Photo credit to speakers (from bottom right counter-clockwise) : Sugangjae of Ch’angdŏk Palace in Seoul (photo by In-Souk Cho), Seoul Museum of History and SK Corporation Head Office Building in Seoul (designs and photos by Jong Soung Kimm), and Korean Embassy residence in Washington, DC (design and photo by Jeff S. Lee) |
"Korean Architecture: Past and Present"PROGRAM8:45-9:15 Coffee and Pastry
9:15-9:30 Welcoming Remarks Peg Barratt Session I R. Richard
Grinker, Chair 9:30-10:10 In-Souk Cho,
“Traditional Korean Architecture” 10:10-10:50 Jong Soung Kimm,
“Contemporary Architecture in Korea” 10:50-11:00 Break Session II Kirk W. Larsen,
Chair 11:00-11:40 Jeff S. Lee, “Korean
Landscape Architecture and the Future of the Public Realm” 11:40-11:55 Roger K. Lewis,
Commentary 11:55-12:10 Young Whan Park,
Commentary Session III Young-Key
Kim-Renaud, Chair 12:10-12:30 General Discussion PROFILESWelcoming RemarksPeg (Marguerite)
Barratt is Dean of GW’s Columbian College of Arts and Sciences.
Before coming to GW in August 2007, she was Deputy Director of the Clinical
Research Policy Analysis and Coordination program at NIH (CRpac). Before
then she served as the Division Director for Behavioral and Cognitive
Sciences at the National Science Foundation. She received her M. Phil.
in Psychology from GW and her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from
the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she taught for 19 years.
Her publications appear in leading journals and she served as an Associate
Editor of Developmental Psychology. She was selected in 2002
as a Fellow in the American Psychological Association, and in 2007 as
a Fellow in the Association for Psychological Science. http://www.gwu.edu/~media Harry Harding
is University Professor of International Affairs at GW and a Visiting
Fellow at the Center on U.S.-China Relations of the Asia Society in
New York. In 2005-07, he was Director of Research and Analysis at Eurasia
Group, a political risk research and consulting company headquartered
in New York, and he remains a Counselor to the firm and the Chair of
its China Task Force. Harding served as Dean of GW’s Elliott School
of International Affairs from January 1995 to July 2005. A specialist
on Asia, his major publications include The India-China Relationship:
What the United States Needs to Know (co-ed. with F. Frankel, 2004);
A Fragile Relationship: The United States and China Since 1972 (1992),
Sino-American Relations, 1945-1955: A Joint Reassessment of a Critical
Debate (co-ed. with Yuan Ming, 1989); and China's Second Revolution:
Reform After Mao (1987). Harding received his B.A. in Public and
International Affairs from Princeton, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political
Science from Stanford. http://www.gwu.edu/~elliott Speakers In-Souk
Cho, KIRA, received her B.Arch. from Hanyang University and M.Arch.
from Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, and is a Ph.D. candidate in Architectural
History specializing in historic conservation and restoration at Sungkyunkwan
University. Cho has taught Architectural History, Design, and Design
Studio at various universities in Seoul and presented her research at
international conferences. She is Principal of DaaRee Architect &
Associates and Director of the Samlee Research Center for Conservation
and Restoration Co., Ltd. She is a member of the Korean Institute of
Architects. For the last 30 years, Cho has been engaged in the design
of a wide variety of projects and restorations of Heritage Architecture
both in Korea and in other countries including China, Singapore, Bangladesh,
Germany, and Ethiopia. Her most recent projects include a restoration
work of the Hahn Moo-Sook House in Seoul. http://english.seoul.go.kr Jong Soung
Kimm, FAIA, FKIA, began his architectural studies at Seoul National
University, and obtained B.Arch. and M.Arch. degrees at Illinois Institute
of Technology. He has worked in the office of Mies van der Rohe during
the 1960's and taught architectural design at IIT for a dozen years
until 1978, the year he established Seoul Architects-Consultants (SAC
International) in Seoul. Over the last 30 years, Kimm and SAC have produced
buildings of diverse types including the internationally recognized
Weightlifting Gymnasium for the 1988 Seoul Olympics; the Sonje Museum
of Contemporary Art in Kyongju, the Energy Systems Research Center and
the University Hospital for Ajou University in Suwon; the Hotel Hilton
International in Seoul and the recently completed Headquarters Building
for SK Corporation in Seoul. Kimm is a Fellow of AIA and a Fellow of
the Korean Institute of Architects. http://www.korean-pavilion.or Jeff S.
Lee, FASLA, received a Landscape Architecture degree from the University
of Virginia. His award winning firm of lee+papa and associates just
celebrated its 20th year of practice in Washington, D.C.
