Hallym University Museum Launches "2025 6th Citizen Museum University" Lectures

Exploring Cultural Heritage with Leading Experts in History, Archaeology, and Conservation Science

The Hallym University Museum (President Choi Yanghee) will hold the “6th Citizen Museum University” lectures every Thursday from October 30 to November 20 at the Poster Hall on the 2nd floor of the Hallym University Medical-Bio Convergence Research Institute.

Hallym University Museum_2025 Citizen Museum University Poster. Provided by Hallym University

This year’s Citizen Museum University will feature a total of four lectures under the theme “Sites and Records of Cultural Heritage.” The first lecture will be delivered by Kim Yongseon, Professor Emeritus at Hallym University and a leading authority on epigraphic studies. Together, participants will explore the social landscape and customs of the Goryeo Dynasty found in epigraphs such as the Monument to State Preceptor Wongong at Godonsa Temple Site and the Monument to State Preceptor Jigwang at Beopcheonsa Temple Site in Wonju. The lecture will also address the importance of rubbings in epigraphic research and explain the process involved.

The second lecture will be given by Lee Juheon, Director of the Bukyeong History Research Institute, who will vividly recount moments from cultural heritage excavations such as Cheonmachong Tomb, Hwangnamdaechong Tomb, and Hwangnyongsa Temple Site in Gyeongju, conducted alongside the pioneering archaeologist and architectural historian, the late Dr. Kim Jeonggi. Dr. Kim earned his master’s and doctoral degrees at Meiji University and the University of Tokyo in Japan in the 1950s, returned to Korea to lead excavations of cultural heritage sites, and served as the inaugural Director of the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Professor in the Department of History at Hallym University, and Director of the Hallym University Museum.

The third lecture will be presented by Wi Gwangcheol, Professor in the Department of Cultural Heritage Conservation at Hanseo University, who also served as Director of the Hanseo University Cultural Heritage Conservation Science Center and President of the Korean Society of Conservation Science for Cultural Heritage. Drawing on his extensive experience in the preservation and treatment of excavated cultural heritage at archaeological sites, he will speak on “Preservation and Utilization of Cultural Heritage,” emphasizing the importance of conservation treatment.

The final, fourth lecture will be delivered by Choi Changhee, Professor Emeritus at Hallym University and former Chairperson of the National Archives Committee, on the topic of “Anti-Japanese Independence Movements in Gangwon.” This lecture will examine the fieldwork and research processes involved in collecting materials related to the anti-Japanese independence movements in the Gangwon region, including the Righteous Army Movement and the March 1st Independence Movement.

Director Cho Jeongrae of the museum stated, “These lectures, which cover the fieldwork and research processes of renowned experts in history, archaeology, and conservation science, are rarely available to the public and have been designed to distinguish themselves from other lectures on cultural heritage.”

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