[KS] Lecture Series and Workshop on Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Korea

[Monica Kim]

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 at umich.edu.

Thursday, January 28:
University of Chicago
Lecture:
The Work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, ROK (TRCK):  
Uncovering the Hidden Stories of the Korean War
TIME: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
PLACE: Social Sciences 122

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

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