The goal of this KS Speaker Series is to promote and provide invited special talks on highly important or engaging KS topics: philosophical, religious, historical, political, etc. for all UPEI students and professors including KS and Asian Studies people. To invite a world-class prominent scholar each year from a leading American and Canadian university (e.g., Harvard U, Columbia U., Yale U., Chicago, UCLA, Berkeley, UofT, UBC, etc.). The invited speaker’s airfare, honorarium (CA$1,000-$1,500), hotel accommodation, airport taxi, meals, etc. are fully supported.

Four KSISS talks were done: 2018-2020, and 2023, the KS project invited and fully funded:

• Dr. Don Baker (Professor of Korean Civilization and Religious History, Asian Studies, UBC), as special talk on modern Korean Buddhism in Oct. 2018
• Dr. Charles Armstrong (Professor of Korean History, KS and History Department, Columbia University, NY), who gave a special talk on South and North Korea and international relations, April 2019. See:
  UPEI – KS Speaker Series 2018 & Event Gallery
  UPEI – KS Speaker Series 2019 & Event Gallery

Regarding the 2023 events (late April and early May), we had two more invited KSISS talks:

• Dr. Jin Y, Park (Chair of Philosophy and Religion, America University, Washington D.C.; President-elect of the American Academy of Religion [AAR; the world’s largest and best society of religious studies]) to give a lecture on a famous Korean woman Zen master. See:
  UPEI – KS Speaker Series 2023
• Dr. Philip J. Ivanhoe (Chair and Professor, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.) who gave a special talk on the Confucian way of oneness, virtue and happiness. See:
  UPEI – KS Speaker Series – 2023
  UPEI News – KS Int’l Speaker Series & Event Gallery

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