[Announcement] ‘Seeing Asia, Talking Asia: AsIA Culture Sharing Week’

‘Seeing Asia, Talking Asia: AsIA Culture Sharing Week’

SNUAC HK+ Mega-Asia Research Project Team is holding ‘Seeing Asia, Talking Asia: AsIA Culture Sharing Week’ for three days from October 28th (Wed) to 30th (Fri). This event is programmed as part of the 15th Humanities Week, with three online programs. We ask all those interested to join us.

 

Go to COVID-19 Book Concert 10/29 (Thu) 14:10-17:10
Go to 2020 Dungsildungsil AsIA Culture Festival Talk Concert 10/30 (Fri) 15:00-17:00

Programs

Type Date Title Participation Program Contents
Opening Ceremony 10/29(Thu)
14:00~14:10		 Together and At the Same TimeProclamation of AsIA Culture Sharing Week YouTube Streaming
/ZOOM		 ㆍ Greetings from Director of SNUAC
Book Concert 10/29(Thu)
14:10~17:10		 COVID-19 Book Concert YouTube Streaming
/ZOOM		 ㆍ Topic : Prolonged COVID-19 Pandemic, Asia’s Endurance-Strengthening Program: Empathy, Healing, and Social Solidarityㆍ Contents:

Section 1: Asia’s Disease and Disease Control
: Insight from Humanities – COVID-19 Decameron

Host: Tegu Joe (Kyunghee Univ.)Presenter:
1. Yunjae Park (Kyunghee Univ.)

“Beyond the Borders of K-Disease Control”

2. Jeongeun Jo (Kyunghee Univ.)

“Infectious Diseases and City Lock Downs: From the Pest and Cholera to COVID-19”

Discussant: Sungmin Choi (Kyunghee Univ.)

Section 2: COVID-19 and Daily Lives
: Empathy from Social Sciences – What Masks Tell Us

Host: Jaehyung Kim (Korea National Open Univ.)
Presenter:
1. Park Haenam (Wonkwang Univ.)

“COVID-19 and the Social of Korea”

2. Yoo Hyun-mi (SNU)

“Between the Light and Shadows of ‘K-Disease Control’
: The Re-turn of Daily Lives Seen from the Perspective of Human Rights and Gender

Discussant: Byun Hyejin (Health and Alternative)
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Exhibition

 10/28(Wed)
~10/30(Fri)
All day		 2020 Dungsildungsil AsIA Culture Festival 1: Seeing Asia AsIA Community Humanities Center homepage ㆍ Topic : Various Asian Festivalsㆍ Contents : Video & exhibition related to the festivals, folk, and traditional cultures of Asia

ㆍ Supported by: UNESCO-ICHCAP, ASEAN Culture House
Talk Concert 10/30(Fri)
15:00~17:00		 2020 Dungsildungsil AsIA Culture Festival 2
: Talking Asia		 AsIA Community Humanities Center YouTube channel live ㆍ Topic : Various Asian Festivalsㆍ Contents : Talks on Various Asian Festivals

Session 1. Presentations
1. Heon Kim (SNU Institute of Humanities): 4 Panhellenic Festivals
2. Jangsik Park (DongA Univ.): Southeast Asia’s Water Festival in New Year and Various Religious Festivals

3. Alpago Şinasi (Turkish-born Journalist): Central Asians’ New Year Customs of  Newroz

4. Yohan Yu (SNU): Jeju’s Traditional Relious Rituals and Festivals

5. Taeju Lee (Hansung Univ.): South Pacific Island States’ Traditional Rituals and Festivals

Session 2. Talks on Various Asian Festivals
Moderator: Heon Kim
Panel: Jangsik Park, Alpago Şinasi, Yohan Yu, Taeju Lee

ㆍ Supported by: UNESCO-ICHCAP (bridge videos)
Closing Ceremony 10/30(Fri)
17:00~17:10		 Closing Ceremony AsIA Community Humanities Center YouTube channel live ㆍ Remarks from Director of SNUAC

 

Hosted by | Ministry of Education, National Research Foundation, SNUAC HK+ Mega-Asia Research Project Team, UNESCO-ICHCAP, ASEAN Culture House