Emanuel was the MC at CICON (China-Korea International Conference on Cultural Innovation Cities; 한중창의문화도시융합컨퍼런스;
中韩创新城市文化产业论坛) on June 22, 2012. This conference, part of a series of events commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the normalization of relations between China and Korea, brought together important figures from the arts of Korea and China for a thoughtful discussion of he future of cultural cooperation between the two countries.
この間日韓緊張の最中で自分の日本と韓国の関係に関する夢を述べました。「私には夢があります」という表現は 黒人人権運動の盛りにマーティン・ルーサー・キング牧師がした「私には夢がある」演説からとりました。
講演会「李承信の一行詩の力」
２０１２年７月５日
報告
韓 昇 洲氏（前韓国外交長官）
武藤正敏氏（日本駐韓大使）
エマニュエル・パストリッチ氏（慶喜大学人文学部教授）
エマニュエル・パストリッチ氏の挨拶
李承信さんの詩集『君の心で花は咲く』には、たいへん大きな文化的・歴史的な意味があります。まず李承信さんは、お母さんの孫戸妍の和歌の伝統を勇気をもって受け継いでおられます。すばらしいことだと思います。李承信さんは、日本語、韓国語の両方であらゆることを文学的に表現しておられます。私の場合は、日本の文学を長く勉強してきたものとして、日本古典文学をアメリカの大学で教えながら、まわりの人々に日本文学のよさを長い間説明してきました。韓国に対しても日本に対しても深い愛情をもっております。同時に、厳しい歴史の矛盾をも見つめてきました。民族の悲しい歴史に対する韓国人の心理もわかります。
今日はアメリカ人として正直にお話いたします。まず日韓関係を考えるとかやはりイエスの言葉が思い浮かびます。
「あなたたちの中で罪を犯したことのない者が、まず、この女に石を投げなさい」
April 27, 2012
Asia Institute Seminar “The Past, Present and Future of Money”
Professor Marc Shell, Irving Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University, delivered a compelling talk at the Asia Institute Seminar “The Past, Present and Future of Money” on April 27, 2012 in which he described the cultural, political, ideological and aesthetic aspects of money in historical perspective. 
I don’t know what your thoughts about the Korean pop group Girl’s Generation receiving its own set of stamps from the Korean Postal service. I suppose it is great for the Korean Wave, but personally, I fear that we are
I am not sure what to make of these ads, but they certainly are unlike anything I have seen elsewhere: a call for Seoul’s citizens to participate in policy debate through workshops. I have not attended them, so I cannot say I know what actually happens.
The status of women in Korea is a great mystery. Without any doubt, many of the most thoughtful thinkers are women and women show a assertiveness and determination in school that is striking. Yet within organizations, women have not fared that well.
Seoul City has launched several initiatives to improve the lives of women. Here is a sign that I saw today near my home.
Here are a few more interesting educational comics, “manhwa,” from Korea.
“The Rise of Consumption and the Demise of Causality”
Emanuel Pastreich
There are two enormous challenges today that seem unrelated and yet perhaps can be directly connected through a more profound consideration of the impact of technology on society: the rise of consumption culture and the demise of causality in our thinking, specifically with reference to the impact of our actions on the environment.
The first challenge is the challenge of greed and consumption. There is a deep need among people to consume that has assumed a crisis level in advanced industrial nations, reaching a level completely out of line with either the economic situation (which is dire) or human needs. That need to consume is spreading rapidly. It is common to attribute this situation to “greed” without much consideration for what it is that generates greed, how that act has its own social, historical and even physiological aspects.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
“A Paradigm Shift for Science and Technology: Prospects for Administrative Regimes”
Korean National Assembly
I delivered the keynote address at a seminar at the National Assembly of Korea entitled “A Paradigm Shift for Science and Technology: Prospects for Administrative Regimes” (과학기술패러다임의 변화와 행정 체제). The event was sponsored by
The event was sponsored by the Korean Congressional Research Service, the Korea Federation of Women’s Science and Technology Associations KFWSTA and Korea Advanced Institute of Women in Science, Engineering and Technology.
Opening remarks
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Asia Institute Seminar
“The Great Green Wall and the Fight against Desertification in China”
The Asia Institute seminar on the noble fight against desertification was a wake-call for all of us. I must admit that although I was pleased by the enthusiasm of the participants, I was shocked that we did not have a larger crowd. After all, the spread of deserts in China is perhaps the most serious challenge facing East Asia today and is a crisis that calls for a global solution.
Yet attendance was less than for our seminar on nuclear power in North Korea—an important topic, but not anywhere as significant.
Ambassador Kwon Byunghyun spoke about his NGO Future Forest which