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Showing posts with label Academy of Korean Studies. Show all posts
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Sunday, July 5, 2015

Strolling at AKS


Since I still had some time left...before being literally left by the BUS!!!! ㅋㅋㅋ that was supposed to take me back to Seoul..I spent some time strolling around the Academy of Korean Studies. 
One of the so many halls at Main Hall. 
We could also enjoy paintings depicting Korea in the past. 
...bumping into 'ornate' artifacts...designed to artistically beautify the halls. 
....encountering some ponds.. 
with its lush green surroundings. 
...peeking into a garden... 
....but..I was wondering as to where the students were... 
I barely see any students... 
even..when I was walking towards the dorm...guess..it's summer holiday. that's why. 
This place is really 'secluded' in its own sense..in the way that it's literally designed to be a place for sort-of- 'inner' studies about Korea. 
...back into the main hall where I just realized an intricate chandelier hanging on the main hall's lounge.
Well...click...click..click....until I realized that the bus had left me!!!
Yes, I should've informed the committee that I wanted to take the provided bus back to Seoul.
*yup..earlier in the morning..I was taking a taxi to AKS..so they must've assumed that I would go back to Seoul on my own, again.
*oh, well.....but..it's worth-it. since...my trip back to Seoul was full of fun, as well.

2015 International Conference on Korean Studies

I took a rest for half a day..and not even one day after my arrival in Seoul, I got to attend a conference at AKS (the Academy of Korean Studies)
Prof. Vyjayanti Raghavan from Nehru University, India delivering her speech. I was so happy to meet her again after like...hmm..almost 8 years?  
The schedule was so packed. 
I got to present my paper after lunch...(*although, of course..I was fasting....which means that I skipped my lunch)** ok...long story short: Alhamdulillah I did my presentation on Korean Studies in Indonesia.
. Finally. phew...
I was with the same panel with Dr. John Dimoia, from Dept. of History, National University of Singapore.
*the funny thing was that I was using his writings on my classes back in HUFS. what a small world...so...I was literally excited to be able to meet him in person. *thanks also to Prof. Park Jin-kyoung who introduced me to his works. 
More sessions were going on....Dr. Soontaree from Burapa University, Thailand. I also met her a couple of years earlier in other conference.  
Most of us..from Vietnam, Japan, India, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand.  
박성수 교수님 (Danang University of Foreign Studies); 임상균 (한일문화교류회); Dr. Vyjayanti Raghavan (Nehru University): Sarah Domingo Lipura (Ateneo de Manila University); Dr. John P. Dimoia (NUS); me; and Dr. Soontaree Larprungrueng (Burapa University, Thailand) 
We're having a special dinner after the first day of conference...but.... 
I was not able to eat...just joined in the table.....^^
*fasting month....fasting....** it's okay..... 
Thank God, it's finished. 
The second day of the conference touched upon the issues of Korea-Japan Relationship in its commemoration of their 50th relationship after the independence of Korea. 
The 2nd day during special session, I did need this interpretation tool in hand. 
all in all...the 2-day conference was a complete success.

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