9.555, Confs: Literacy and Writing Systems in Asia

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Subject: 9.555, Confs: Literacy and Writing Systems in Asia

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Date:  Fri, 10 Apr 1998 12:08:20 -0500 (CDT)
From:  kyu tae jung <k-jung at students.uiuc.edu>
Subject:  Symposium on Literacy and Writing Systems in Asia:

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Date:  Fri, 10 Apr 1998 12:08:20 -0500 (CDT)
From:  kyu tae jung <k-jung at students.uiuc.edu>
Subject:  Symposium on Literacy and Writing Systems in Asia:

	The Center for Advanced Study
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Announces

	Symposium on Literacy and Writing Systems in Asia:
Commemorating the 600th Anniversary of King Sejong of Korea

May 1 - 2, 1998
Illini Union
1401 West Green Street
Urbana
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

There is no registration fee, but space is limited so early registration
is recommended.  Please include your name, institutional affiliation,
address, phone number, and email address.

Jackie R. Jenkins
Administrative Secretary
912 W. Illinois MC-064
Urbana IL 61801
jrjenkin at uiuc.edu
PH: 217-333-6729
FAX:  217-244-3396

Sponsored by the Center for Advanced Study in conjunction with
The China Studies Council, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, UIUC
The Korea Studies Council, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, UIUC
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, UIUC
The Department of Linguistics, UIUC
The International Society for Korean Studies, Osaka, Japan
The Institute of Language and Information, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

The Center for Advanced Study is a special unit of the Graduate College of
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  The Center is charged
with promoting the highest levels of cross-disciplinary scholarship and
discourse.

Symposium Schedule

Friday, May 1, 1998
Room 407, Illini Union

8:30 - 9:00 Registration

9:00 - 9:30 Opening Remarks
                Chin A. Kim, Chair, Organizing Committee
                Braj B. Kachru, Director, Center for Advanced Study
                Jesse Delia, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

9:30-10:25 King Seojong and His Legacy
                King Sejong's Theory of Literacy: Young-Key Kim Renaud,
			George Washington University

10:40-12:30 Typography of Writing Systems
                Alphasyllabaries and abugidas: William Bright, Professor
			emeritus, UCLA
                On Writing Syllables: Four Episodes of Script
			Transmission: Peter T. Daniels, Professor emeritus,
			University of Chicago

2:00-3:50  Literacy and Writing Systems in the Pacific
                Sociolinguistic Factors in Writing and Literacy: The
			Micronesian Case: Stanley Yunick, Jr., UIUC
                Literacy and Writing Systems in the Pacific: Larry E. Smith,
			The East-West Center, Honolulu, HI

Saturday, May 2, 1998
General Lounge, Room 210, Illini Union

8:30-9:00  Registration

9:00-10:50 Literacy and Writing Systems in South Asia
                Literacy and Writing Systems in Indonesia and Malaysia:
			Peter Lowenberg, San Jose State University, CA
                Literacy, Minority Languages, and Multilingual India:
			Kamal K. Sridhar, SUNY-Stony Brook, NY and
			Yamuna Kachru, UIUC

11:05-12:00 Literacy and Technology
                From Pencils to Pixels: Literacy and the New Technologies
			of Writing: Dennis Baron, UIUC

1:30 - 4:15 Writing, Literacy and Minority Languages in East Asia
                Modelling the Processing of Kanji and Hiragana in
			Japanese: Kim Aisworth-Darnell, The Ohio State
			University
                Literacy, Minority Languages and Writing Systems in Japan:
			A Critical Perspective: Yukio Tsuda, Nagoya University,
			Japan
                Bridging Research and Practice in Literacy Work Among
			Minority Language Groups in the Philippines:
			Maria L.S.Bautista,De La Salle University, The
			Philippines

4:15 - 5:00     General Discussioni

For further information or to register please contact Jackie Jenkins
(217.333.6729), FAX (217.244.3396), e-mail jr-jenkins at uiuc.edu or consult
www.cas.uiuc.edu.

Center events are posted on our world wide web page:
http://www.cas.uiuc.edu

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