2025 Sijo Summit: (In person & Online)
Celebrating 20 Years of Cultural Connection
Korea, China, Japan: A Shared Legacy of Poetry
Friday, June 27, & Saturday, June 28
Glenview Public Library
1930 Glenview Rd, Glenview, IL 60025
Online - Zoom link will be sent to those who register for online participation.
“Sijo is beautiful—it transcends borders.”
REGISTER
• We welcome educators, poetry enthusiasts, and aspiring poets who are eager to explore sijo and deepen their cultural understanding.
• Current K–16 educators in the U.S. who attend all sessions in person on both days and submit all assignments (a sijo lesson plan and one original sijo) by June 28, 2025, will qualify for a $100 stipend and a travel grant.
• All attendees who participate in the full program on both days will receive a complimentary copy of SIJO: Korea’s Poetry Form.
2025 SIJO SUMMIT - PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Friday, 6/27 (Moderator Lucy Park)
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:30 AM | Registration/ Continental Breakfast |
| 10:00 AM | Welcome & Introduction – Lucy Park |
| 10:15 AM | Korean Sijo – David McCann |
| 10:45 AM | Chinese Jueju – Daniel Hsieh |
| 11:15 AM | Japanese Haiku – Regina Harris Baiocchi |
| 11:45 AM | Q&A |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM | Contemporary Korean Sijo* – Sunglan Hong |
| 1:30 PM | Teaching Sijo to Korean Children* – Kwan-ho Seo |
| 2:00 PM | Q&A |
| 2:15 PM | Teaching Sijo to US Students – Elizabeth Jorgensen |
| 2:45 PM | Sijo in Translation – Mark Peterson |
| 3:15 PM | Q&A |
| 3:30 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:45 PM | Editing My Sijo – David McCann |
| 4:00 PM | Improving Student Sijo – Elizabeth Jorgensen |
| 4:15 PM | Expanding Haiku into Sijo – Chuck Newell |
| 4:30 PM | Draft to Final: Sijo Writing and Peer Review – All Participants |
| 5:15 PM | Depart for Korean Restaurant |
| 5:30 PM | Korean Dinner |
| 6:30 PM | Depart for Korean Traditional Music Performance |
| 7:00 PM | Attend performance (Return to Library by 9 PM) |
Saturday, 6/28 (Moderator Hanae Kim)
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:30 AM | Registration/ Continental Breakfast |
| 10:00 AM | Korean History through Literature – Lucy Park |
| 10:30 AM | Sijo Inspired Music & Arts – Lucy Park |
| 10:40 AM | Sijo Chang Performance – Hyun-chae Kim |
| 10:50 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 AM | Group Discussion: Present and Future of Sijo Education – All Participants |
| 11:45 AM | Sijo Winners: Reading and Commentary – All Participants |
| 12:15 PM | Q&A and Program Evaluation |
| 12:30 PM | Conclusion |
* Pre-recorded video with English subtitles. Speakers from Korea will be available for live Q&A via Zoom.
Program Faculty:
- Regina Baiocchi: Poet, Composer, & Founder of Haiku Festival, Chicago, IL
- Sunglan Hong: Sijo Poet & Educator, Seoul, Korea
- Daniel Hsieh: Professor Emeritus, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
- Elizabeth Jorgensen: English Teacher, Kettle Moraine Global School, Wales, WI
- Hanae Kim: Senior Lecturer, University of Illinois Chicago, IL
- Hyun Chae Kim: Instructor, Korean Performing Arts Center of Chicago, IL
- David McCann: Professor Emeritus, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Chuck Newell: English Teacher, Baylor School, Chattanooga, TN
- Lucy Park: Executive Director, Sejong Cultural Society, Glenview, IL
- Mark Peterson: Professor Emeritus, Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, UT
- Kwan-Ho Seo: Publisher of Children’s Sijo World (어린이시조나라), Busan, Korea
download Sijo Summit poster (PDF)
For questions, please email SejongCulturalSociety@gmail.com.