May 24 - 26, 2005
Convention Center & Conference Hall
Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul, Korea

>>>PROGRAM

Monday, May 23, 2005

19:00 Reception at Seoul Plaza Hotel

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

10:00 - 10:30 OPENING CEREMONY
Opening Address: Chang-Jae Shin, Chairman of the Daesan Foundation
Ki-Young Hyun, President of the Korean Culture and Arts Foundation
Welcoming Address: Uchang Kim, Chair of SIFL Organizing Committee
* Venue: Convention Center

10:30 - 12:30 SESSION Ⅰ
Human Values and Political Change
Presentations and Discussion: Oe Kenzaburo / Kim Uchang
Discussants: Kim Byung-Ik / Jo Chong-Rae
Moderator: KIM Yun-Shik
* Venue: Convention Center

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 17:00 SESSION Ⅱ
Literature and Human Universality
Presentations and Discussion: Le Clezio / Yu Jong-Ho / Luis Sepulveda / Hwang Seok-Young
Discussants: KIM In-Hwan / Lee In-Sung
Moderator: Kim Hwa-Young
* Venue: Convention Center

14:00 - 16:30 SESSION Ⅲ
Ideals of Peace in the Korean Tradition
Presentations and Discussion: Tibor Meray / Paik Nak-Chung / Hyun Ki-Young
Discussants: Choi Dong-Ho / Jung Doo-Hi
Moderator: Lee Nam-Ho
* Venue: Conference Hall

16:30 - 18:00 SESSION Ⅳ
East Asian Ideas of World Order
Presentations and Discussion: Hasumi Shigehiko / Bok Geo-Il
Discussants: Kim Jong-Kil / Lim Ji-Hyun
Moderator: Yoon Sang-In
* Venue: Conference Hall

19:00 Literary Night(informal talk among participants) at Lotte Hotel

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

10:00 - 12:30 SESSION Ⅴ
Power, Human Values and Political Order ; Dictatorships , Wars, and Peace
Presentations and Discussion: Orhan Pamuk / Ko Un / Wolf Biermann / Oh Jung-Hee
Discussants: Sung Suk-Je / Gong Ji-Young
Moderator: Jung Jung-Ho
* Venue: Conference Hall

10:00 - 12:30 SESSION Ⅵ
The Idea of Perpetual Peace
Presentations and Discussion: Choi Jang-Jip / Robert Hass
Discussants: Hwang Tong-Gyu / Kim Won-Il
Moderator: Oh Saeng-Keun
* Venue: Convention Center

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 17:00 SESSION Ⅶ
Varieties of Modernity in the World
Presentations and Discussion: Bei Dao / Hwang Ji-Woo / Kim Yeon-Soo
Discussants: Kwon Young-Min / Hwang Jong-Yeon
Moderator: Ko Hye-Sun
* Venue: Convention Center

14:00 - 17:00 SESSION Ⅷ
Peace and Difference ; Gender, Race, Religion
Presentations and Discussion: Ngugi Wa Thiongo / Jo Eun / Margaret Drabble / Kim Seung-Hee
Discussants: Lim Chul-Woo / Shim Yoon-Kyung
Moderator: SUH Ji-Moon
* Venue: Conference Hall

Thursday, May 26, 2005

10:00 - 12:30 SESSION Ⅸ
Varieties of Western Modernity
Presentations and Discussion: Masao Miyoshi / Kim Kwang-Kyu / Erling Kittelsen / Choi Yun
Discussants: Do Jung-il , Moon Hee-Kyung
Moderator: Kim Nu-Ri
* Venue: Convention Center

10:00 - 12:30 SESSION Ⅹ
Commonality of East Asian Cultures ; Past, Present and Future
Presentations and Discussion: Moyan / Park Yi-Moon / Choi Won-Shik
Discussants: Jung Jae-Seo / Choi Jae-Chul
Moderator: Sung Min-Yop
* Venue: Conference Hall

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 17:00 SESSION XI
Technological Change and the Globalization of Communication
Presentations and Discussion: Jean Baudrillard / Kim Seong-Kon / Robert Coover / Kim Young-Ha
Discussants: Jung Gwa-Ri / Kim Kyung-Wuk
Moderator: Choi Hye-Sil
* Venue: Convention Center

14:00 - 16:30 SESSION XII
Ecology, Sustainable Growth and Literature
Presentations and Discussion: Gary Snyder / Jang Hoe-Ik / Vera Galaktionova
Discussants: Oh Se-Young / Choi Seung-Ho
Moderator: Goh Jong-Seok
* Venue: Confernce Hall

16:30 - 18:00 SESSION XIII
Poverty and the Stratification of the World
Presentations and Discussion: Thomas Brussig / Gong Sun-Ok
Discussants: Shin Kyung-Suk / Choi In-Seok
Moderator: Jeon Young-ae
* Venue: Conference Hall

19:00 Dinner at Westin Chosun Hotel

Friday, May 27, 2005

09:00 - 15:00 Panmunjom & JSA(Joint Security Area) Tour
Panmunjom is the "truce village" that straddles the border between North Korea and South Korea in the middle of the Demilitarized Zone that has split this peninsula since the Korean War ended in 1953. Today North meets South to resolve military, economic, and political problems at Panmunjom in an attempt to maintain peace on the Korean Peninsula.