이만열 Emanuel Pastreich경희대 후마니타스 칼리지 교수)
Circles and Squares
2011.11.27
“카이스트의 여성 총장을 기대한다”
카이스트(KAIST)는 대한민국 과학의 방향 및 방법의 선도자로서 중요한 역할을 맡고 있다. 지난 7년 동안 카이스트의 혁신은 대한민국의 혁신으로 재빠르게 이어진다. 로버트 포플린 미국 스탠퍼드대 교수가 총장으로 임명됐을 때 카이스트는 새로 국제적인 전망을 제시하고 한국 연구기관의 국제적인 역할을 강조하면서 한국 교육제도에 적지않은 영향을 미쳤다. 또한 카이스트 서남표 총장 부임이후 카이스트 대학운영및 교육개혁에 대한 국민적 공감대를 형성하는 계기도 마련했다.
Emanuel delivers talks for Hyundai and KIA employees going abroad with families (November 25, 2011)
Emanuel delivered talks for a select group of employees from Hyundai and KIA Motors on November 25 in which he spoke about the need for a vision of the significance of working abroad and the importance of having a family plan for what the stay abroad means for each family members.
Opening address at event dedicated to the poet Son Hoyeon (November 24, 2011)
Emanuel was invited to deliver the opening remarks and also to read the poems of the Korean poet Son Hoyeon 손호연 at a special commemorative event (eighth anniversary of her death) held at the home of Son Hoyeon in Seoul. Emanuel delivered these short remarks (in Korean below) and read several of the poems in English.
Feature Interview with Emanuel Pastreich in KIPI Journal (article in Korean)
This article is an interview with Emanuel and Kim Taegyong (김태경 소장), Director of the Korea Institute of Patent Information (특허정보원 ), about education, technology and Korea’s future in the Monthly Journal, Patent Information Promotion Center Magazine (November, 2011).
Emanuel’s Talk at TED @ Hongreung about Korea and his Grandmother
Emanuel’s talk about a dream of his grandmother at TED X Hongreung
Emanuel gave a talk about a memory dream he had about his grandmother when first studying in Korea at the recent TED event. Hongreung is the name of an old neighborhood (named after a royal grave) in northern Seoul that has become the center of a research cluster defined by Korea University, KAIST, KDI, Kyung Hee University Hanguk Sook of Foreign Studies and KIST.
Link to the video:
“A Dream of My Grandmother on New Year’s Eve in Korea”
TED X Hongreung
October 29, 2011
“A Dream of My Grandmother on New Year’s Eve in Korea”
Talk for UST
November 15, 2011
Emanuel delivered a talk at KIST for students enrolled in UST (University of Science and Technology) an innovative technology program run jointly by a group of research institutes in Korea. The talk concerned the impact of technology on society and presented an assessment of the challenges faced currently by the young generation.
The students are from around Asia, but includes a large number from the Middle East. We entered into a very lively discussion about technology after the talk.
“The Observable Mundane” Recognized as outstanding study in comparative literature
November 15, 2011
Emanuel’s study of the reception of Chinese vernacular narrative in Korea recognized as outstanding study in comparative Asian literature.
The Senior Committee for the East Asian Literature Research Association (동방문학비교연구회) has selected “The Observable Mundane : Vernacular Chinese and the Emergence of a Literary Discourse on Popular Narrative in Edo Japan” (Seoul National University Press, 2011) for its annual award as outstanding research work on East Asian comparative literature.
Asia Institute Seminar (November 13, 2011)
The Asia Institute seminar brought together a broad range of experts and students, including students from Japan and even an individual originally from North Korea, to discuss what youth in Korea can do to prepare the way for the future reunification of the Korean Peninsula. The participants broke into two groups: one discussing in Korean and one in English. The results of the seminar will be forthcoming as a short paper.
Talk at POSTECH on the Future Challenges we face (November 11, 2011)
Emanuel delivered a talk in Korean at POSTECH on Friday, November 11 entitled “A Global Perspective on the Challenges of the Future.” The audience consisted of a group of POSTECH undergraduates with a deep concern about the future of education and their role in society..
Emanuel described the serious challenges posed by climate change, the superannuated society and rapid technological change. He stressed the need to focus education in science in technology on addressing these issues, rather than simple applications like displays and smart phones.
Review of Winslow Wheeler’s book on defense spending “The Wastrels of Defense” (article)
Here is Emanuel’s review of Winslow Wheeler’s book on defense spending “The Wastrels of Defense” as it appears on the site of the Center for Defense Information
“Rebels Within the U.S. Federal System ”
Emanuel Pastreich
January 10, 2006
Casually observing the mainstream media in
the United States gives one the impression that conservatives support the
administration of George W. Bush and the Republicans in Congress. Nothing could
be further from the truth. In fact, the most strident and damning attacks on
the “neo-conservatives” come not from “liberals,” but
rather from conservatives themselves. Moreover, although many Americans
foolishly buy into the argument that they should be afraid of “government,”
in reality, those in government have provided the strongest resistance to
corruption and corporate manipulation.
An excellent example of the rebellion
against the present rule of money and privilege in America is Winslow Wheeler.
Like the Democratic senator John Murtha, who recently called for U.S. troops to
be withdrawn from Iraq unconditionally, Wheeler is an insider with strong ties
to the military and the institutional culture that has dominated the U.S. for
the last 40 years who decided things have gone too far and has taken a stand.
He has written at length about the corruption in the military procurement
system, which is so deep that it poses a serious security threat.