Sijo Webinar 2020

Comparing Verses from Korea, China, and Japan

Date: July 7, 14 and 21 (Tuesdays)
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 pm PST (3:00 pm – 5:00 pm CST)

Program schedule:


Date

Time (PST)

Topic, speaker

Jul 7 (Tue)

1:00 – 1:05

Moderator, Hye-Seung Kang

1:05 – 1:35

Korean Sijo: Structure and Samples, David McCann

1:35 – 2:05

Chinese Jueju, Daniel Hsieh

2:05 – 2:35

Japanese Haiku, Mark Peterson

2:35 – 3:00

Q&A

Jul 14 (Tue)

1:00 – 1:05

Moderator, Lucy Park

1:05 – 1:35

History of Korean Literature, Mark Peterson

1:35 – 2:05

Teaching Sijo in High School, Elizabeth Jorgensen

2:05 – 2:35

How to Edit and Improve Sijo, David McCann, Mark
Peterson & Elizabeth Jorgensen

2:35 – 3:00

Q&A

Jul 21 (Tue)

1:00 – 1:05

Moderator, Sung Kim

1:05 – 1:25

Korean Literature for K-12 Educators, Lucy Park

1:25 – 1:40

Read Your Own Sijo*, Selected Participants and Faculty

1:40 – 2:50

Sijo Lesson Plans*, Selected Participants and Faculty

2:50 – 3:00

Q&A

*Authors of outstanding sijo and lesson plans will be invited to present their work on 7/21.


Faculty:

  1. David McCann: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
  2. Mark Peterson: Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, UT
  3. Daniel Hsieh: Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
  4. Elizabeth Jorgensen: Arrowhead Union High School, Hartland, WI
  5. Hye-Seung Kang: Indiana University National Consortium for Teaching About Asia. Bloomington, IN
  6. Lucy Park: Sejong Cultural Society. Chicago, IL
  7. Sung Kim: National Korean Studies, Los Angeles, CA