Scripta 2011 

Writings and Cognition

 

Date: October 7th-10th, 2011

Venue: Sinyang Humanities Hall, Seoul National University, Korea

  

Day 1 (October 7, Friday)

18:00-20:00

Welcome Reception (Hoam Faculty House)

  

Day 2 (October 8, Saturday)

09:00-09:30

Registration & Opening Ceremony (Sinyang Humanities Hall)

Moderator: Park, See-Gyoon (Kunsan Nat'l Univ.)

Welcome Address

          Doo Hyun Paek (President, the Hunmin jeongeum Society)

Congratulatory Address

          Lee, Ki-nam (Chairman of the board, the Hunmin jeongeum Society)

  

Session 1

    

 09:30-10:15

Moderator: Park, See-Gyoon (Kunsan Nat'l Univ.)

Tokens in China, Europe and Africa: the Significance

          Denise Schmandt-Besserat (University of Texas at Austin)

 

10:15-10:30 Coffee Break

 

10:30-12:00

Moderator: Mok, Jeong-Soo (Univ. of Seoul)

Khitan: Understanding the Language behind the Script

          Juha A. Janhunen (University of Helsinki)

Categorization of Meaning in the Chinese Ideographic Characters

          Yum, Jungsam (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)

 

12:00-14:00 Lunch (Jahayeon)

Session 2

14:00-15:30

Moderator: Marc Duval (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)

The Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic System and its Specific Devices: The Cognitive Background of Writing

          Pascal Vernus (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes)

A proposal for a Hunminjeongeum-based writing system for Aymara

          Lee Seungjae, Kim Juwon, Park Sangchul, Jin Hui, Kim Chang Min (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)

 

15:30-15:45 Coffee Break

 

15:45-17:15

Moderator: Jun, Youngchul (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)

Tongkwuk cengwun and the Phonological System of Middle Korean

          Fukui, Rei (University of Tokyo)

The Rebirth of Hangeul

          Kim, Young-wook (Univ. of Seoul)

 

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

 

Day 3 (October 9th, Sunday) ~ Day 4 (October 10th, Monday)

Academic Tour : Seoul