4:30-6:00
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7, 2022
Yenching Auditorium
A History of Yŏkhaksŏ, Language Textbooks for Chosŏn Official Interpreters
Chung Seunghye
Title page of the volume 1 of Ch’ŏphae sinŏ Rapid Learning of a New Language (Ch’ŏphae sinŏ 捷解新語), a Japanese language textbook created for training official interpreters of Chosŏn Korea.
Image Source: a printed edition held by Seoul National University, Korea; call no. 奎貴 1639
The Materiality and Visuality of
Korean Manuscript Fiction
Lee Min Heui
Graffiti found in rental-shop manuscript novels Moran chŏnggi and Ha-Chin yangmun nok, held by Yonsei University Library
Image source: Digital image collection of Professor Lee Min Heui
Q&A Interpreter: Seo Su-Yeon