Oct.16

Arrival and Check-In at Eldis Regent Hotel

Oct.17

08:30-18:00

Historic site tour to Gyeongju

- Seokguram Grotto & Bulguksa Temple

- Lunch at Sanjuk Hyang

- Tomb of King Wonseong

- Gyeongju National Museum

19:00-20:30

Welcoming Dinner
hosted by Director of Academia Via Serica

Oct.18

09:00-09:30

Reception

09:30-10:15

Opening Remarks

Opening Remarks:
Introduction of Participants
Welcoming Address by President Synn Ilhi

Keynote Remarks
Dunhuang in China, Dunhuang in Human Civilization
by Tschung-Sun Kim

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-11:45

Session 1 (Moderator: Joshua Van Lieu)

 ① Bakhrom Abdukhalimov, Central Asia and the Republic of Korea:A Sketch
   on Historical Relations
 ② Joo-Yup Lee, The Sogdian Descendants in Mongol and post-Mongol
   Central Asia: The Tajiks and Sarts
 ③ Xin Wen, Diplomatic Gifts on the Silk Road: Evidence from Dunhuang
   (850-1000)

11:45-13:45

Lunch at Simjedang → Organ Music at Chapel → Stroll at Hanhakchon

13:45-15:00

Session 2 (Moderator: James C. Schopf)

 ① Jonathan K. Skaff, Silk Roads or Slave Roads? Slavery in Tang Dynasty
   Caravans
 ② Richard C. Foltz, Economic Aspects of the Islamization of the Silk Road
 ⓷ In-Sung Kim Han, 'Look at the alcohol if you want to know the country’:
   Drinking vessels as a cultural marker in the medieval Korea

15:00-15:15

Coffee Break

15:15-16:30

Session 3 (Moderator: Youn-mi Kim)

 ① Sun-ah Choi, Female Donors in Dunhuang: Focusing on Cave 61 at
   Mogao Grotto
 ② Kyong-Mi Kim, Painting of a Buddhist Figure accompanied by a Tiger on
   the Silk Road: Itinerant Monk, Luohan(Arhat) and Sanshin
 ⓷ Dorothy C. Wong, Colossal Buddha Statues along the Silk Road

16:30-16:45

Coffee Break

16:45-17:45

Plenary Discussion (Moderator: Hee Soo Lee)

Youn-mi Kim ;  Joshua Van Lieu ;  James C. Schopf

18:00-20:00

Farewell Dinner

hosted by President Synn Ilhi at the Lobby of Hengso Museum

Oct.19

Check-out & Farewell