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<div style="color:#111;font-family:Apple SD Gothic Neo,Malgun Gothic,'맑은 고딕',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:1.5;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%">Dear Koreanists,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%">The May 18 Research Institute (MIRI) cordially invites
you to our upcoming academic conference, “From Dictatorship to Democracy,” co-hosted
by the May 18 Foundation (South Korea) and the Ettersberg Foundation (Germany). The conference takes place this friday and saturday, on November 1 and 2,
2024, and explores the education and remembrance of civic resistance and state violence
in Gwangju (South Korea, 1980), Leipzig (East Germany, 1989), and Kyiv (Ukraine,
2013-2014). The conference is bilingual (German and Korean). The second day of the
conference will be broadcasted live on the YouTube account of the May 18 Foundation:
@518org (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://youtube.com/@518org?si=E9OzQGi6xoisICRt"><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%">https://youtube.com/@518org?si=E9OzQGi6xoisICRt</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%">).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%">Speakers on the first day include Manfred Hettling (Halle
University) on the remembrance of democratic movements, Guido Hausmann (Regensburg
University) on the 2013/14 Maidan protests in Kyiv, Jörg Ganzenmüller
(Ettersberg Foundation) on the Monday demonstrations in East Germany, and Chung
Sung-Youn (Martin Luther University) on the evolution of the May 18 Democratic Uprising’s
memorialization in the city of Gwangju. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%">The second day’s morning session (Korean Time) focuses on teaching the
May 18 Democratic Uprising in South Korea. Speakers include Lim Kwang-Ho (Gwangju
Electronic Technical High School) on the educational efforts of the May 18 Foundation,
Kim Min-Soo (Busan National University) on May 18 Education in general, Kim Young-Ju
(Gwangju First High School) on her own experiences teaching May 18, and Baek Sung-dong
(Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union) on her conversations with teachers
who try to teach students about the Uprising. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%">The afternoon session contrasts this with the work of the
Ettersberg Foundation and the remembrance of Leipzig 1989 (the Monday
demonstrations). Speakers include Alfons Kenkmann (Leipzig University) on the role
of museums, Guido Hausmann (Regensburg University) on the musealization of the Maidan
protests, Anke John (Jena University) on the German experience with learning in-situ
at historical sites, and Judith Meyer (Ettersberg Foundation) on the Ettersberg
Foundation’s own activities. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%">We hope that this conference will provide valuable
insights into the collective memory and educational practices surrounding democratic
movements and their attempted oppression. We would greatly appreciate your attendance,
offline at the May 18 Memorial Culture Center in Gwangju or online, and look forward
to welcoming you! For more information, please visit our homepage: <a href="https://Dear Koreanists, The May 18 Research Institute (MIRI) cordially invites you to our upcoming academic conference, “From Dictatorship to Democracy,” co-hosted by the May 18 Foundation (South Korea) and the Ettersberg Foundation (Germany). The conference will take place on November 1 and 2, 2024, and explores the education and remembrance of civic resistance and state violence in Gwangju (South Korea, 1980), Leipzig (East Germany, 1989), and Kyiv (Ukraine, 2013-2014). The conference is bilingual (German and Korean). The second day of the conference will be broadcasted live on the YouTube account of the May 18 Foundation: @518org (https://youtube.com/@518org?si=E9OzQGi6xoisICRt). Speakers on the first day include Manfred Hettling (Halle University) on the remembrance of democratic movements, Guido Hausmann (Regensburg University) on the 2013/14 Maidan protests in Kyiv, Jörg Ganzenmüller (Ettersberg Foundation) on the Monday demonstrations in East Germany, and Chung Sung-Youn (Martin Luther University) on the evolution of the May 18 Democratic Uprising’s memorialization in the city of Gwangju. The second day’s morning session focuses on teaching the May 18 Democratic Uprising in South Korea. Speakers include Lim Kwang-Ho (Gwangju Electronic Technical High School) on the educational efforts of the May 18 Foundation, Kim Min-Soo (Busan National University) on May 18 Education in general, Kim Young-Ju (Gwangju First High School) on her own experiences teaching May 18, and Baek Sung-dong (Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union) on her conversations with teachers who try to teach students about the Uprising. The afternoon session contrasts this with the work of the Ettersberg Foundation and the remembrance of Leipzig 1989 (the Monday demonstrations). Speakers include Alfons Kenkmann (Leipzig University) on the role of museums, Guido Hausmann (Regensburg University) on the musealization of the Maidan protests, Anke John (Jena University) on the German experience with learning in-situ at historical sites, and Judith Meyer (Ettersberg Foundation) on the Ettersberg Foundation’s own activities. We hope that this conference will provide valuable insights into the collective memory and educational practices surrounding democratic movements and their attempted oppression. We would greatly appreciate your attendance, offline at the May 18 Memorial Culture Center in Gwangju or online, and look forward to welcoming you! For more information, please visit our homepage: miri518.or.kr. Warm regards, Thomas C. Adriaenssens, May 18 International Research Institute, May 18 Foundation" target="_blank" style="">miri518.or.kr</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%">Warm regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%">Thomas C. Adriaenssens,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%">May 18 International Research Institute,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:107%">May 18 Foundation</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p></div>
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