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Come celebrate Ulysses with a Bloomsday celebration at Dongguk University this Thursday afternoon (June 14th)

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A great celebration of the Irish modernist novel Ulysses takes place at Dongguk University this Thursday afternoon from 13:30 to 18:00. It is free and open to the public. It promises to be a very interesting afternoon full of variety with singing, music, poetry, short talks and of course readings from the book itself. It would be a worthwhile afternoon even if you haven’t got around to reading it yet (there are many in the same boat!)

A Bloomsday Celebration:

Irish and Transnational Literature and Culture

When: June 14 (Thursday), 1:30-6:00 pm
Where: Duk-Am Seminar Room, Culture Hall, 1st Floor, Dongguk University Seoul Campus

Hosted by ELLAK (English Language and Literature Association of Korea), Yeats Society of Korea, Department of English Language and Literature, Institute of English Cultural Studies of Dongguk University

Sponsored by Embassy of Ireland, National Research Foundation of Korea, Dongguk University

Opening Video: 2012 Bloomsday at Dongguk University

Part I: Opening Ceremony
MC: Prof. Maya Weimer (English, Dongguk University)

1:30~1:50 pm Opening Ceremony
-Opening Remarks: Prof. Youngmin Kim
President of ELLAK (English Language and Literature Association of Korea)
-Congratulatory Remarks I: H.E. Dr. Eammon McKee, Ambassador of Ireland
-Congratulatory Remarks II: Ven. Bupta Sunim, Dean of Religious Affairs,
Dongguk University
-Congratulatory Remarks III: Prof. In-Je Kim, Dean of International Relations,
Dongguk University
-Congratulatory Remarks IV: Prof. Ae-Ju Kim, Director of Institute of English Cultural Studies, Dongguk University

Part II: A Bloomsday Celebration: Joyce and Ulysses

1:50-2:20 pm: “Ulysses and the Narrative of Irish History”
H.E. Dr. Eammon McKee, Ambassador of Ireland:

2:20-2:40 pm Joyce and Nora: Readings by Undergraduates of Dongguk University
“Biography of Nora Barnacle”: Prof. Maya Weimer (English, Dongguk University)

2:40-2:50 pm: Irish Ballads meet Korean Folk Songs
Prof. Han Kim (English) and Jung-Woo Lee (Grad., English)

  • Milyang Arirang
  • Danny Boy
  • The Last Rose of Summer
  • Mountain

2:50-3:00 pm Break

A Bloomsday Celebration by English Department, Dongguk University
MC: Prof. Maya Weimer (English, Dongguk University)

3:00-3:30 pm: Irish Poetry Reading by Graduate Students (English, Dongguk University)

Jee-Hyun Kim: “O Do Not Love Too Long,” “He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven,” by Willliam Butler Yeats
Si-Hwa Moon: “From the Dressing-Room” by Medbh McGuckian
Eunji Lee: “It’s A Woman’s World” by Eavan Boland
Seonggyu Kim: “When You Are Old,” “No Second Troy” by William Butler Yeats
Seung-Myo Sunim: “Sailing to Byzantium” by Willliam Butler Yeats
Jim O’Sullivan: “A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford,” by Derek Mahon

3:30-3:40 pm: Two Irish Ballads: Violin Performance:
Sue Jean Joe (Graduate Student, English, Dongguk University)

3:40-4:10 pm Break & Video: Break with Irish Musicians (Snacks & Drinks offered)
MC: Seonggyu Kim (Graduate Student, English, Dongguk University)

Part III: A Bloomsday Celebration by Dongguk University
MC: Prof. Ewha Chung (English, Sungshin Women’s University)

4:10-4:40 pm: Marathon Reading of Joyce’s Ulysses:

Prof. Daniel O’Connell (Foreign Language Center, Dongguk University)
Prof. Virginia Chambers (Foreign Language Center, Dongguk University)
Prof. Ewha Chung (English, Sungshin Women’s University)
Prof. Oakley Atteson (English, Dongguk University)
Ms. Ruth Parkin (Deputy Chief of Mission, Irish Embassy)

4:40-5:10 pm Transnational Poetry: Undergraduates’ readings

Yun-Kyung Kwon
Da-I Park, Da-eun Kim, Yu-jeong Kim, Seulgi Lee, Jee-Hee Hahn
Ja-Hye Lee, Anka Valentina Ciceo, Da-jeong Jang, Yoon-so Sun, Taewoo Lee

5:10-5:30 pm: A Bloomsday Celebration by the Student Body of English Department, Dongguk University
Ripdub Clip, Undergraduates, English, Dongguk University
Guitar and Songs: Chul Im & Yoon-hwi
Dance of the Sophomores

5:30-5:50: Chorus by Dongguk Faculty Chorus Club

  • Distant Mountain
  • Beautiful Country

6:00 pm: Closing