Korean Studies Colloquium @ NYU
Thursday, September 30, 7:00 pm
Silver Center, Room 207
62 Waverly Place, New York
Title: Race to Judge, Rush to Act:
The Sinking of the Cheonan and the Politics of National Insecurity
J.J. Suh, a political scientist, and S.H. Lee, a physicist, have been working together to find out what happened to the Republic of Korea's (ROK) Navy corvette, the Cheonan, that sank on March 26, 2010 in the Yellow Sea near the sea border with North Korea. On May 20 after almost two months of investigation, the ROK-appointed Joint Investigation Group (JIG) concluded that the Cheonan had been destroyed by a North Korean torpedo. The JIG repeated the same conclusion in its final report released on September 13. Professors Suh and Lee will discuss the evidence presented and show why that conclusion is scientifically unjustifiable.
Jae-Jung Suh is Associate Professor and Director of Korea Studies at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Johns Hopkins University
Seung-Hun Lee is Professor of Physics at the University of Virginia
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Henry Em
Associate Professor
East Asian Studies, NYU
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North Korea’s Growing Dependence on China: Implications for the Future of Northeast Asia
The U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS and the Sejong Society of Washington DC cordially invite you to a talk by
Venerable Pomnyun Sunim
Chairman, Good Friends and the Peace Foundation
Venerable Pomnyun will discuss North Korea’s growing economic dependence on China and what that might mean for stability and security in Northeast Asia.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
6:00pm Reception; 6:30pm Program
Bernstein-Offit Building, Room 500
1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to uski@jhu.edu by Monday, September 20, 2010.
Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, a respected Buddhist monk and activist, is the chairman of The Peace Foundation in Seoul, which supports policy research and analysis aimed at Korean unification and humanitarian issues in North Korea. He concurrently serves as the chairman of Good Friends for Peace, Human Rights, and Refugee Issues, whose weekly publication "North Korea Today" provides detailed, up-to-date information about conditions on the ground in North Korea. Venerable Pomnyun is also chairman of the Join Together Society, an international relief agency with offices worldwide, including in North Korea. He has worked extensively to supply humanitarian aid to famine victims in North Korea and defend the human rights of North Korean refugees in China, and is a Zen master with the Seoul-based JungTo Society, which he originally established in 1988 to facilitate self-improvement through volunteerism.
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September 8, 2010 On August 13, The Asia Foundation’s Center for U.S.-Korea Policy and The Asan Institute for Policy Studies convened U.S. and ROK experts in Seoul for a symposium on regional security after the March 25 sinking of the South Korean corvette Cheonan. Event details are also available at asaninst.org. Session I: Post-Cheonan Regional Security: Where are we now? Chair: HAHM Chaibong, The Asan Institute for Policy Studies Speakers ROK Perspective: Kim Taewoo, The Korea Institute for Defense Analyses U.S. Perspective: Ralph Cossa, Pacific Forum CSIS DPRK Perspective: PAIK Haksoon, The Sejong Institute PRC Perspective: Drew Thompson, The Nixon Center Session II: Post-Cheonan Regional Security: Where do we go from here? Chair: Scott Snyder, Center for U.S.-Korea Policy Speakers ROK Perspective: Lee Chung Min, Yonsei University U.S. Perspective: Evans Revere, Albright Stonebridge Group DPRK Perspective: Kevin Shepard, Pacific Forum CSIS PRC Perspective: Kim Heungkyu, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security [Cheonan] [Paradigm]
Internationales Symposium in Englisch, der Universität Wien in Kooperation mit dem MAK September 3–4, 2010 Anlässlich der Ausstellung "Blumen für Kim Il Sung. Kunst und Architektur aus der Demokratischen Volksrepublik Korea" (bis 5. Spetember 2010). Zwölf Experten aus acht Ländern werden einen umfassenden Einblick in Kunst und Kultur der Demokratischen Volksrepublik Korea vermitteln und Fragen aus dem Publikum beantworten.
Anti-war and peace organizations in Minneapolis, Minnesota will hold a public forum to discuss the growing war crisis in Korea. The details of the program are:
Forum: New War Crisis in Korea? Sunday, June 6th 2:00 pm Mayday Books 301 Cedar Ave. South on the West Bank in Minneapolis
Speakers include: Mick Kelly (Editor, Fight Back newspaper and Twin Cities anti-war activist) and Meredith Aby (Member of the Anti-War Committee).
Cartoon by Matt Wuerker for Z Magazine
New York panel discussion
North Korea’s Bomb and the Road to Peace
Join us for a panel discussion on “North Korea’s Bomb and the Road to Peace” to explore reasons for why North Korea walked away from the NPT, what has been the history of U.S. policies towards North Korea and what led to the current tensions between Washington and Pyongyang. A reception will follow.
