ByongWon Lee

Present Position	Professor Emeritus Ethnomusicology 音樂人類學 음악인류학 University of Hawaii at Manoa
Nationality	U.S.A.
Mailing Address	Music Department University of Hawai’i at Manoa 2411 Dole Street Honolulu, HI 96822-2318 U. S. A.
Music Dept. Office	phone 1-(808) 956-7756 fax 1-(808) 956-9657

Email address byong@hawaii.edu http://www.byongwonlee.com

Brief Biography

His publications include the entire entry of “Korea” in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (6th edition); Styles and Esthetics in Korean Traditional Music (1977); Buddhist Music of Korea (1987); and numerous articles and edited works on Korean music.

In 2001, he has authored, coordinated and served as the main lecturer for the month-long “Workshop on Korean Music for Overseas Musicologists,” which was co-sponsored by the Korea Foundation and the National Gukak Center. He was two time Fulbright scholar in Korea in 1972-73 and in 1980-81, and Visiting Professor at the Academy of Korean Studies in 1996-98. He has served as the first President of the Association for Korean Music Research (AKMR) in 1995-96; Secretary-General for the 26th International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) in 1980-81 and the First International Conference on Korean Studies in 1994. In 1990, he was also invited to the UNESCO’s Integral Study of the Silk Road Maritime Route Expeditions as a senior scholar.

Since he retired from the University of Hawaii at Manoa on June 1, 2022, he has been actively involved with scholarly activities as a professor emeritus at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and as the advisor of the Asian Music Research Institute of Seoul National University.

Education

1974	Ph.D. Ethnomusicology, University of Washington, Seattle.
1971	M.A. Ethnomusicology, University of Washington
1966 Spring	Korean Music Theory, Graduate School, Seoul National University. (Attended one semester only)
1964	B.A. Korean Music Theory, Seoul National University

Title of the Doctoral Dissertation

An Analytical Study of Sacred Buddhist Chant of Korea

Title of the Master’s Thesis

Hossori and Chissori of Pomp'ae : an Analysis of Two Major Styles of Korean Buddhist Ritual Chant

Professional Experiences

October 25, 2024	Republic of Kora Presidential Medal of Arts
2024 - Present	Advisor to the Asian Music Research Institute, Seoul National University.
2023,7.1 - Present	Professor Emeritus
2022,6.1	Retired from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
2007 Fall	Acting Director, Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
2007 Spring	Visiting Professor, Jungang University and Goryeo University in Seoul.
1996-1998	Visiting Professor, the Academy of Korean Studies, Korea.
1996-1997	Acting Director, Office of International Cooperation, Academy of Korean Studies, Korea.
1996-1997	Commentator of the weekly ARIRANG-TV (English TV channel in Seoul) program “Sound and Motion,” introducing Korean performing arts.
1996-1998	Lecturer, the Innovative Design Lab of Samsung (Sound subject for Multimedia section), Seoul.
1991-2022	Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
1990-1991	Senior Scholar, Integral Study of the Silk Road Maritime Route Expeditions sponsored by the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
1983-1984	Advisor to the Sammi Superstars Professional Baseball Team of Inch’on, Korea.
1983-1984	Visiting Professor, Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University.
1982-1991	Associate Professor, University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
1982	Tenured and promoted to Associate Professor, University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
1981	Secretary-General of the 26th International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) for meeting in Seoul, Korea.
1980-1981	Fulbright Lecturing and Research Fellow at Seoul National University.
1979	Participant, NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) Summer Seminar for College Teachers (Topic: Music Acculturation. Bruno Nettl, Seminar Leader, University of Illinois at Urbana
1976-2022	Graduate faculty, University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
1975 Summer	Visiting faculty, Ewha Woman’s Univ. International Summer School.
1974 - Present	Faculty of the Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai’i at Manoa. (Presently Associate Member)
1974-1982	Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
1973-1974	Teaching Associate, University of Washington.
1972-1973	Fulbright Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellow (U. S. Office of Education) conducting research in Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
1972 Summer	Visiting Assistant Professor, San Jose State University.
1968-1972	Teaching Assistant, University of Washington.
1967-1968	Research Assistant, University of Washington.

Honor & Recognition

2024
2024-present	Advisor to the Asian Music Research Institute, Seoul National University.
2020	Publication of biographic interview by the National Gugak Center, Seoul. 358 pages. (국립국악원 구술총서 22)
2011	Recipient of the JoongAhn Jo Namsun Prize for the Achievement in Arts and Humanities, (중안 조남순예술상) Dukwon Forest Foundation, Pusan, Korea.
2007	Recipient of the Nangye Akhak Taesang(난계악학대상) [Nangye Award for Achievement in Korean Music Research], Yeongdong, Korea.
1995	Recognized and honored as one of the eighty-five "Proud Koreans Abroad" by the Seoul Metropolitan Government at the 50th Anniversary of Korean Independence.
1993-95	Appointed to the Advisory Committee on Democratic and Peaceful Unification of Korea by the President of the Republic of Korea