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SOAS–SKKU Symposium on Korean Philosophy and Society

Date: Monday 23 June 2025, 1pm - 5:15pm
Venue:
SOAS | 10 Thornhaugh Street | Russell Square | London WC1H 0XG | | [Map]

Tickets: Free | Register here
Symposium will be held in Russell Square College Buildings Room R201
This event is free, open to the public and held in person only. If you would like to attend, please register using the link above.
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The first symposium organised by jointly the SOAS Centre of Korean Studies and Sungkyungwan University will offer an opportunity for both established academics and PhD students from the two institutions to present their current work on topics related to Korean Confucianism and the roles of women in Chosǒn society.

Time Description
1:00pm-1:15pm Opening remarks
1:15pm-3:00pm First Panel

  1. Lucy Waugh (SOAS): Establishing Regency in Nineteenth-Century Chosǒn: Influences and Implementation.
  2. Esme Wing Shan Chan (SOAS): Blossoms in Adversity: Female Chastity and the Implications of Yŏllyŏbi in Chosŏn Korea.
  3. Dr. Eunyoung Kim (SKKU): A Posthumanist Reading of Park Ji-won’s Philosophy: A Philosophical Inquiry into Vitality and Ontological Equality
3:00pm-3:15pm Tea/coffee break
3:15pm-5:00pm Second Panel

  1. Dr Chanhee Lee (SOAS): Travelling Confucian: Yi Chongŭng’s Confucianist perception and emotion of his modern experience in 1902.
  2. Yeongchae Yun (SKKU): Why Can Filial Piety Be a Public Virtue? — Focusing on Yi Ik’s Theory of Emotion and the Concept of “the Publicness within the Private”
  3. Dr. Na Ha (SKKU): Unveiling the Differences of Negative and Positive Moral Emotions in the Sŏngho Yi Ik’s Four-Seven Theory
5:00pm-5:15pm Closing remarks

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