Discovering East Asian Culture by Indexing Korean Classics –Indexing Project Database Launching Ceremony (Updated)
The study of the history and culture of Korea and China has received a significant boost with the completion of a major database by City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Jeju National University, and the East Asian Library of the University of California, Berkeley.
Researchers have indexed the Han’guk yŏktae munjip ch‘ongsŏ (Korean Anthology in History), a collection of 3,000 volumes written in literary Chinese by influential authors from Korea. The works, each one an anthology of several writers, have been transcribed into the Korean alphabet and romanised using the McCune–Reischauer system. This is the first time that this collection has been indexed and transcribed into an online database.
The collection covers philosophy, history, literature, politics, society, economics, the military, geography and astronomy from the 7th century to the early 20th century.
We would like to invite you to cover the following event:
Event : Discovering East Asian Culture by Indexing Korean Classics –
Indexing Project Database Launching Ceremony
Date : 8 June 2012 (Friday)
Time : 3:00pm
Venue : Run Run Shaw Library, CityU, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon
Attending guests : Mr Han Jae-heuk, Consul (Culture and Press) of the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Hong Kong
Professor Arthur Ellis, Provost of CityU
Professor Cheng Pei-kai, Director, Chinese Civilisation Centre, CityU
Professor Jung Chang-won, Head, Department of History, Jeju National University
Mr Chang Jaeyong, East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley
Mr Han Jeong-hee, CEO, Kyungin Publishing Co.
Dr Kwon Hyuk-chan and Ms Julia Han Ji-yeon, Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics, CityU
Professor Steve Ching Hsianghoo, University Librarian of CityU
Media enquiry: Eliza Lee, Communications and Public Relations Office, CityU
(Tel: 3442 6121 / 9424 3823)