{"id":115,"date":"2024-09-24T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/cks\/?page_id=115"},"modified":"2024-09-26T15:13:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T18:13:14","slug":"past-ks-international-speaker-series-ksiss-talks-2018-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/cks\/previous-events-and-publications\/past-ks-international-speaker-series-ksiss-talks-2018-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Past KS International Speaker Series (KSISS) Talks, 2018-2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>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, U<em>of<\/em>T, UBC, etc.). The invited speaker&#8217;s airfare, honorarium (CA$1,000-$1,500), hotel accommodation, airport taxi, meals, etc. are fully supported. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"236\" height=\"557\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/cks\/files\/2024\/09\/CKS_KASIC.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23\" style=\"width:131px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/cks\/files\/2024\/09\/CKS_KASIC.png 236w, https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/cks\/files\/2024\/09\/CKS_KASIC-127x300.png 127w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Four KSISS talks were done: 2018-2020, and 2023, the KS project invited and fully funded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Don Baker (Professor of Korean Civilization and Religious History, Asian Studies, UBC), as special talk on modern Korean Buddhism in Oct. 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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: <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upei.ca\/communications\/events\/2018\/02\/speaker-series-asian-and-korean-studies-international-seminar\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.upei.ca\/communications\/events\/2018\/02\/speaker-series-asian-and-korean-studies-international-seminar\">UPEI &#8211; KS Speaker Series 2018<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1rVr4h_BERKF12G4rtpsCllnTHgRdsgkD\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1rVr4h_BERKF12G4rtpsCllnTHgRdsgkD\">Event Gallery<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upei.ca\/communications\/events\/2019\/03\/asian-studies-seminar-korean-studies-speaker-series\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.upei.ca\/communications\/events\/2019\/03\/asian-studies-seminar-korean-studies-speaker-series\">UPEI &#8211; KS Speaker Series 2019<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1tllBw6eeKuB94zEF3Bu0NleyC7wp4-ss\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1tllBw6eeKuB94zEF3Bu0NleyC7wp4-ss\">Event Gallery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the 2023 events (late April and early May), we had two more invited KSISS talks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>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&#8217;s largest and best society of religious studies]) to give a lecture on a famous Korean woman Zen master. See:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upei.ca\/events\/2023\/05\/postponed-may-2-same-time-and-location-2023-asian\/korean-studies-international\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.upei.ca\/events\/2023\/05\/postponed-may-2-same-time-and-location-2023-asian\/korean-studies-international\">UPEI &#8211; KS Speaker Series 2023<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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: <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upei.ca\/events\/2023\/04\/postponed-april-27-same-time-and-location-2023-asian\/korean-studies-international\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.upei.ca\/events\/2023\/04\/postponed-april-27-same-time-and-location-2023-asian\/korean-studies-international\">UPEI &#8211; KS Speaker Series &#8211; 2023<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upei.ca\/communications\/news\/2023\/04\/upei-s-2023-korean-studies-international-speaker-series-presents-public\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.upei.ca\/communications\/news\/2023\/04\/upei-s-2023-korean-studies-international-speaker-series-presents-public\">UPEI News &#8211; KS Int&#8217;l Speaker Series<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/upei-photography.smugmug.com\/Private\/n-rhkDRj\/Events\/Asian-Studies-Guest-Speakers\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/upei-photography.smugmug.com\/Private\/n-rhkDRj\/Events\/Asian-Studies-Guest-Speakers\">Event Gallery <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u2740 \u2740 \u2740 \u2740 \u2740<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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