His notable projects include: the Korean Ambassador's residence; The
Ronald Reagan International Culture and Trade Center; The Pentagon Memorial;
the new military hospital at Ft. Belvoir; and numerous parks in D.C.
including the design for Kingman and Heritage Islands. He has provided
master plans for Mecca, Saudi Arabia; and the New City Plan for Yongjongdo,
the area surrounding the Incheon International Airport; as well as projects
in Russia, Turkey, Asia and Africa. Lee is a recipient of the Excellence
in the Arts from USPAACC and was inducted into the Council of Fellows
of the American Society of Landscape Architects as its first Korean
inductee. He is a former Vice Chairman of the Committee of 100 on the
Federal City; Board member of D.C. Habitat for Humanity; Mayor's Appointee
to the D.C. Comp Plan; and the President of ASLA Potomac Chapter. He
presently serves on The Dean's Advisory Board for the School of Architecture
at the University of Virginia; as a Board Member of the D.C. Homeland
Security Committee and the Friends of the U.S. National Arboretum. http://www.leeandpapa.com. Commentators Roger K.
Lewis, FAIA, is a practicing architect and planner, an author and
journalist, and a professor emeritus at the University of Maryland’s
School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. After receiving
architecture degrees from MIT and serving as a Peace Corps volunteer
architect in Tunisia, he helped establish Maryland’s new architecture
program while starting his firm, which since 1969 has designed award-winning
housing projects, schools, recreational facilities, and cultural and
civic buildings. In 1984 Lewis began writing and illustrating "Shaping
the City," an award-winning column in the Washington Post.
His “Shaping the City”and cartoons have been featured in several
exhibitions, including a one-man show at the National Building Museum.
A trustee of the National Children’s Museum, Lewis is co-author of
the widely disseminated Growth Management Handbook, and the author
of Architect? A Candid Guide to the Profession, a best-selling,
introductory text published by the MIT Press and used at architecture
schools throughout North America, Mexico, Japan and Korea. http://www.arch.umd.edu/people
Young Whan
Park, AIA, received his B.Arch. from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
in 1963 and a Master of City & Regional Planning degree from Catholic
University in 1970. A member of the American Institute of Architects
since 1973 and also a former member of the American Society of Landscape
Architects, Park is the founder and principal of Designtech-East, Ltd.
Architects / Planners in Rockville, MD, from which he retired a few
years ago. He was a visiting lecturer of Architecture and City Planning
at Ewha Womans University in Seoul in 2004. Currently he devotes much
of his time to mission services for development and construction of
housing & community facilities for disabled seniors and other socially
disadvantaged people in Northern China and Yucatán, Mexico. He serves
on Boards for the International Foundation for Ewha Womans University
and Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. Conveners Roy Richard
Grinker is Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs,
and Human Sciences at GW. He received his Ph.D. in Social Anthropology
from Harvard University in 1989 with a specialization in African Studies.
His publications include Houses in the Rainforest, Korea and
Its Futures: Unification and the Unfinished War, In the Arms
of Africa, and Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History
and Representation. He worked extensively on North-South Korean
relations and in 1997 he testified before Congress on the issue of North
Korean defectors' adaptation to South Korean society. He is currently
Editor-in-Chief of Anthropological Quarterly. He is conducting
the first ever prevalence study of autism in Korea. His book, Unstrange
Minds: Remapping the World of Autism (NY: Basic Books, 2007) will
be published in Korean as Natsŏlji anǔn kǔdǔl in Korea in
early 2008. http://www.gwu.edu/~elliott
Young-Key Kim-Renaud is Professor of Korean Language and Culture and International Affairs and Chair of the East Asian Languages and Literatures Department at GW. She received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Hawai‘i. A theoretical linguist with a broad interest in the Korean humanities and Asian affairs, she is Editor-in-Chief of Korean Linguistics, and serves on various Asia-related boards. Her publications include nine books, numerous book chapters and journal articles. She is the recipient of three Fulbright awards and various individual research grants as well as institutional grants for her academic and cultural activities. In 2006 Kim-Renaud received a Republic of Korea Jade Order of Cultural Merit for her lifetime contribution to the advancement of Korean language and culture. http://home.gwu.edu/~kimrenau.
Kirk W.
Larsen is the Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History and
International Affairs and Director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies
at GW. He received his Ph.D. in History from Harvard University. He
teaches the history of North and South Korea, East Asia, and the world.
His book, Tradition, Treaties, and
Trade: Qing Imperialism and Choson Korea, 1850-1910, is forthcoming
(Harvard University Press, East Asia Series). He has published, presented,
and commented on a variety of issues including North Korea, nationalism
and elections in South Korea, and Sino-Korean relations. He has appeared
on ABC, MSNBC, VOA, the Canadian Broadcast System, and Al Jazeera. http://www.gwu.edu/~elliott BACKGROUND
The HMS Colloquium
in the Korean Humanities series at GW provides a forum for academic
discussion of Korean arts, history, language, literature, thought and
religious systems in the context of East Asia and the world. The
Colloquium series is made possible by an endowment established by the
estate of Hahn Moo-Sook (1918-1993), one of Korea’s most honored writers,
in order to uphold her spirit of openness, curiosity, and commitment
to education. The 15th HMS colloquium is co-sponsored by
GW’s Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Sigur Center for Asian
Studies, and Institute for Ethnographic Research. The Colloquium
is open to the public free of charge. However, reservations are required. For more information, please contact: Dr. Young-Key
Kim-Renaud |