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Event Description
We are delighted to welcome you to our two-day interdisciplinary conference exploring the rich intersections of sound and narrative in Korean cultural history. From the echoes of Literary Sinitic in premodern Korea to the vibrant soundscapes of contemporary protest and pop culture, this event brings together scholars from across the humanities to examine how sounds have shaped meaning, identity, and power across centuries.
The two keynotes by Professor Si Nae Park (Harvard University) and Professor CedarBough Saeji (Pusan National University) will be streamed on Zoom. Everyone is welcome to join on Zoom without registration. If you would like to join in person, please register by sending an email to the organizer (barbara.wall@hum.ku.dk ).
Time: 25 June - 26 June 2025
Place: South Campus, room 4A.0.56 and on Zoom
Organizer: TEMPTING TUNES: Interfaces of Sound and Narrative in Korean Culture
09:30-09:45 | Welcome
Panel 1: The Art, Technology, and Power of Vocalized Texts
09:45-10:30 | Keynote 1: Si Nae Park (Harvard University): The Sound and Echoes of Literary Sinitic in Premodern Korea
10:30-10:45 | Coffee break
10:45-11:15 | Young Kyun Oh (Arizona State University): (In)significance of Rime Dictionaries in Reading Aloud Literary Sinitic in Chosŏn Korea
11:15-11:45 | Ross King (University of British Columbia): Vernacularizing Sinitic Poetry in Early Modern Korea and Vietnam
11:45-12:15 | Vladimir Glomb (FU Berlin): Confucian Monoglossia: Vernacular Readings of the Classics
12:15-12:45 | Discussion
12:15-14:00 | Lunch
Panel 2: Religious Sounds & Sounds of Protest
14:00-14:30 | Shalon Park (Princeton Theological Seminary): Articulating Sin: Performing Liturgical Texts in Nineteenth-Century Korean Catholicism
14:30-15:00 | Ivanna Sang Een Yi (Cornell University): Orality and the Multispecies Worlds of the Shamanic Chant of Princess Pari
15:00-15:15 | Coffee break
15:15-15:45 | Han OonJin (Dongguk University)/Thapakorn Kamnerdsiri (Thammasat University)/Barbara Wall (University of Copenhagen): Reciting Texts in Confucian and Buddhist Contexts
15:45-16:15 | Maya Stiller (University of Kansas): Celestial Music and Ritual Sound: Sonic Landscapes of Korean Buddhist Temples
16:15-16:30 | Coffee break
16:30-17:00 | Liora Sarfati (Tel Aviv University): Protest Soundscape: From Angry Shouts to K-pop Performances in Seoul’s Mass Demonstrations
17:00-18:00 | Discussion
18:00 | Dinner at the university
