Upcoming Royal Asiatic Society - Korea activities of interest to M-Holers:
Sat Feb 23rd: Fortune Tellers and Exotic Shrines Tour
On this tour, we will visit exotic shrines in Seoul such as the Dong-myo, Waryong-myo, & Guksa-dang shrines. Also we will visit the fortune tellers - be prepared with your birth-data and get your yearly fortunes told! Led by David A. Mason, an authority on Korea’s Shamanism, Daoism and Tourism.
Sun February 24th: Deok-san Provincial Park Tour with Sudeok-sa Temple and Seosan Triad – This is a perfect chance to leave the city and enjoy the countryside to see some great rural scenery. This tour will combine sites of historical interest and religious importance with a scenic countryside drive. We will visit the famous Sudeok-sa Buddhist Temple in beautiful Deok-san Provincial Park, and then head to Seosan County to see the Seosan Buddha-Triad rock sculpture, which are famous for their unique smiles and considered by art experts as the finest extant Baekje-era stone carvings.
Tuesday, February 26th: RAS-K Lecture-Meeting, featuring Mr. A. Lin Neumann (25 years as a journalist, now Chief Editor of the JoongAng Daily, currently Korea’s only foreign editor in a decision-making position) speaking on “Practicing Journalism in a Dual-Language, Dual-Culture Environment.” He will focus on the very real practical and cultural differences between US-style journalism and the approach taken in a Korean newsrooms. 7:30 pm in the 2nd-floor Resident’s Lounge of the Somerset Palace, Anguk-dong (just north of Jogye-sa), Seoul. Free for RAS Members, w5000 donation requested from others.
Sat March 1st: Independence Movement Day Tour: Onyang Folk Museum, Hyeonchung-sa Shrine and the Independence Hall – A pleasant and educational day in Chungcheong-namdo celebrating Korea’s Independence Movement Day. We will visit the folk museum in Onyang, the huge Hyeonchung-sa Shrine to Admiral Yi Sun-shin (the guy on the w100 coin) and the Independence Hall (museum).
Sun March 2nd: Naejang-sa Temple in Naejang-san National Park Tour
We will take this good early-spring opportunity to visit the beautiful Naejang-san National Park, just as the flowers begin to bloom. Within the park, we will see the famous Naejang-sa (Hidden-Within Temple).
Being a Member of the Royal Asiatic Society - Korea has many benefits, including free attendance of interesting Lectures, receiving newsletters of activities, discounts on great Tours of Korea’s most beautiful and fascinating places led by experts, discounts on books about all Korean subjects in English, and more. Everyone involved with Korean Studies who speaks English would do well to join this 108-year-old scholarly organization.
For more information, call 763-9483 in Seoul during business hours, write to raskb@kornet.net or visit our website http://www.raskb.com/
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I was just wondering, does anyone know if the RAS is ever going to set up a branch in Busan? I’m sure there’d be enough interest and support, and if not then I could drum it up myself if necessary. For those of us not in Seoul, it’s really quite frustrating reading about what’s available there!
Interesting idea, James — i know for sure that there are no current plans to do so, as i’ve been on the Council for seven years and cannot remember it being discussed. Don’t know if there is any ancient history behind this idea, if it’s ever been tried before.
But if you’re interested in putting energy into creating a branch i can certainly bring it up to the other RAS Council members, see what they say. Financing of any efforts down there would surely be the key problem… You would probably need a donor or sponsor in order to get things going. I’ll bring it up at the next meeting and get back to you!
+1 for access for people outside of Seoul! Perhaps taping the lectures and posting them on the site in streaming video (if bandwidth is an issue, break it into smaller segments and put it on Youtube for free).
Sanshinseon, great, I would be VERY interested! Please let me know.
Pixel, also a good idea, it’s surprising that more organisations don’t do it. The Korea Society in New York for instance, has excellent podcasts, but no-one there has ever seemed inclined to make videos, even though it could be done quite easily with standard digital cameras and an extra memory card?
http://www.koreasociety.org/external/podcast.html
OK James, thanks for the enthusiasm, i’ll check it out!
Our lectures were being videoed and posted, not sure why it stopped, not sure when it’ll resume…
Joongang looking for a chief editor.
http://bbs.joins.com/content.a.....=jd_notice
If you’re attending on Tuesday perhaps you might ask why their turnover rate on waeg’s is so high.