Friday, August 4, 2017

Visit to Korea

Thanks to the generosity of the An Chunggeun Memorial Hall and its supporters I was invited to lead a workshop on An for undergraduates and graduates and so went to Korea. 

 While in Korea I met for lunch with our former friendship family daughter, Yiseul, and a former Lander Student, Matthew, who is currently serving in the army in Korea
 After meeting with Yiseul and Matthew I met with my old colleague from UBC, Dongkyu
 After meeting with Dongkyu, I met with our friendship family daughter Sophie and her family
 I'm looking at a comic drawn by Sophie's brother
With Sophie's brother and father
 Having lunch with our former friendship daughter Jisoo
Enjoying dessert with Jisoo and my former student Kyuri
 Banner at the memorial hall
 Getting ready for the workshop to begin
 Some of the students at the workshop dinner

A Chinese reporter wrote an article on the workshop in Chinese for a Chinese newspaper based in Korea

  Meeting with some people who are helping us with our An Chunggun translation
 Meeting with people connected to Sunggkyun University. I help edit their journal on East Asian Studies
 Standing in front of the National Institute of Korean History
 Meeting with my adviser while I was in Korea, who is now head of the institute
Meeting for dinner with Jieun and her parish priest, Father Peter