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July 8th, 2 PM, Annex, Humanities Talk … Professor Kim Si-deok Presents on 'Meoritdol'

Exploring Modern Urban Fossil 'Meoritdol' to Discuss Urban Modern History and Common People's Stories

Busan Modern History Museum will hold the ‘Annex Salon’ on July 8th at 2 PM in the annex, a humanities complex space, with urban literature scholar Professor Kim Si-deok.

The 2023 Busan Modern History Museum ‘Annex Salon,’ titled ‘The Humanities of Objects,’ is a humanities talk program that invites intellectuals from various fields to discuss objects as a theme, conveying everyday philosophy and social perspectives needed in this era.

Professor Kim Si-deok, who will appear this time, has gained significant attention from the media and the public by presenting research achievements and publications exploring the history and present of cities through tracing traces and marks of past eras remaining in the city.

Urban literature scholar Professor Kim Si-deok.

In particular, the traces he focuses on include things like ‘cornerstones, village monuments, supermarket signs, redevelopment posters, and fortune-telling flags.’ Professor Kim assigns value to these objects, collecting and interpreting them to elevate the everyday lives of common people to a historical narrative level.

Professor Kim’s unique approach to viewing cities is deeply connected to his academic background. Kim Si-deok earned his Ph.D. at the National Institute of Japanese Literature (Graduate University for Advanced Studies), a national literature research institute in Japan, and served as an HK Research Professor at the Japan Research Center of Korea University and as an HK Professor at the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies at Seoul National University, making him a ‘literature scholar.’

Adding to this is his academic orientation to focus not on mainstream history but on the lives of common people, which led him to pioneer a new field called ‘urban literature studies.’

At the July Annex Salon, attendees will be able to encounter the perspective of viewing the city and the stories of common people through the ‘cornerstone,’ a fossil-like object in modern cities that he focuses on among various objects.

Applications to participate in the program have been accepted on a first-come, first-served basis through the Busan Modern History Museum website since June 28th.

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