National Gugak Center to host final monthly encyclopedia discussion of the year

The National Gugak Center will hold its eighth monthly Gugak Encyclopedia discussion on November 20 at the Gugak Nuri Building. This year's final session will focus on expanding headwords through presentations on dance, folk songs, and historical materials to establish a long-term compilation plan.

The National Gugak Center (Director Seo Seung-mi) will hold the "2026 8th monthly Gugak Encyclopedia discussion" on Friday, November 20, at 1:30 p.m. in the large conference room on the 4th floor of the Gugak Nuri Building at the National Gugak Center.

Poster for the 8th monthly Gugak Encyclopedia discussion

Broad discussions for the expansion of Gugak Encyclopedia headwords

The final discussion of this year will be held under the theme of "Discussion on the expansion of Gugak Encyclopedia headwords." The session will serve as a venue to propose headwords that require urgent compilation and to discuss annual expansion plans, laying the foundation for the long-term plan for the Gugak Encyclopedia headwords.

At this discussion, Kim Young-hee, director of the Kim Young-hee Dance Research Institute, will present on the field of dance; Kim Hye-jeong, a professor at Gyeongin National University of Education, will present on folk songs and performing arts; and Song Hye-jin, professor emerita at Sookmyung Women's University, will present on concepts, theories, records, and historical materials. Experts from each field are also expected to participate in the discussion to conduct in-depth deliberations.

Strengthening the completeness of the Gugak Encyclopedia through sixteen discussions held since last year

The National Gugak Center has been continuing monthly Gugak Encyclopedia discussions on various topics since 2025. Last year, experts reviewed headword classification and naming, description systems for ancient documents and musical scores, items and works, rhythm studies, dance and rhythms, performing arts, and description systems related to pitch over eight sessions.

Since March of this year, starting with the 1st discussion, "Discussion on setting the concept and category of performing arts in the Gugak Encyclopedia," discussions have been held regarding the status of headwords and new headwords in the fields of pitch, pungmul and instrumental music, vocal music, rhythms, and pansori. The 7th discussion held this past October reviewed the hierarchical system of all headwords.

The "2026 8th monthly Gugak Encyclopedia discussion" will be held on Friday, November 20, at 1:30 p.m. in the large conference room of the Gugak Nuri Building at the National Gugak Center, and anyone interested may participate. Future schedules for the monthly Gugak Encyclopedia discussions can be found on the National Gugak Center website (www.gugak.go.kr) and the Gugak Encyclopedia website (www.gugak.go.kr/ency).

Gugak Encyclopedia: https://www.gugak.go.kr/ency

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