<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello, Korean Studies community,<br></div><div><br></div><div>I want to share news of a conference happening next Wednesday at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>C. Harrison Kim</div><div><br></div><font size="4"><b>The North Korean Diaspora: Art and Politics<br></b>Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 2-5pm<br>Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa</font><div><font size="4"><br></font><div><div><img src="cid:ii_ju7s7tam1" alt="songbyeok05.jpg" width="482" height="272" style="margin-right:0px"></div></div><div> "A Loving Father and His Children," Song Byeok</div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">The North Korean diaspora living in South Korea, China, Europe, and elsewhere number close to half a million. Moving beyond the identities of refugees and defectors, this conference explores the culture and politics of this diaspora through activism and art. What is the ethnographic history of the North Korean diaspora? What is the terrain of activism by and for the North Korean people? Are political positions important in art? Is there a proclivity for conservative politics in North Korean diasporic communities? The conference is accompanied by an exhibit of Song Byeok's art, on Wednesday and Thursday at the Center for Korean Studies, from 9am to 5pm. A flyer is attached.<br><br></font><div><font size="4">Welcome. 2:00 – 2:05 PM.<br>Tae-Ung Baik (Center for Korean Studies, School of Law, UH-Mānoa)<br><br>Introduction of the Conference. 2:05 – 2:15 PM<br>C. Harrison Kim (History, UH-Mānoa)<br><br>Diaspora. 2:15 – 2:45 PM.<br>"Leaving Home: The North Korean Diaspora"<br>Sandra Fahy (Anthropology, Sophia University, Japan)<br><br> Activism. 2:45 – 3:15 PM.<br>"Fighting for the North Korean People: Human Rights and Politics"<br>Henry Hyun S. Song (Activist, United States and South Korea)<br> <br>Art. 3:30 – 4:00 PM.<br>"My Journey from North Korea and the Political Potency of My Art"<br>Song Byeok (Artist, South Korea and Germany)<br><br>Discussion. 4:00 – 5:00 PM.<br>Moderated by C. Harrison Kim (History, UH-Mānoa)</font></div></div></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div></div>
</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="m_5484550453615322760gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><a href="http://manoa.hawaii.edu/history/people/faculty/kim/" target="_blank">Cheehyung Harrison Kim 김지형</a> | <a href="http://manoa.hawaii.edu/history/people/faculty/kim/" target="_blank">Assistant Professor</a></font><div><font size="2" color="#0000ff" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://manoa.hawaii.edu/history/" target="_blank">Department of History</a> | <a href="http://www.hawaii.edu/korea/" target="_blank">Center for Korean Studies</a> | <a href="https://manoa.hawaii.edu/" target="_blank">University of Hawai'i at Mānoa</a></font></div><div><a href="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/heroes-and-toilers/9780231185301" target="_blank">Book: <i>Heroes and Toilers: Work as Life in North Korea, 1953-1961</i></a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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