GUEST PANELISTS
· Joseph Gerson - American Friends Service Committee; and author of Empire and the Bomb: How the United Sates Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World;
· Ko Young-dae - Solidarity for Peace and Reunification in Korea (SPARK), a national organization in South Korea that works towards peace, disarmament, and reunification of the Korean peninsula and;
· Representative from the National Campaign to End the Korean War – a national coalition of scholars, veterans, and grassroots organizations that have come together to call on the U.S. government to sign a Peace Treaty and establish diplomatic relations with North Korea
DATE & TIME
Wednesday, May 12
7:30 to 9:00pm
LOCATION
The Brecht Forum
451 West Street
(between Bank and Bethune Streets)
FOR MORE INFORMATION
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Series of Lectures on the Work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Korea
Organized by the Alliance of Scholars Concerned about Korea
January 28th thru February 9th - Various Universities
In 2005 the South Korean National Assembly established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in keeping with its maturation as a constitutional democracy. The Commission sought to “reveal the truth behind civilian massacres during the Korean War and human rights abuses during the [South Korean] authoritarian period and the anti-Japanese independence movement.” Join us to learn about the struggle to write truth into Korea’s modern history and recent evidence of U.S. and South Korean responsibility for the massacre of civilians before and during the Korean War.
Professor Dong-choon Kim, a former commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, will give his reflections upon the work achieved and limitations encountered by the commission during his tenure, and the consequences of the Commission’s work on the current socio-political landscape. What kind of legal and social limitations surrounded the beginning of the commission? Was this commission able to break the structuralized silences within Korean society? What kind of “truth” was the commission able to attain? And what kind of obstacles has the commission had to overcome in order to continue its work?
Please feel free to forward this information widely. If you have questions regarding a specific talk, please contact the host institution directly.
For questions regarding the lecture series, and especially events at University of Michigan, contact me, Monica Kim, at monkim@umich.edu.
Lecture on the Work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission University of Chicago Thursday, January 28 TIME: 4:00-6:00PM LOCATION: Stuart Hall 105 The Human Rights & East Asian Transregional Histories Workshops are pleased to present a talk by Kim Dong-Choon, entitled, "The Work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, ROK (TRCK): Uncovering the Hidden Stories of the Korean War." Mr. Kim is an Ex-Standing Commissioner of South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and a Professor at SungKongHoe University. The talk will be held Thursday, January 28 in Stuart 105 from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm.
Friday, January 29: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign The Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies Korea Workshop: Disquieting Traces: Critical Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission TIME: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PLACE: Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Languages Building
Monday, February 1: Johns Hopkins, SAIS US Korea Institute Lecture: Disquieting Traces: Critical Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commision TIME: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PLACE: BOB 500 (SAIS)
Tuesday, February 2: University of Michigan Center for Korean Studies TIME: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PLACE: Room 1644, School of Social Work Building Conversations on Archives: Graduate Student Research Workshop Professor Dong-choon Kim will talk with graduate students about the archives of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Wednesday, February 3: University of Michigan Center for Korean Studies TIME: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PLACE: Room 1636, School of Social Work Building Lecture: Disquieting Traces: Critical Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Discussion Panelists: David Lloyd, Professor of English, University of Southern California; Monica Kim, Ph.D. Candidate in History, University of Michigan
Friday, February 5: Cornell University East Asia Colloquium Lecture: Disquieting Traces: Critical Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission TIME: 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM PLACE: Uris Hall
Monday, February 8: University of Toronto Centre for Korean Studies Lecture: Disquieting Traces: Critical Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission TIME: 12:00 PM – 2:00PM PLACE: 208N, North House
Tuesday, February 9:
University of California, San Diego
School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
Lecture:
Hidden Shores of the Korean War: Critical Reflections on the Work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
TIME: 4:00 PM
PLACE: Location: IR/PS Robinson Complex, Gardner Room
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Monica Kim
Ph.D. Candidate in History
University of Michigan
Steering Committee Member, ASCK
Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010 Time: 3:00-4:30pm Location: Washington, DC Speaker(s): C. Jerry Nelson Professor Emeritus Details: On January 9, ROK media reported North Korean leader Kim Jong-il admitted he failed to accomplish his late father Kim Il-sung's promise to feed his people adequately. Since 1946, Kim Il-sung talked about "rice and meat soup for everyone" every year, but the North is still dependent on international food aid to mitigate widespread food shortages and starvation. But WHAT exactly is the state of North Korea"s agriculture industry, its practices, progress, and the hope for improvement? In November, 2009, Dr. Jerry Nelson traveled to the North to visit several farms and to discuss how to improve cropping, livestock and water management systems for North Korea"s farm. The trip was the latest in a series of activities by the University of Missouri"s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources with the North in efforts to improve capacity. KEI invites you to join us for a presentation and discussion on the state of farms and how relevant agricultural progress can be made in North Korea. [Agency]