Mar-2024 | “Politics of Arirang – Revisted,” International Society for Korean Studies workshop, Seoul. |
Feb_2019 | “하와이 한인의 아리랑과 독립정신,” 1차 아리랑 국제학술대회. 정선 아리랑박물관 주최. |
Nov-2017 | “Musical Variance in Korean Buddhist Chant: Conformance to Socio-Economy,” 11th Academic Seminar of the Yongsanjae Ritual Society. |
Aug-2017 | “Mystery of the Origin and the Social Dynamics of the Korean Folksong “Arirang,” 13th International Conference of Korean Studies (ISKS), Auckland, New Zealand. |
Dec-2015 | “음악을 통한 한국, 중국, 일본 표현예술의 비교,” [Comparison of the Expressive Cultures of Korea, China and Japan through Music], Conference on Korean Music in Asian Context,” co-hosted by the Ewha Women’s University and the Association for Korean Music Education, Seoul, Korea. |
Nov-2015 | “Elasticity of Korean Buddhist Rituals: Socioeconomic Conformance of the Pomp’ae Chant Performances,” Symposium and Performances of the Asian Buddhism hosted by the Buddhist Studies Institute, University of California at Berkeley. |
Apr-2014 | “K-Pop in the Process of Constructing an Imaginary Global Community of Hallyu (Korean Wave),” Conference on the Korean Wave beyond Nationality: Conflicts over the Globalization of Korean Popular Culture, hosted by the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana. |
Dec-2011 | “The Change of the Arirang Symbolism in the United States of America: A Brief Personal Perspective,” International Conference for Arirang: Arirang in Korean Culture hosted by the Academy of Korean Studies. Funded by the Academy of Korean Studies. |
Feb-2010 | "From Mnemonics to Staff Notation: the Change of the Post-1960 Musical Practice in South Korea," a keynote speech delivered at the conference entitled Redefining Korean Identity in Music, organized by the Center for East Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin at Madison. |
Nov-2008 | “Portrait of a Deceased Shaman: Ethical Issues in Ethnomusicological Fieldwork (世上을 떠난 어느 巫堂의 肖像畵: 民族音樂學的 現地硏究에서의 道德的 諸問題),” a keynote speech delivered at the International Conference on Korean Musicological Research hosted by the Busan National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts. |
Oct-2007 | “세계음악에서 산조의 위상 [Place and Status of Sanjo in World Music Context],” Proceedings of the 7th Kayagum Sanjo Festival: 세계문화유산 산조의 美, |
Aug-2007 | “전통음악이해의 양면성: 한국음악 영문교재 개발을 위한 제언,” 이화여자대학교 한국문화연구원 한국학.한국문화 교육의 국제화사업단 주최: 한국학.한국문화 교육의국제화사업 제2차 워크숍 39-49. |
Apr-2007 | “한국전통음악 음반제작을 중심으로 본 해외 음반 아카이브 사례의 검토와 제언,” 한국음반 100주년 기념 학술대회 – 한국 유성기음반의 문화연구과제와 전망, 동국대학교 문화학술원 대중문화연구소 주최. |
Sep-2005 | Keynote speech “Musical Acculturation during the Colonial Period: a Global Perspective and Critical Assessment” presented at the Asian Music during the Colonial Period hosted by the Seoul National University Asian Music Research Institute. |
Sep-2003 | Panelist in “Teaching about Korean Culture Through Film,” Education Through Images: Korean Film in 2003 sponsored by the Center for Korean Studies of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. |
Aug-2003 | “Buddhist Ritual Music of Korea, Tibet and Japan: A Comparative Perspective,” 1st International Conference on Korean Classical Songs sponsored by the Seoul National University Asian Music Research Center, Seoul, Korea. |
Nov-2002 | “Musical Characteristics of the Andong Region’s Folksongs,” a conference entitled Andong and Its Culture sponsored by the Institute for the Advancement of Korean Studies of the Andong University and the Center for Korean Studies of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. |
Oct-2000 | “Western Staff Notation and Its Impact on Korean Musical Practice,” the 2nd International Symposium sponsored by the Korean National Commission for UNESCO. |
Apr-2000 | “The Sinawi Performance in the Kut: Universality and Idiosyncrasy in the Korean Shaman Ritual Music,” International Symposium on ‘Discovery of Shamanic Heritage,’ Budapest, Hungary. |
Jun-1998 | "The Status of the P'ansori in Relation to World Epic Songs," Keynote speech at the Conference on Korean Music sponsored |
by the National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts, Namwon, Korea. | |
Nov-1997 | "The Ornaments in Traditional Korean Music: Structure, Function and Semantics," Internationale Isang Yun Gesellschaft e.V., Berlin, Germany. |
Oct-1997 | "Borrowing of the Foreign Music Terminologies on Korean Music," Annual Meeting of the Korean Musicological Society, Yeongdong, Korea. |
Oct-1997 | "Who is Shouting There? Voice As a Socio-Cultural Identity," a keynote paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Contemporary Music, Seoul. |
Aug-1997 | Organized and chaired a symposium "Korea's Music: Homogeneity and Diversity," the 5th International Conference on Korean Studies, Osaka. |
Jul-1996 | "Politics and the Dual Musical Identity of Koreans in Japan," presented at the 3rd Pacific and Asia Conference on Korean Studies, Sydney, Australia. |
Jun-1996 | "Social Dimensions of the Traditional Performing Arts," presented at Seoul International Sport Science Congress, hosted by the Korean Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Dance. |
Nov-1994 | "Universality in Religious Music," 1st Asia-Pacific Society for Ethnomusicology, Seoul, Korea. |
Jul-1992 | "Recurring Themes in Korean Culture: Music," UH Summer Institute on The Enduring Korean Tradition in Hawaii. |
Feb-1990 | "Essences of Korean Traditional Music," A keynote speaking at the 147th meeting of the Kansai Chapter of the Society for Research in Asiatic Music, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan. |
Jun-1985 | "Delineation of Some of Unique Features of Traditional Korean Music: a Comparative Approach within the Context of East Asian Music," Symposium of the National Music Cultures and Intercultural Dependencies, Berlin, West Germany. |
Nov-1983 | "Current Trends and Problems of Korean Ethnomusicology," the 7th Conference on Korean Studies, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. |
Jul-1982 | "Improvisation in Traditional Korean Music," Durham Oriental Music Festival, University of Durham, Durham, England. |
May-1981 | "Language and Music," International Folk Music Council Colloquium, Kolbzeg, Poland. |
Feb-1981 | "Does the Third World Exist in the Realm of the Traditional Performing Arts?" Symposium on the Unique and General Features of the Third World Dramas, Seoul, Korea. |
Jan-1980 | "Problems of Ethnomusicological Research in Korean Music," Joint Conference on Academic Collaboration for the Study of Korean Cultures, Institute of Korean Culture, Yeongnam University, Kyongsan, Korea. |
Jun-1976 | "Comparative Esthetics of East Asian Zither Music," First Far Eastern Artists Assembly, International Cultural Society of Korea, Seoul, Korea. |
