2021 Virtual Sijo Workshop

Comparing Verses from Korea, China, and Japan

Date: July 6, 13 and 20 (Tuesdays)
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 pm PDT (3:00 pm – 5:00 pm CDT)
Registration link (2021 NKS-Sijo Webinar Registration): https://bit.ly/32ZvZqZ

 

Program schedule:

Date

Time (PDT)

Topic, speaker

Jul 6 (Tue)

1:00 – 1:05

Moderator, Hye-Seung Kang
Greetings by Young Sok Kim, Honorable Consul General of Republic of Korea in Chicago

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

Sijo and Music performance
3:00 – 3:15 Q&A

Jul 13 (Tue)

1:00 – 1:05

Moderator, Sung Kim

1:05 – 1:35

Teaching Sijo in High School, Elizabeth Jorgensen

1:35 – 2:10

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

2:10 – 2:35

*Concurrent Sessions I, Alice Davidson, Chuck Newell, Deb Holland, Jinang Kim

2:35 – 3:00

*Concurrent Sessions II, Alice Davidson, Chuck Newell, Deb Holland, Jinang Kim

3:00 – 3:15 Q&A

Jul 20
(Tue)

1:00 – 1:05

Moderator, Lucy Park

1:05 – 1:40

Korean Literature for K-12 Educators, Lucy Park

1:40 – 2:20

Brain Storming: sharing teaching ideas & lesson plans
2:20 – 2:40 Report breakout session to the whole group

2:40 – 3:00

Sijo reading by the winners

3:00 – 3:15

Q&A, Program Evaluation

 


*Concurrent Sessions (choose one):

A: Alice Davidson: Teaching Sijo in Middle School
B: Chuck Newell: Transforming Haiku into Sijo
C: Deb Holland: Teaching Sijo in History Class
D: Jinang Kim: Comparing Sijo and Sonnet in College Class

 

Faculty:

  • Mary Connor: National Korean Studies Seminar, Los Angeles, CA
  • Alice Davidson: Episcopal High School, Houston, TX
  • Deb Holland: D'Evelyn Jr/Sr High School, Denver, CO
  • Daniel Hsieh: Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
  • Hye-Seung Kang: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  • Jinang Kim, Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX
  • Sung Kim: National Korean Studies Seminar, Los Angeles, CA
  • David McCann: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
  • Chuck Newell: Notre Dame High School, Chattanooga, TN
  • Lucy Park: Sejong Cultural Society, Chicago, IL
  • Mark Peterson: Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Elizabeth Jorgenson: Arrowhead Union High School, Hartland, WI 

 

Sponsors and Organizers:

  • Consulate General of Republic of Korea in Chicago
  • Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL
  • Korean Cultural Center at Los Angeles, CA
  • National Consortium for Teaching About Asia Coordinating Center at Indiana University. Bloomington, IN
  • National Korean Studies, Los Angeles, CA
  • Sejong Cultural Society, Chicago, IL

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    Participants' Benefits:

    • Educators of K-12 institutions in the US will be eligible for $100 stipend and sijo reference books who fulfill the following requirement.
    • attend all sessions of the NKS workshop (6/28, 6/29, 6/30) and Sijo workshop (7/6, 7/13, 7/20)
    • submit all homework (one sijo lesson plan and assignment from the NKS workshop) before 7/16.

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