19 to 29 May 2022
International Symposium & Project Incubation
Seoul National University
26 to 28 June 2022
Publication Workshop & Debut Presentations
University of Copenhagen
The uses and application of digital methods have become commonplace in Korean studies. Despite the challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the extraordinary collection of online archives and digital libraries enabled academic research on Korea to continue. This increased awareness of the field’s digital transformation begs the following questions. Who built those databases? How do we utilize them effectively?
In a two-part event, Javier Cha of Seoul National University and Barbara Wall of the University of Copenhagen will bring together pioneers, early adopters, and the next generation of Koreanists who have conducted research using digital methods. Our mission is to provide forums for idea exchange and networking opportunities for Korea specialists at all stages of their careers.
From May 19th to May 29th, 2022, the Big Data Studies Lab in the College of Liberal Studies at Seoul National University will host an international symposium and project incubation program. A select group of early-career and senior Koreanists will be develop their project with the assistance and guidance of cutting-edge digital humanities researchers. The following topics will be discussed: text analysis (literary Sinitic, modern standard Korean, North Korean corpora, as well as South Korean neologisms and slang); web scraping and data preprocessing with BeautifulSoup, Selenium, and ElementTree; network data in Gephi, Cytoscape, and Neo4j; applied computer vision; audio data; the materiality of data; and digital humanities pedagogy.
The Korean Studies Programme at the University of Copenhagen will host a follow-up event from June 26th to 28th, 2022. The June event will bring together contributors to a special issue of Korean Studies that will be published in the spring of 2023. Participants in the May incubation program will be invited to present the results of their pilot research in order to exchange feedback and foster the growth of digital Korean studies in a cooperative and collaborative manner.
Both the May and June events will be held in person. While lectures and keynote addresses may be considered for streaming as part of a hybrid conference format, workshops will not be available for remote participation. Zoom registration link: https://tinyurl.com/snu-digital-korean-studies.
The organizers would like to express our gratitude to the R&DB Foundation at Seoul National University, the University of Copenhagen, the Korea Foundation, and the editorial board of Korean Studies for their generous funding and/or support.
Schedule
18 May (Wed) 17:00-19:00 (10:00-12:00 CET)
SNU BDSL Distinguished Lecture in Digital Humanities and Cultural Analytics #1
Hilde De Weerdt (KU Leuven)
“Toward a Critical Digital History of Material Infrastructures in East Asia” (via Zoom)
Building 220 Room 201
Advanced Topics in Digital Korean Studies
(19 to 23 May at Seoul National University)
Zoom registration: https://tinyurl.com/snu-digital-korean-studies
| 19 May (Thurs) | |
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| 09:00-09:15 | Welcoming Remarks Yang Ilmo, Dean of Liberal Studies (Seoul National University) Javier Cha (Seoul National University) Barbara Wall (University of Copenhagen) Building 220 Room 201 |
| 09:15-10:00 | Kim Baro (Academy of Korean Studies) “Biographical Dictionaries in a Digital Age” (in Korean) Building 220 Room 201 |
| 10:00-10:45 | Ryu Intae (Sungkyunkwan University) “Data-Assisted Reading of a Chosŏn Yangban Diary” (in Korean) Building 220 Room 201 |
| 10:45-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:00 | Discussion |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-17:00 | Database Ontology Workshop Building 220 Room 442 |
20 May (Fri) 09:00-11:00 (19 May 20:00-22:00 EDT)
SNU BDSL Distinguished Lecture in Digital Humanities and Cultural Analytics #2
Ruth Mostern (University of Pittsburgh)
“The World Historical Gazetteer: Modeling Space and Place in a Linked Data Infrastructure” (via Zoom)
Building 220 Room 201
| 20 May (Fri) | |
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| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:15 | Jacob Reidhead (KIMEP) “Semantic Network and Latent Topic Analyses of Time-Stamped Korean-Language Corpora” (via Zoom) Building 220 Room 201 |
| 12:15-12:45 | Discussion |
| 12:45-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-17:00 | Project Incubation Building 220 Room 442 |
| 21 May (Sat) | |
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| 09:00-09:45 | Kim Byungjun (KAIST) “Introduction to Text Analysis of Modern Standard Korean” Building 220 Room 201 |
