[KS] The 101st/102nd Yonsei-Korea Foundation Korean Studies Forum & 10th Year Anniversary Celebration (Hyuk-Rae Kim, Yonsei University)

[Renate Clasen]

The Korean Studies Program at the Yonsei Graduate School of International
Studies and the Korea Foundation cordially invite you to attend the 101st
/102nd Yonsei-Korea Foundation Korean Studies Forum. This scholarly meeting
is organized as a special conference to celebrate the 10th anniversary of
the Forum.

The GSIS at Yonsei University and the Korea Foundation jointly operate this
Forum to provide channels of communication between current and upcoming
scholars focusing on Korea-related subjects including history, law, culture,
politics, religion and the arts. Ever since it was launched in 2001, more
than 100 speakers have been invited to the Forum. The Yonsei-KF Korean
Studies Forum has provided an on-going venue for academic discussion that
contributes in a broad sense to the development of “Korean Studies”.



Date: THURSDAY, July 8, 2010

Time: 6 p.m.

Location: Room 702, New Millennium Hall, Yonsei University

*Schedule:*

Session Chair

*Hyuk-Rae Kim (Professor, Yonsei University)*

*18:00-18:30*

Koen De Ceuster (Lecturer, Centre for Korean Studies, Leiden University)

“Carved in Stone. Public Memory and the Politics of Remembrance in
Contemporary Korea”

*18:30-19:00*

Alexander Vorontsov (Head, Korean and Mongolian Studies Institute of
Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences)

“Russia-Korea Relations – Nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula”

*19:00-19:30*

Discussion

*19:30-20:30*

Congratulatory Address:

*Ambassador Young-Hee Hahn (Executive Vice President of the Korea
Foundation)*



Yonsei-KF Korean Studies Forum 10th Year Anniversary Dinner Reception

*Sponsored by the Korea Foundation*



The bios and abstracts of the presenters are at the end of this email.



No RSVP is required.
For directions, please refer to
http://gsis.yonsei.ac.kr/html/content.asp?code=001007.


Questions? Contact renateclasen at googlemail.com or at 010-4694-7504

We cordially ask you to attend the Yonsei-KF Korean Studies Forum and honor
us with your presence to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Forum. We
look forward to seeing you next week Thursday.



Sincerely,

Hyuk-Rae Kim

*Professor, Korean Studies*

*Yonsei University*



*Bio: Koen De Ceuster* lectures on modern and contemporary Korean history at
Leiden University, the Netherlands. His 1994 dissertation charted the life
of Yun Ch’iho (1865-1945) from (cultural) nationalist to collaborator. He
has consecutively worked on the introduction and dissemination of modern
nationalism, the YMCA’s social programs during the colonial period, Korean
contemporary historiography. In addition, he has recently developed an
interest in North Korean art theory and practice.

*Abstract:* One aspect of the struggle for democracy in Korea consisted of a
rereading of the nation’s history, challenging in particular the historical
legitimacy of the authoritarian state. This was most prominent in the debate
on collaboration and its legacy. Once the authoritarian state was toppled,
the debate over “settling the past” was no longer an academic exercise but
became a social movement to right the wrongs of the past. This process
culminated in the establishment of the “Truth and Reconciliation Commission,
Republic of Korea” (TRCK) in 2005, a comprehensive attempt at dealing with
past (state) injustices. As this process formally nears its end, I ask how
this process of state atonement is affecting public memory. Has this been
nothing but an exercise in alleviating individual sorrow, or is there a
lasting impact on how the nation looks back on its history and reflects on
its future?
The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs (MPVA) is the state’s foremost
manager of the memorial landscape. Among its many tasks is the proper
commemoration of those who gave their life for the development of the
nation. With the democratization of Korea, the commemoration of those who
contributed to the democratization struggle has been added to the portfolio
of the MPVA. This leads to the situation where the MPVA honours both the
soldiers who died during the suppression of the 1980 Kwangju Uprising, and
the civilians killed during that suppression. In this presentation, I show
how complex and fractured the memorial landscape is and how the MPVA
succeeds in holding it all together.
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*Bio:  **Alexander Vorontsov* is currently the head of the Department for
Korean and Mongolian Studies and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the
Russia Academy of Sciences. He also holds several teaching and research
posts at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation Military
Science Academy, the Institute for Asian Studies at Osaka University of
Economy and Law in Japan. He is the member of the Russian part of the
Russia-DPRK Intergovernmental Commission dealing with trade-economic and
scientific-technical cooperation.  He was visiting professor at the Hanguk
University of Foreign Studies in Seoul from 1998 to 2000; at the Ritsumeikan
University in Kyoto, Japan in 2009, as well as visiting fellow at the
Brookings Institution Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies in
Washington D.C. in 2005-2006, graduated from Asia Pacific-Center for
Security Studies Executive Courses in Honolulu in 2005. Vorontsov served as
second secretary in the Russian Federation’s Embassy in Pyongyang from 2000
to 2002. Vorontsov holds a Ph.D. in history from the Institute of Oriental
Studies at the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, and has studied at Lomonosov
Moscow State University and Pyongyang Kim Il Sung University.
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*Abstract:* We consider as important from the very beginning of the subject
studying to define its goal and make a brief characterization of Russian key
interests on the Korean Peninsula.
Moscow regards both Korean states as partners. Their relationships have
independent value to Moscow and rest on principles of good neighborly
interaction and cooperation. Russia maintains a firm and genuine stand in
favor of nuclear-free status of the Korean Peninsula and proceeds from
understanding that the North Korean possession of nuclear weapons stands in
fundamental contradiction to its national security interests as well as
goals of sustaining the global nonproliferation regime.
At the same time, Russia’s first priority is and will be the goal of
maintaining peace, security, and stability on the Korean peninsula. Moscow
believes that due to sharing a common border with North Korea, any Korean
armed conflict will unavoidably inflict heavy damage to the
military-and-political, economic, environmental, humanitarian, demographic,
etc. security of Russia.
In this way, in a hypothetical situation whereupon Russian leadership was
facing a dilemma whether to support military action against North Korea
aimed at elimination of its nuclear weapons or act towards preserving peace
on the Korean peninsula, Moscow will opt for the second path. In other
words, Russia is firmly committed to the nuclear disarmament of North Korea
but exclusively by peaceful diplomatic means.
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