(1)
Academic Research Achievements and Articles
All four members of this research team have
done previous research and have written papers on the subject. Apart from the
above participants, additional one prominent
scholar (Prof. Radica Nikodinovska) from
Macedonia who has interest in Korean Studies are also writing and
presenting their articles in the conference. They have achieved significant
results in researches. An outline of the previous research done by all the
participants is in the above table.
(2) International
Conference on Korean Studies
On June 05-06, 2012, a two-day international conference was held at the Hankuk
University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea. Scholars in the area of Korean
studies from Macedonia, Bulgaria and Korea participated. They presented papers
on the strategies for the establishing and development of Macedonian studies in
Korea and shared their opinions in discussions. Many Korean experts and
students attended in this conference.
(3)
Preparing Specialists and Exchange of Human Resources
An exchange was conducted with the purpose of preparing
a next generation of scholars and cultivating specialists in the area of Korean
Studies.[1] In
this year also, Macedonian and Korean students go to Korea and Macedonia for studying
languages and cultures. Two Macedonian students
(one per semester) went to Hankuk University of Foreign Studies for studying
Korean language and culture. They also participated to the different cultural
events and made acquainted with Korean students and culture. Two Korean
students went to International Seminar for Macedonian language and culture in
Ohrid.
(4) Round table for Promoting Macedonian and Korean
Studies
Visits to Korea by Macedonian experts, giving lectures and participating in
academic events were held. The participants in the currents research team Prof.
Kim Won-hoi on June 5th 2012, organized the round table for
promoting Macedonian and Korean studies in the Hankuk University of Foreign
Studies. In this round table participated Dean of the faculty of Eastern
Europe, Prof. Kim, Sunghwan and discussed the way to develop the Macedonian and
Korean studies in the each university.
(5) Cultural Activity
On July 01, 2012, around the
time of the International Seminar for Macedonian
language and culture, events characteristic for what would be a Korea
Culture Week, were organized. There were various initiatives, such as lectures
on Korean culture, history and Korean film
festivals as well as different experiences
of Macedonian culture.
(6)
Macedonian Experts in Korea and Cultural Field Research
Cultural field research
of Macedonian experts in Korea was held during June 04. – 10. 2012. Macedonian
experts first presented articles in the conference. After then, they went to many
places in Korea as the cultural field research. By this field research, they
got and acquainted with the Korean culture and began to understand the
similarity and diversity between Macedonian and Korean culture. This will be
useful, because they will teach Korean language and culture more realistic and
practically. And they will try to establish the Korean language department as
soon as possible.
[1] Thanks to
the AKS project, MOU in the field of education was signed between Macedonian
university and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in 2011. On the basis of
this MOU, the students of two countries can learn each country’s language and
culture.
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