SCRIPTA 2008

Hunminjeongeum and Alphabetic Writing Systems

 

Date: October 8~12, 2008

Venue: Sinyang Humanities Hall, Seoul National University, KOREA

 

October 8, Wednesday

18:00 Welcome Reception (Hoam Faculty House)

 

October 9, Thursday

13:00 Registration

 

13:30 Opening Ceremony

Moderator: Ho-Young Lee (Seoul Nat’l Univ.)

Welcome Address

          Juwon Kim (President, the Hunminjeongeum Society)

Congratulatory Address

         Chang-ku Byun (Dean, College of Humanities, Seoul Nat’l Univ.)

 

14:00-14:50 Plenary Session

Moderator: Young Bae Park (Kookmin Univ.)

Towards Further Understanding of the Indus Script

         Asko Parpola (Univ. of Helsinki)

 

14:50-15:00 Coffee Break

 

15:00-17:00

Part I Moderator: Seungho Nam (Seoul Nat’l Univ.)

The History of the Research into Hunminjeongeum

         Hyeon-hie Lee (Seoul Nat’l Univ.)

The Vowel System and Vowel Harmony in 15th Century Korean Revisited

         Young-Key Kim-Renaud (George Washington Univ.)

Some Remarks on Hankul Tran­scriptions of Middle Japanese

         James M. Unger (Ohio State Univ.)

 

17:00- Reception (Dongwon Hall)

 

October 10, Friday

10:30-12:30

Part II Moderator: Youngchul Jun (Seoul Nat’l Univ.)

History and Principles in the Study of Writing: Questions, Problems, Agendas

         Barry Powell (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison)

Tokens and Writing: The Cognitive Development

         Denise Schmandt-Besserat (Univ. of Texas at Austin)

Germanic Runes and the Interpretation of Old English Inscriptions

         Young Bae Park (Kookmin Univ.)

 

12:30-14:30 Lunch (Duraemidam)

 

14:30-16:30

 

Part III Moderator: Jongho Jun (Seoul Nat’l Univ.)

On the Alternatives for an Wutun Orthography

         Juha Janhunen (Univ. of Helsinki)

Towards a Comparative Study of Sinographic Writing Strategies in Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese

         Zev Handel (Univ. of Washington)

Evidence of the Persian Empire’s Multilingualism and Interpretation of DB # 70

         Chul-Hyun Bae (Seoul Nat’l Univ.)

 

16:30-16:50 Coffee Break

 

16:50-17:40

Part IV Moderator: Chul-Hyun Bae (Seoul Nat’l Univ.)

General Discussion

 

17:40- Closing Ceremony & Photographing

18:00 Music Performance & Banquet (Seoul Nat’l Univ. Faculty Club)

20:00 Closing

 

October 11, Saturday ~ October 12, Sunday

Academic Tour