Divination and Fengshui in Korea

November 9, 2012

Joint Workshop together with the Templeton "Science and Religion in East Asia" Project, Science Culture Research Center, Seoul National University

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Programme

9:00 a.m. Michael Lackner (Director IKGF):
Welcome Address
9:15 a.m. Jun Yong Hoon (Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies, SNU):
An Introduction of Western Horoscopic Astrology in Korea
Responding: Marc Kalinowski (CNRS/EPHE, Paris)
10:15 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. Kim Yung Sik (Seoul National University):
Chong Yak-yong’s (1762-1836) Views on the Yijing Divination
Responding: Marion Eggert (Univ. Bochum)
11:30 a.m. Oh Sang Hak (Jeju National University):
The Shape Theory (形局論) of Feng Shui: A Case Study of Jeju Island, Korea
Responding: Marion Eggert (Univ. Bochum)
12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
2:00 p.m. Song Xiaokun, M.A. (IKGF Research Assistant):
Junior Scholar Report: Ongoing PhD Project "Fengshui in Contemporary China"
2:30 p.m. Her Yoon Seop (Seoul National University):
Reforms of the Divination Section (命課學) of the Royal Bureau of Astronomy in Eighteenth Century Korea
Responding: Richard J. Smith (Rice University)
3:30 p.m. Park Kwon Soo (Chungbuk National University):
Choosing the Auspicious Day and Site for the Royal Ceremony in Eighteenth Century Korea
Responding: Richard J. Smith (Rice University)
4:30 p.m. Coffee Break
4:45 p.m. Final Discussion
6:00 p.m. End

Location

Internationales Kolleg für Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung (IKGF)
Ulrich-Schalk-Strasse 3a
91056 Erlangen
3rd floor – Conference Room
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Contact

For more information, please contact Esther-Maria Guggenmos at Esther-Maria.Guggenmos@ikgf.uni-erlangen.de.