Dear
Prof. Lerm Hayes,
I
am copying my colleague Frank and my assistant Ms Kim to allow you coordinate in
terms of the reception. I am also copying Ms Ruth Parkin who is replacing Frank
in September as Deputy Head of Mission.
Thank
you for agreeing to offer a lecture on “Joyce in Art” at the residence. We
can liaise further on this closer to the time. It will be pretty straight
forward – a lecture and q and a, with PPT, for about forty guests, followed by a
buffet reception. Please forward any names of individuals that you may
wish to invite, including as you indicate below contacts at SNU. I will of
course include the members of the Joyce Society on the invitation
list.
All
the best for now,
Eamonn
Eamonn
McKee
Ambassador
From: Lerm
Hayes Christa-Maria [mailto:M.Lermhayes@ulster.ac.uk]
Sent: 20 May
2011 04:57
To: McKee Eamonn HOM SEOUL EM
Subject: RE: Joyce
in Art, Seoul
Dear Eamonn
McKee,
your very kind,
thoughtful and generous response to my letter honours me greatly: many,
many thanks!
I'll be delighted to
liaise with Mr Frank O'Donoghue concerning a reception. I will soon forward a
digital invitation card for the exhibition and a précis. Many thanks for
offering to send out such information on the exhibition.
I am particularly pleased
that you're available to meet me in September. I will arrive 10th and have to
de-install the exhibition then. 12 September appears to be the
most suitable day for such an enjoyable occasion, as the other courier and
I will have to return to Ireland either 13 or 14
September.
I'd be very happy also to
give a lecture at your residence. The "Joyce in Art" theme would probably be
most appropriate on this occasion, but I can refer to the work of Joseph Beuys
and his interest in Ireland and Joyce that is very much to do with conflict
resolution.
There are a small number
of Professors and the Dean at the Seoul National University with whom I am
in contact since a lecture I gave at the Faculty of Art in December
last. It would, indeed, be advantageous to invite them (alongside MoA's
director) to the talk and possibly dinner to explore further opportunities
for collaboration. I have just returned from research at the Zurich Joyce
Foundation and found out that there is also a vibrant circle of Joyce scholars
in Seoul. You are probably aware of this, and I hope to make contact with them
before the exhibition also.
I could well imagine an
exhibition or other future comparative project on North and South in both
country's contexts. That remains to be discussed with MoA and others during my
visit.
Again: I very much look
forward to meeting you and your staff.
With best
regards,
Mia Lerm
Hayes
From:
Eamonn.McKee@dfa.ie [mailto:Eamonn.McKee@dfa.ie]
Sent: 16 May 2011
08:13
To: M.Lermhayes@ulster.ac.uk
Subject: FW: Joyce in
Art, Seoul
_____________________________________________
From:
McKee Eamonn HOM SEOUL EM
Sent: 16 May 2011 16:11
To:
'M.Lermhayes@ulster.ac.uk'
Cc: O'Donoghue Frank SEOUL EM; Kim Heejeong
SEOUL EM
Subject: Joyce in Art, Seoul
Dear Professor
Lerm Hayes,
Thank you for
your message and the information on the exhibition
Joyce
on Art. I am delighted to hear that
it is coming to Seoul and, moreover, coming to one of the most prestigious
universities in Korea. It will certainly enhance awareness of and interest
in Ireland and the global impact of our intellectual
heritage.
Unfortunately, I
will be on leave when the exhibition opens but the Deputy Head of Mission, Mr
Frank O’Donoghue, has kindly agreed to host a reception to mark the event.
He will liaise with you further. Needless to say, I will visit the
exhibition at the first opportunity on my return to Seoul in early
August.
We have well
over 500 on our database and I regularly send messages to the community on
matters of interest. The database includes members of the press. If
you provide me with a précis of the exhibition, I would happily send out a
message about it.
I would be
delighted to meet you when you return to Seoul in September. I would like
to offer you dinner or lunch, depending on your availability. You might
let me know as and when your schedule develops.
In fact, if you
felt it appropriate and of value, I would be happy to host a dinner at
residence, inviting your interlocutors at Seoul National by way of saying thanks
but also to explore other possibilities for cooperation.
To take
advantage of having such an expert authority here, I would be grateful if you
might consider giving a talk on Joyce and art. The residence has a
function room (and PPT facility) which can seat 40 guests. Members of the
Irish community here and Korea academics interested in Irish literature (we have
a Joyce Society!) would I am sure be very interested in attending.
Alternatively,
and in light of your interest in conflict resolution, a talk on art and conflict
in line with the theme of your book would be equally fascinating. Division
and conflict are the sadder themes that the Ireland and Korea have in common,
albeit with radically different approaches and outcomes. There may be a
germ of a exhibition here – how artists on the island and
peninsula (North and South) have responded to the caesuras bequeathed by
history.
I will leave
these options with you for consideration and very much look forward to hearing
from you,
Best
wishes,
Eamonn
McKee
Ambassador
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