Agenda

Seminar

July 14 (Tuesday)

10:00 – 10:10
Welcome Remarks
Wonsuk Chang
Director of the Center for International Affairs, The Academy of Korean Studies (AKS)

10:10 – 10:20
Congratulatory Remarks
Jong-Chol An
Professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

10:20 – 10:35
Understanding Korea Project Overview
Jiyoung Ahn
Head of Understanding Korea Project, AKS

10:35 – 10:40
Break

Moderator: Jong-Chol An
Professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

10:40 – 11:00
School Textbooks – The Case of the Greek Educational System
Georgia Fermeli (Greece)
Textbook Author; Professor at University of Athens (Department of History and Philosophy of Sciences)

11:00 – 11:30
Korea – A Topic for School Textbooks in Germany?
Uwe Andrae (Germany)
Editor of Social Studies Textbooks at Cornelsen Publishing

11:30 – 12:00
Bulgarian Textbooks, Curriculum, and Innovative Approaches to Teaching About Korea: The HanPanDo Board Game Experience
Asya Antova (Bulgaria)
Teacher at “William Gladstone” 18th Secondary School

12:00 – 12:30
Morning Panel Discussion
Discussant: Gilles Taillade
Textbook Author at Plantyn Publishing, Belgium

12:30 – 14:00
Lunch Break

Moderator: Kukjin Kim
Professor at the University for Foreigners of Siena

14:00 – 14:30
The Use of Korea in British Textbooks
Garrett Nagle (UK)
Geography Textbook Author; Geography Teacher at St. Edward’s School

14:30 – 15:00
Provincializing Europe in the Classroom: Korea, Connected Histories, and Italian History Education
Germano Maifreda (Italy)
Author of History Textbooks; Professor in the Department of History at the University of Milan

15:00 – 15:30
Rethinking Korea in European Textbooks
Jae-Yun Jeong
Researcher at the Understanding Korea Project, AKS

15:30 – 16:00
Afternoon Panel Discussion
Discussant: Hye-Jin Jang
Researcher at the Understanding Korea Project, AKS

16:00 – 16:10
Break

16:10 – 17:00
General Discussion
Chair and Interpreter: Kukjin Kim
Professor at the University for Foreigners of Siena