Commemoration of the 600th anniversary of the birth of
KIM Dam (1416 - 1464)

International Conference on
History of World Calendars
and Calendar Making

Nov. 29 ~ Dec. 2, 2016
Yeongju and Seoul, Korea

Organized by
Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) and
City of Yeongju
Hosted by
Korea Science and Culture Foundation - Yeongju Branch
Sponsored by
KIM Dam’s 600th Birthday Commemorative Association
                                                       
http://home.kias.re.kr/MKG/h/cal16

                                                                                                                                                

PROGRAM Home > PROGRAM
MON, Nov 28 TUE, Nov 29 WED, Nov 30 THU, Dec 1 FRI, Dec 2
09:00~10:15  
[Sosu Museum]
Session 2
09:00~10:30  
[Sosu Museum]
Session 6
11:30~13:00
[Grand Convention]
Opening Ceremony
Session1-A
10:25~12:00  
[Sosu Museum]
Session 3
10:40~12:00   
[Sosu Museum]
Session 7
12:00~14:00
Courtesy Visit
to City of Yeongju
13:30~14:00             
[KIAS]
Registration
14:00~15:30     
[Grand Convention]
Session1-B
14:00~15:20     
[Sosu Museum]
Session 4
14:00~15:30
Museom Village
(Kim Dam's Birthplace)
14:00~15:30
[KIAS]
Session 8

KIM Dam

Memorial Exhibition

15:30~17:20     
[Sosu Museum]
Session 5
15:30~17:00
Nha Museum of Astronomy
15:50~17:30              
[KIAS]
Session 9
  
Closing
  17:00~20:00
 
Move to Seoul
18:00~21:00      
[Ggachi Hall]
Public Lectures
Star Observation
18:00
Reception
Invited Speakers

18:00
Banquet


18:00
Banquet





Monday, November 28, 2016 [Public Events for Students and General Public at Ggachi Hall]

18:00 ~ 18:30 == Registration and Snacks
18:30 ~ 19:10 == Lecture by Dr. AHN Sang-Hyeon (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
19:10 ~ 19:50 == Lecture by LEE KI-WON (Catholic University of Daegu, Korea)
20:00 ~ 21:00 == Star Observation lead by Mr. Y. H. Moon and his fellow Yeongju science teachers

Tuesday, November 29, 2016 [Opening Ceremony and Session 1 at Ggachi Hall]

14:00 ~ 14:30 == Registration
14:30 ~ 15:00 == Opening Ceremony, MC: Wontae Park (Korea Science and Culture Foundation Agency-Yeongju Branch)
                 Congratulatory Remarks by Gyeongbuk Governor, Congressperson, and Mayor of Yeongju City
15:00 ~ 15:30 == Break

15:30 ~ 17:30 == Session 1 [Special Session] Chaired by Jaewan Kim (KIAS)
* NHA Il-Seong (Yonsei University, Korea) === 조선초기 역서편찬과 칠정산법의 제정
* Richard Stephenson (University of Durham, UK) === Highlights of Science of the Joseon Dynasty as viewed by outside Scholar

18:00 ~ 20:00 == Reception for Invited Speakers and Committee Members

Wednesday, November 30, 2016 [Sessions 2, 3, 4, and 5 at Sosu Museum; Banquet]

09:00 ~ 10:15 == Session 2
* LEE Eun-Hee (Yonsei University, Korea) === Chiljeong-san Oepyeon by YI Soon-Ji and KIM Dam
* OHASHI Yukio === Indianized astronomy in Asia
* Siramas KOMONJINDA (Chiang Mai University, Thailand) === Thai lunar calendar

10:25 ~ 12:00 == Session 3
* LEE Jung Bok, PARK Won-Tae, KIM Tae-Whan, NHA Sarah (KSCFA-Yeongju Branch) === Restorations of Datong-Li and Shixian-li calendars in Korea
* Kam-Ching LEUNG (Nebraska, USA) === US Naval Observatory almanacs
* LE Thanh Lan (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) === Vietnamese ancient calendar

14:00 ~ 15:20 == Session 4
* S. M. Razaullah ANSARI (Aligarh Muslim University, India) === Description  of World Calendar in Zijes compiled in Medieval India
* Jerzy KREINER (Cracow Pedagogical University, Poland) === Adopts of Gregorian calendar among Eastern European countries

15:30 ~ 17:20 == Session 5
* OH  Yong-Hae (Korea Meteorologist Association, Korea), OH Wan-Tak, NHA Sarah (KSCFA-Yeongju Branch) === A great AN family, calendar makers in the 18th century Korea
* Sacha David STERN (University College London, UK) === The problem of the date line in Jewish scientific sources, 12th-16th centuries
* Shuhrat EHGAMBERDIEV === Calendars along the silk road

17:20 ~ 18:00 == Visit to Kim Dam Memorial Exhibition
18:00 ~ 20:00 == Banquet

Thursday, December 1, 2016 [Sessions 6, and 7 at Sosu Museum]

09:00 ~ 10:30 == Session 6
* OKAZAKI Akira (Gunma University, Japan) === Astronomical records in Vietnamese historical sources and their relation to Vietnamese luni-solar calendars
* WANG Guangchao (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) === An Investigation on the computation and observation of the solar model in Lixiang kaocheng
* LEE Ki-Won (Catholic University of Daegu, Korea) === The Datong Calendar and Its Almanac in Korea

10:40 ~ 12:00 == Session 7
* Seyyed Mohammad MOZAFFARI (Research Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics of Maragha, Iran) === Gregorian Calendar in Islamic World
* Costantino SIGISMONDI (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) === (To Be Announced)

Friday, December 2, 2016 [Sessions 8 and Conclusion at KIAS, Seoul]

13:30 ~ 14:00 == Registration
14:00 ~ 15:30 == Session 8, Chaired by Jaewan Kim (Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Korea)
* Douglas Wayne ORCHISTON (Chiang Mai University, Thailand) === The Maori Calendar of New Zealand: A Chronological Perspective
* NAKAMURA Tsuko (Daito-Bunka University, Japan) ===  The 28-Xiu Constellations in East Asian calendars and statistical analysis of their observation dates.

15:50 ~ 17:30 == Session 9, Chaired by LEE Eun-Hee (Yonsei University, Korea)
* Helmer ASLAKSEN (University of Oslo, Norway) === (To Be Announced)
* AHN Sang-Hyeon (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) === Datong calendar and its almanac in Korea
* S. M. Razaullah ANSARI (Aligarh Muslim University, India) === Concluding Remarks

18:00 ~ 20:00 == Banquet