Upcoming Royal Asiatic Society - Korea activities of interest to M-Holers:
Tuesday, May 6th: RAS-K Lecture-Meeting featuring Michael P. Spavor (BA in International Relations from University of Calgary and now studying at the Graduate School of North Korean Studies in Seoul on foreign NGOs and the DPRK). He will be speaking on “Pyongyang [...]
April 16, 2008 – 11:39 pm
As you all know, last Tues April 8th was Lunar 3.3 (third day of the third moon) and so there were Sanshin-je [Mountain-spirit veneration-ceremonies] held in villages and at sacred mountains nationwide. I spent my time at Inwang-san right here in Seoul, where i found a great medium-sized Sanshin-je going on at a relatively-obscure [...]
Upcoming Royal Asiatic Society–Korea activities of interest to M-Holers:
Tuesday, April 8th: RAS-K Lecture-Meeting, featuring Dr. Andrei Lankov (well-known researcher on social and cultural aspects of 20th-Cen Korean modernization, including the DPRK, a Professor at Seoul’s Kookmin University and a Visiting Fellow at Australian National U, columnist for several publications, PhD from Leningrad State University) speaking on [...]
Sun March 23rd: Juwang-san National Park and Jusan Reservoir Hike — A special treat for movie fans — the Jusan Reservoir is the scenic location for the movie “Spring, Summer Fall Winter and…Spring.” 30 willow trees more than a century old decorate this ancient reservoir, giving it a mysterious vibe. We’ll also tour other parts [...]
Tuesday, March 11th: RAS-K Lecture-Meeting, featuring Dr. Moon J. Pak (Biologist and MD, Chairman of the US-DPRK Medical Science Exchange Committee and the Vice-president of the Korean-American National Coordinating Council) speaking on “North Korea Today.” He will focus on the realities of contemporary North Korean society as he has experienced them, while refuting several common [...]
Upcoming Royal Asiatic Society - Korea activities of interest to M-Holers:
Sat March 8th: Kiln Tour in Icheon City – One of our best “practical” tours! A trip to the kilns of the masters to watch them create masterpieces from clay to celadon and porcelain in the Icheon area. If time permits we will visit an [...]
February 25, 2008 – 3:17 pm
UPDATE 2 (from Tom Coyner in the comment section): RAS Lecture on ROK Journalism CHANGED to N Korea Philharmonic Diplomacy venue & time CHANGED to Seoul Foreign Correspendents Club, Press Center 18 Floor, 8:00 PM
Tonight, Tuesday, February 26th: RAS-K Lecture-Meeting,has been changed due to B.R. Myers of Dongseo Univeristy and Ed Reed of The Asia [...]
February 17, 2008 – 6:14 pm
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! [...]
February 13, 2008 – 10:55 am
Most of the links in this post are to Korean-language articles in the online Naver encyclopedia—albeit with pictures, which are intelligible in any language. I’ll add links to English-language articles as I find them.
Given the tragedy that recently beset Sungnyemun, this seems as good a time as any to clear up the incumbent confusion over the [...]
January 31, 2008 – 4:26 pm
If anyone is interested, i will be the chatty guest on Arirang TV’s 30-min “Heart to Heart” interview show at 10:30 pm tonight (Thursday); it’ll be repeated a few days later. I was there to talk about my teaching, research, speechmaking and writing on Korea’s religious-tourism opportunities. We taped it last Monday — yes, i had to [...]
January 27, 2008 – 4:18 pm
Upcoming Royal Asiatic Society–Korea activities of interest to M-holers:
Sat February 2nd: Sobaek-San National Park Tour with Huibang-Sa and Guin-Sa Temples After a bus-ride down thru the scenic Jecheon / Danyang region, we’ll take a pleasant hike through the scenic Sobaek-san National Park, visiting the historic temples Huibang-sa (with lovely icy water-fall) and Guin-sa (Cheontae Order; biggest non-Jogye temple in [...]
January 19, 2008 – 1:18 pm
Upcoming Royal Asiatic Society–Korea activities of interest to M-holers:
Tonight!! Dr. Lee Yomee (sports-sociology prof at State University of New York, currently Fulbright Scholar at Yonsei Univ) will give the second RAS Lecture of the year, on one of the M-Holer’s favorite subjects: “Hines Ward –His Impact on Racial Attitude among Koreans”. She will take a fascinating scholarly look at what [...]
January 13, 2008 – 11:21 pm
Upcoming Royal Asiatic Society–Korea activities of interest to M-holers:
Tomorrow Tuesday January 15th: Well-known 19th-20th-cen Historian-of-Korea Prof Lew Young-ik (PhD Harvard 1972, Chair of Korean Studies at Yonsei Univ GSIS, my fellow Governing Council Member of RAS-K) will give the first RAS Lecture of the year, on “Early Korean Encounters with the United States and Japan”. That’s the title [...]
