2nd Baltic-Korean International Symposium: Creative Cooperation
Saturday, 20 October 2012
UT History Museum White Hall, Toome Hill (Lossi St. 25, Tartu)
Session 1: Opening (Chair: Märt Läänemets, Centre for Oriental Studies, UT)
9:30-10:00 Arrival & Registration
10:00-10:10 Opening, Prof. Volli Kalm, Rector of the University of Tartu
10:10-10:30 Welcoming Remarks and Congratulations:
Greeting by Prof. Ülo Valk, Institute of Culture Research and Fine Arts, UT
Meaning of UT-PNU Partnership by Prof. Ha, Chang Sik, Vice President of PNU
Academic Cooperation between Estonia and Korea by Prof. Alar Karis,
President of Estonian Rectors’ Council
10:30-10:50 Special Lecture: Korean-Estonian Cooperation: Present and Future
(Mr. Park, Dong Sun, Ambassador of the ROK to Finland & Estonia)
Opening of Photo Exhibit on Korea
Commemorative Photograph, Coffee & Tea Break
Session 2: Economy and Politics (Chairperson, Prof. Jung, Dong Hyeon, University of Delhi, India)
11:30-11:50 Speeded Growth of South Korea faces Challenges
(Visiting Prof. Jung, Dong Hyeon, University of Delhi, India)
11:50-12:10 ‘EU-Korea FTA’ and Economic Prospects in Europe
(Prof. Yi, Chae Deug, Director of EU Center, PNU)
12:10-12:30 The Estonian path from Soviet Republic to Euro-Atlantic partner (Mr. Andres Herkel, MP)
12:30-12:50 Economic Crisis as the Driver for Change in the Estonian Economy (Prof. Urmas Varblane, UT)
12:50-13:10 Discussion
13:10-14:40 Lunch (not included)
Session 3: Language and Culture (Chairperson: Prof. Ülo Valk, UT)
14:40-15:00 Characteristics of the Korean Language and Its Meaning Today (Prof. Kim, In Taek, PNU)
15:00-15:20 Korean Literature Promenade in Novel, Poem and Drama (Prof. Li, Sang Gum, PNU)
15:20-15:40 Social-oriented Constitution in Korean and Estonian Folksong
(Research Fellow Jin Seok Seo, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania)
15:40-16:00 Coffee & Tea Break
16:00-16:20 Asian Studies at the University of Tartu (Dr. Märt Läänemets, Senior Researcher, UT)
16:20-16:40 21st Century as the Asian Century – Implications for the West
(Hannes Hanso, Researcher, International Institute of Defense Studies)
16:40-17:00 Discussion
17:00-17:45 Performance by ‘Seodo Sori’ (traditional Korean song and dance)