| 09:45-10:30 | Paul Vierthaler (College of William and Mary) “Machine Learning Models for Literary Chinese Text Corpora” Building 220 Room 201 |
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45-11:30 | Choi Donghyeok (KAIST) “Historical Data Engineering: Preprocessing the Annals of the Chosŏn Dynasty and the Examination Rosters” (in Korean) Building 220 Room 201 |
| 11:30-12:30 | Discussion |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-18:00 | Text Analysis Workshop Building 220 Room 442 |
| 22 May (Sun) | |
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| 09:00-09:45 | Paul Vierthaler (College of William and Mary) “Using GitHub to Manage Digital Humanities Projects” Building 220 Room 201 |
| 09:45-10:30 | Javier Cha (Seoul National University) “Fine-Tuning the Historian’s Macroscope: Data Reuse and Medieval Korean Biographical Records in Neo4j” Building 220 Room 201 |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-11:45 | Hu Jing “The Social, Cultural, and Economic Networks of Chosŏn Interpreters” Building 220 Room 201 |
| 11:45-12:30 | Discussion |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-18:00 | Field Trip: Namsan |
| 23 May (Mon) | |
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| 09:00-13:00 | Network Data Workshop Building 220 Room 442 |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-18:00 | Field Trip: Coex Mall |
| 24 May (Tues) to 26 May (Thurs) |
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| Project Incubation Building 220 Room 442 |
Big Data and New Frontiers in Korean Studies
(27 to 29 May at Seoul National University)
27 May (Fri) 11:00-13:00 KST (26 May 19:00 PDT)
SNU BDSL Distinguished Lecture in Digital Humanities and Cultural Analytics #3
Timothy Tangherlini (University of California, Berkeley)
“Cultural Analytics” (via Zoom)
Building 220 Room 201
| 27 May (Fri) | |
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| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-14:45 | Javier Cha (Seoul National University) “The Korean Humanities in the Zettabyte Era” Building 220 Room 201 |
| 14:45-15:30 | Discussion |
| 28 May (Sat) | |
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| 09:00-09:45 | Miguel Escobar Varela (National University of Singapore) “Theater as Data” Building 220 Room 201 |
| 09:45-10:30 | Pete Broadwell (Stanford) “Deep Learning and Analysis of K-Pop Choreography on YouTube and TikTok” Building 220 Room 201 |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:00 | Discussion |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-16:30 | Machine Learning & Cultural Analytics Workshop Building 220 Room 201 |
28 May (Sat) 17:00-19:00
SNU BDSL Distinguished Lecture in Digital Humanities and Cultural Analytics #4
Lee Kyogu (Seoul National University)
“Machine Listening”
Building 220 Room 201
| 29 May (Sun) | |
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| 09:00-09:45 | Martin Steinegger (Seoul National University) “Bioinformatics and Computational Linguistics” Building 220 Room 201 |
| 09:45-10:30 | Kwon Bohyoun (Playable Consulting) “Metaverse as the Land of Refugees and Immigrants” (in Korean) Building 220 Room 201 |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:00 | Discussion |
29 May 14:00-16:00
SNU BDSL Distinguished Lecture in Digital Humanities and Cultural Analytics #5
Wayne DeFremery (Sogang University)
“What Counts as Deep Learning in Korean Studies?”
Building 220 Room 201
Incubated Projects
| Participant | Affiliation | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Mathieu Berbiguier | UCLA | Mapping the Authenticity of K-pop: The Reality of Production Network vs. Fandom Interpretation |
| Christina Han | Wilfrid Laurier University | Macroanalysis of Everyday Life in Early Modern Korea: A Pilot Computational Analysis of Poetry Talks |
| Seung Eun Lee | Hallym University | Building a Database of Late-Chosŏn Yadam |
| Tian Li | Harvard University | Media-ted Justice: Law, Ethics, and Social Critique in Korean Screen Media |
| Katharina Süberkrüb | University of Hamburg | Diplomacy and Objects in European collections of Korean Art(i)facts: Celadons and Export Paintings |
| Giovanni Volpe | Sapienza University of Rome | Reading Practices in Fifteenth-Century Korea: Toward a Digital Humanities Approach |
| Martin Weiser | Independent Scholar | Looking for Diversity in North Korean Media Rhetoric |
“The Digital Turn in Korean Studies” Publication Workshop
(26 to 28 June 2022 at the University of Copenhagen)
The schedule will be announced in early June following a screening process.
| 26 May (Sun) | |
|---|---|
| 10:00-10:15 | Giovanni Volpe |
| 10:15-10:30 | Seung Eun Lee |
| 10:30-10:45 | Martin Weiser |
| 11:00-12:00 | Mathieu Berbiguier |
| 17:00-17:15 | Christina Han |
| 17:15-17:30 | Katharina Süberkrüb |
| 17:30-17:45 | Tian Li |