SCRIPTA 2010

Writings and Civilizations

Organized by the Hunmin jeongeum Society

 

Date: October 8~11, 2010

Venue: Sinyang Humanities Hall, Seoul National University, KOREA

 

Day 1 (October 8, Friday)

18:00 Welcome Reception (Hoam Faculty House)

 

Day 2 (October 9, Saturday)

09:00-09:30 Registration & Opening Ceremony

Moderator: PARK See-Gyoon (Kunsan Nat’l Univ.)

Welcome Address

           PAEK Doo Hyun (President, the Hunmin jeongeum Society)

Congratulatory Address

          OH Yeon-Cheon (President, SNU)

PART I

09:30-10:50

Moderator: PARK See-Gyoon (Kunsan Nat’l Univ.)

Ancient Indian and Chinese Models of Sound Classifications and Their Reflections in the Writing Systems

          SONG Ki-joong (Seoul National Univ.)

          [Discussion: KANG Sung Yong (Institute of Humanities, SNU)]

Numerical Signs — The Sumerian and Chinese Cases

         GONG Yushu (Peking Univ.)

         [Discussion: YUM Jungsam (Institute of Humanities, SNU)]

10:50-11:10 Coffee Break

11:10-12:30

Moderator: CHUNG Minhwa (Seoul Nat’l Univ.)

The Developments of Japanese Kana

          Masayuki TSUKIMOTO (Univ. of Tokyo)

          [Discussion: KANG Insun (Sungkonghoe Univ.)]

Sino-Japanese hybrids between writing systems

          Valerio ALBERIZZI (Univ. of Tokyo)

          [Discussion: PARK Jinho (Seoul Nat’l Univ.)]

12:30-14:30 Lunch (Jahayeon)

PART 2

14:30-15:50

Moderator: JUN Jongho (Seoul Nat’l Univ.)

Styles of decipherment: Thomas Young, Jean-Francois Champollion and the Egyptian hieroglyphs

         Andrew ROBINSON (Univ. of Cambridge)

         [Discussion: BAE Chulhyun (Seoul Nat’l Univ.)]

Glossing East and West: Vernacular glossing practice in East Asia and Medieval Europe

          John WHITMAN (Cornell Univ.)

          [Discussion: CHUNG Jaeyoung (Korea Univ. of Technology and Education)]

15:50-16:10 Coffee Break

16:10-17:30

Moderator: KIM Juwon (Seoul Nat’l Univ.)

On the Early Korean Numerals Inscribed on Wooden Tablet no.318

          LEE SeungJae (Seoul National Univ.)

          [Discussion: CHANG Kyongjun (Korea Univ.)]

Aspects of writing Manchu in Han-geul in Joseon Dynasty

           KO Dongho (Chonbuk Nat’l Univ.)

           [Discussion: CHONG Chemun (Sunchon Nat’l Univ.)]

18:00-20:00 Reception (Sodam Maru)

 

Day 3 (October 10, Sunday) ~ Day 4 (October 11, Monday)

Academic Tour to Cheongju Printing Museum and Gyeongju City