Opening and Closing Day Ceremony and Schedule

Thursday, June 27

9:00鈥9:15 am
Morning Reception
SDU Main building, Faculty Lounge (room 201)

MCs: George Jiang, student teaching and research assistant, Asian Studies and Korean Studies Projects, and Student Union President, UPEI.
Krystin Matters, BA (Religious Studies major and Asian Studies minor) and former teaching and research assistant, Korean Asian Studies Projects, UPEI.

Refreshments generously provided by the Office of the President, UPEI

9:15鈥9:20&苍产蝉辫;补尘&苍产蝉辫;  
Opening musical performance: two popular traditional Korean folk songs (Arirang and Milyang Arirang) 
Dr. Sung-Ha Shin-Bouey, Associate Professor, Music, UPEI

9:20鈥9:25 am 
Welcome and opening address
Dr. Marva Sweeney-Nixon, Associate Vice-President Research, UPEI

9:25鈥9:30 am    
Congratulatory address
Director, Korean Studies Promotion Service (KSPS), the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS; UPEI鈥檚 Korean Studies funding partner), Korea

9:30鈥9:35&苍产蝉辫;补尘&苍产蝉辫;  
Thank-you address
Dr. Sharon Myers, Dean of Arts, UPEI

9:35鈥9:40&苍产蝉辫;补尘   
Keynote speaker 1 introduction
Dr. Edward Chung, Asian Studies and KS Project Director, Professor of Religious Studies, and organizer of this conference, UPEI

9:40鈥10:25&苍产蝉辫;补尘 (with last 7 minutes for questions)
Keynote speech 1:
鈥淐hinese and Korean Neo-Confucian Views on Not Transferring One鈥檚 Anger鈥
Dr. Philip J. Ivanhoe, Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA

Friday, June 28

2:50鈥2:55 pm
Closing address
Dr. Halla Kim, Professor of Philosophy, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea; Vice-President, North American Korean Philosophical Association; and Vice-President, Korean Philosophical Association in Korea

2:55鈥3:00 pm
Thank-you and farewell address
Dr. Greg Naterer, Vice-President Academic and Research, UPEI

Special acknowledgement

This conference is fully supported by UPEI鈥檚 international Lab Program for Korean Studies grant (AKS-2022-LAB-2230002) through the Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea and Korean Studies Promotion Service (KSPS), the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS).

Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea and Korean Studies Promotion Service (KSPS), the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS).