The Northern Region, Identity, and Culture in Korea

Conference

October 20-21, 2005

Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS)
South Building, Concourse level (1730 Cambridge Street)
Harvard University

DAY ONE (October 20, 2005)

9:00-9:10: Opening Remarks

• David McCann, Director of Korea Institute and Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature [bio]

9:10-10:00 Panel One: Historical Development I

• Kenneth R. Robinson, International Christian University (Japan) [bio]
  "Residence and Foreign Relations in the Peninsular Northeast in the Fifteenth Century" [abstract]
  
  
• Moderator
  Sun Joo Kim, Harvard University [bio]
  
  
• Discussant
  Mikael Adolphson, Harvard University [bio]
  
  

10:00-10:15 Coffee Break

10:15-12:00 Panel Two: Historical Development II

• Nae Hyun Kwon, Korea University (Korea) [bio]
  "Chosŏn-Qing Relations and the Society of P'yŏngan Province in the Late Chosŏn Period" [abstract]
  
  
• Soo-chang Oh, Hallym University (Korea) [bio]
  "Expectations and Policies of P'yŏngan Province in the Early Nineteenth Century: Perspectives from the Local and the Center" [abstract]
  
  
• Moderator
  Sun Joo Kim, Harvard University [bio]
  
  
• Discussant
  Peter K. Bol, Harvard University [bio]
  
  

12:00-1:00 Lunch Break

1:00-1:50 Panel Three: Life and Culture of Northerners

• Gwi-Ok Kim, Hansung University (Korea) [bio]
  "Life Experience and Culture of the People from Hamgyŏng Province during the Japanese Colonial Rule" [abstract]
  
  
• Moderator
  Chong Bum Kim, Central Missouri State University [bio]
  
  
• Discussant
  Carter J. Eckert, Harvard University [bio]
  
  

1:50-2:10 Coffee Break

2:10-4:00 Panel Four: Portrayals of the Northern Literati

• Yoo-seung Jang, Seoul National University (Korea) [bio]
  "Regional Identity of the Northern Literati: A comparative Study of P'yŏngan and Hamgyŏng Provinces" [abstract]
  
  
• Min Jung, Hanyang University (Korea) [bio]
  "The Shadow of Anonymity: The Images of Northerners of the Korean Peninsula in the Works from 18th Century 'Records of Hearsay' (kimun)" [abstract]
  
  
• Moderator
  Sang-Suk Oh, Harvard University [bio]
  
  
• Discussant
  David R. McCann, Harvard University [bio]
  
  

4:00-4:30 Special Powerpoint Presentation by Donald N. Clark: Photos of the North Before 1950

DAY TWO (October 21, 2005)

9:00-9:50 Panel Five: Views from Outside I

• Mark E. Caprio, Rikkyo University (Japan) [bio]
  "Images of the North in Occupied Korea: 1905-1950" [abstract]
  
  
• Moderator
  Sung-Yoon Lee, Harvard University [bio]
  
  
• Discussant
  Elizabeth J. Perry, Harvard University [bio]
  
  

9:50-10:10 Coffee Break

10:10-12:00 Panel Six: Views from Outside II

• German Kim, Kazakh National University in the name of Al-Farabi (Kazakhstan) [bio], and Ross King, University of British Columbia (Canada) [bio]
  "The Northern Region of Korea As Portrayed in Russian Sources, 1860s-1913" [abstract]
  
  
• Donald N. Clark, Trinity University [bio]
  "The Missionary Presence in Northern Korea Before WWII: Human Investment, Social Significance, Historical Legacy" [abstract]
  
  
• Moderator
  Sung-Yoon Lee, Harvard University [bio]
  
  
• Discussant
  Vipan Chandra, Wheaton College [bio]
  
  

12:00-1:00 Lunch Break

1:00-2:50 Panel Seven: Language and Identity

• Doo-Hyeon Paek, Kyungpook National University (Korea) [bio]
  "On the Correlation between Non-realization of ㄷ[t]-palatalization and Regional Identity in P'yŏngan Province" [abstract]
  
  
• Ross King, University of British Columbia (Canada) [bio]
  "Dialect, Orthography and Regional Identity: P'yŏngan Christians, Korea Spelling Reform, and Orthographic fundamentalism" [abstract]
  
  
• Moderator
  Wesley Jacobsen, Harvard University [bio]
  
  
• Discussant
  Gari Keith Ledyard, Columbia University [bio]
  
  

2:50-3:10 Coffee Break

3:10-5:00 Panel Eight: New Culture, New Vision

• Seung-Hee Jeon, Harvard University [bio]
  "Korea History from Late Nineteenth to Mid-twentieth Century from the Perspective of a Kaesŏng Merchant Family in Pak Wansŏ's Kkum-en-dǔl it-hil-li-ya" [abstract]
  
  
• Chong Bum Kim, Central Missouri State University [bio]
  "For God and Country: The Osan School in Colonial Korea" [abstract]
  
  
• Moderator
  Kenneth R. Robinson, International Christian University (Japan) [bio]
  
  
• Discussant
  Kyung Moon Hwang, University of Southern California [bio]
  
  

Sponsored by the Korea Institute, the Harvard-Yenching Institute, the Asia Center, the Korea Research Foundation, and the Korea Foundation