I made it back safely from Vancouver last night. Unfortunately, I learned during my trip that I did not get the position I had applied for. However, the conference went well and I successfully defended my dissertation. I have to make some revisions, and hopefully will finish by October at the latest and formally receive my degree in November.
Here is the convention center in Honolulu where the conference was held.
We presented in this room at 8am on Thursday, March 31, the first day of the conference. Despite that, we had about 20 people come, which was a pretty good turn out.
Here are our panelists getting ready to present. From left to right are Bunny, Pierre-Emmanuel, Eun-Young, Professor Baker (our chair) and Professor Kenneth Wells (our discussant). I later learned that Professor Wells was the external reviewer for my dissertation!
Us eating lunch after our panel. In the blue shirt is Christopher Lovins, another student of Professor Baker's. He is preparing to his comps and also presented at the conference.
To my pleasant surprise I ran into my old friend and colleague, Hilary Finchum, who is an ethno-musicologist. Her daughter has been winning all sorts of music/speech awards and her sons are quite bright too!
From left to right are Jieun Han (my co-translator for the An Chunggun materials), Bunny, Pierre, and me. Bunny pointed out that I look like I have a mohawk in this picture.
In Vancouver with old friends Inae and Annerose.
The room where I defeneded my dissertation.
Professor Baker treated us for lunch after the dissertation defense. From left to right are Professor Stephen Lee (one of the examiners), Prof Baker, me, Jee-yeon (another one of Professor Baker's students studying Cathoilcism in Korea), and Sinae (who is studying pre-modern Korean literature).
Professor Baker and his wife, Yoomi.
Professor Baker and I.
Here is the convention center in Honolulu where the conference was held. 
We presented in this room at 8am on Thursday, March 31, the first day of the conference. Despite that, we had about 20 people come, which was a pretty good turn out. 
Here are our panelists getting ready to present. From left to right are Bunny, Pierre-Emmanuel, Eun-Young, Professor Baker (our chair) and Professor Kenneth Wells (our discussant). I later learned that Professor Wells was the external reviewer for my dissertation! 
Us eating lunch after our panel. In the blue shirt is Christopher Lovins, another student of Professor Baker's. He is preparing to his comps and also presented at the conference. 
To my pleasant surprise I ran into my old friend and colleague, Hilary Finchum, who is an ethno-musicologist. Her daughter has been winning all sorts of music/speech awards and her sons are quite bright too! 
From left to right are Jieun Han (my co-translator for the An Chunggun materials), Bunny, Pierre, and me. Bunny pointed out that I look like I have a mohawk in this picture. 
In Vancouver with old friends Inae and Annerose. 
The room where I defeneded my dissertation. 
Professor Baker treated us for lunch after the dissertation defense. From left to right are Professor Stephen Lee (one of the examiners), Prof Baker, me, Jee-yeon (another one of Professor Baker's students studying Cathoilcism in Korea), and Sinae (who is studying pre-modern Korean literature). 
Professor Baker and his wife, Yoomi. 
Professor Baker and I. 