c.) Hosting of Research Workshops, of Conferences and Seminars in collaborations with other institutions d.) Development of curriculum materials and research publications e.) Provide postgraduate students with scholarships f.) SOAS-AKS Publications - Publish an edited collection of SOAS-AKS Working Papers in Korean Studies. g.) Support Korean Studies staff for their teaching and research activities

2. Detailed Project Plan

Classification Contents Plan Remarks

Korean Linguistics and Two books will be Book publication History published A few peer-reviewed History, Music, Art History, Journal Articles journal articles are in the and Linguistics pipeline. Academic Activities Centre of Korean Studies Once every two weeks (Seminars) seminar on Korea Academic Activities Korean literature + Korean One in October, one in (Workshops and See below Film and History November conferences)

Support of Scholarships 4-5 graduate students

Publication of SOAS Working About five papers will Online publication Papers be published One in Korean Linguistics PhD and one Hiring of New Faculty Hiring 1.5 research fellows in Korean Literature PhD candidates

a.) Maintain the new research fellowship Mr Simon Barnes-Sadler and Ms Deborah Smith, both are PhD candidates, will be employed in this position as research fellows responsible for organizing Centre for Korean Studies Seminars, workshops and organizing publication projects. They will conduct their own research on Korean linguistics and literature respectively. b.) Centre of Korean Studies Seminars The series of seminars will continue as during the previous years. c.) Hosting of Research Workshops, of Conferences and Seminars in collaborations with other institutions During the next academic year, the following workshops are confirmed: c-1) Korean Literature conference Under the leadership of Dr Grace Koh, a conference titled Conceptions of ‘Life’ and ‘Nature’ is to be held on 5 October. It aims to have seven presentations over three panels, with one or two discussants per panel. The presenters will come from institutions from Europe and Korea, including three from the AKS. c-2) Korean Film and History conference From 5-6 November, SOAS will host another conference, Film and History: The Korean example in support of the annual London Korean Film Festival, which is organised by the Korean Cultural Centre in London. Basically, the conference aims to explore the changing modes, impacts and functions of screen images dealing with history with the case study of Korean cinema within interdisciplinary context. All presenters are expected to contribute 5,500 to 6,000 word long papers and they will examine the relationship between film and history and the links between historical research and filmic presentations of history with special reference to Korean cinema. Within this context, the following questions will be explored: Why does film need history, and history film? Why has film become an important medium to interpret history, correct or even invent it? In what way are independent single author films different from recent blockbuster historical dramas? Which historical figures, battles and events became filmic myths? In which way, and with what kind of film- and genre aesthetics (compared to other media), have the characters of the mythic figures, for example General Yi Sun Shin, continued or changed? Why are they popular? With which theoretical tools can we describe the historical re-enactment in each film in the appropriate way? After the conference, some of the presented papers will be selected for publication which enhance our understanding of Korean films and contribute to film studies. d.) Development of curriculum materials and research publications

The following works will be completed on the book projects over the next academic year:

“Speed up your Korean” Book Project, Prof. Jaehoon Yeon (SOAS) & Dr. Lucien Brown (University of Oregon) The manuscript of the book will be submitted to the publisher by September 2015, and the book will be published by June 2016.

‘State Capitalism and Development in East Asia’ book project led by Dr Owen Miller Over the next year, all the chapters will be finalised and the final introduction will be drafted so that a full draft of the book can be sent to publishers for review in September 2015. e.) Scholarships for postgraduate students As in previous years, the Centre will continue to support 4-5 masters or research degree students in the field of Korean studies under the SOAS-AKS Postgraduate Bursary programme. f.) Publication of Seminar and Conference/Workshop Papers In addition, we will try to produce more publication outputs from seminars and conference/workshops.

3. Method and Strategy of Project

Over the next year, the Centre of Korean Studies aims to continue to support financially one and half research fellowship posts, host 14 seminars, support 3 workshops, support 4-5 postgraduate students through the SOAS-AKS Postgraduate Bursary Programme and achieve 2 research publishing outcomes by the end of the academic year 2015-16.

Expected Effects and Project Results Dissemination Plan

Over the next year, which will complete the five year grant period, the SOAS Centre of Korean Studies aims to deliver the following outputs:  Create a first-rate institutional, teaching and resource infrastructure to enable, initiate, and coordinate a comprehensive range of cutting-edge training and research on Korea across the humanities and social sciences.  Increase undergraduate student numbers by strengthening teaching staff and supporting graduate studies by providing scholarships  Disseminate best practice in teaching Korean studies at an advanced level between SOAS and other European institutions.  Act as an interface between Korean research and academic and non-academic users in the UK and beyond.

[Appendix 1] List of project participants

Most Participation Role Full Name Year of Birth Affiliation / Position Major Recent Remarks Period Degree

Project Yeon, SOAS, Professor Linguistics PhD 2011- Director Jaehoon

Deputy Karlsson, SOAS, Senior Project History 2011-

Director Anders Lecturer PhD Horlyck, SOAS/Lecturer Art History PhD 2011- Charlotte Howard, SOAS/Professor Music PhD 2011- Keith

Koh, SOAS/Lecturer Literature PhD 2011- Grace

Project Kang, Media SOAS/Lecturer PhD 2012- Team Jaeho studies Member Miller, SOAS/Lecturer History PhD 2011- Owen

Kong, Tat SOAS/Reader Politics PhD 2011- Yan University of Brown, Oregon/Assistant Linguistics PhD 2011- Lucien Professor Jin, SOAS/Research History 2013- Sangpil Fellow Assistant Ju, SOAS/Research Linguistics PhD 2014- Youkyung Fellow University of Lee, Assistant Oxford/Teaching Linguistics 2011- Heejae Fellow Lee, SOAS/PhD Assistant Linguistics 2014- Vivian student