[KS] Monday, April 14 at UC Berkeley (Taeku Lee): "Polling, Public Opinion, and Political Accountability in Korea and Beyond"

Fri Apr 11 11:48:20 EDT 2014

*The Center for Korean Studies*

*University of California, Berkeley*

*Cordially invites you to the following colloquium*

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*Polling, Public Opinion, and Political Accountability in Korea and Beyond*

Lecture: Center for Korean Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | *April 14
| 4 p.m.* |  Institute of East Asian Studies

Location: 2223 Fulton St, 6th Floor, Berkeley, CA 94720-2318

Speaker: *Taeku Lee*, Professor, Political Science, University of
California, Berkeley

Moderator: *John Lie*, Professor, Sociology, University of California,
Berkeley

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS) <http://ieas.berkeley.edu/>
, Center for Korean Studies (CKS) <http://ieas.berkeley.edu/cks/>

"Political responsiveness" is a foundation stone of modern democracies,
entailing an expectation that governments will heed and reckon the
interests and demands of the polities they govern over and for with some
regularity. To date the political science study of responsiveness is
largely the province of scholars of American politics and its presence
sought by matching the timing of changes in public opinion (as measured by
opinion polls) to the timing of legislative debate and decision. This
project aims to extend the parameters of the study of political
responsiveness in several aspects. First, it examines responsiveness in a
non-U.S. context, South Korea (with a planned future comparison to Taiwan).
Second, it adopts a more critical standpoint on the nature of public
opinion and its relation to polling and political responsiveness. In
specifics, the project compares polling to other indicia of public opinion,
including contentious politics; situates the political economy of polling
viz. electoral campaigns in South Korea; ultimately, juxtaposes "public
opinion" as a bottom-up input into democratic decision-making with "public
opinion" as the top-down output of "manufactured publicity" by political
elites.

Event Contact: ieas at berkeley.edu, 510-642-2809

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*And other upcoming events...*

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*Berkeley Korea Law Center Inaugural Conference*

April 18 | 9 a.m.-6 p.m. | International
House<http://www.berkeley.edu/map/googlemap/?ihouse>,
Chevron Auditorium

Sponsors: Berkeley Law Center <http://www.law.berkeley.edu/korea.htm>, Center
for Korean Studies (CKS) <http://ieas.berkeley.edu/cks/>, Consulate General
of the Republic of Korea in San
Francisco<http://usa-sanfrancisco.mofa.go.kr/english/am/usa-sanfrancisco/main/index.jsp>
, Samsung <http://www.samsung.com/us/aboutsamsung/>

To register: https://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1515738

Celebrating the Establishment of the Berkeley Korea Law Center

Berkeley Law is establishing a new center for cutting-edge thinking on
significant public and private law issues affecting Korea and the United
States. Panels at the inaugural conference will include: innovation and
intellectual property in the high-technology industry; the impact of the
U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement on U.S-Korean legal practice. Leading
judges, officials, scholars, and practitioners from both countries will
participate.

*SPEAKERS*
The Honorable Justice Chang Soo Yang (Supreme Court of Korea)

The Honorable Justice Lee Jinsung (Korean Constitutional Court)

Dong-man Han (Consul General, Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Kenneth Korea (Vice President & Head of US IP Center (Silicon Valley),
Samsung Electronics US R&D Center

Lee Cheng (Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary, Newegg.com)

Duane Valz (Senior Patent Counsel, Google Inc.)

Hongsun Yoon (Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, LG Electronics)

Sang Jo Jong (Dean and Professor, SNU Law)

Daikwon Choi (Professor Emeritus, SNU Law)

Hongsik Cho (Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, SNU Law)

Kuk Cho (SNU Law)

Jibong Lim (Sogang Univ. Law)

Jaewan Park (Hanyang Univ. Law)

Sangwon Lee (SNU Law)

Won Kyou Ryou (Lee & Ko, President, Berkeley Club of Korea)

Chang Rok Woo (Chairman, Yulchon)

Belinda Lee (Latham & Watkins)

Catharina Min (Office Managing Partner, Reed Smith)

For more details, please contact:
BKLC at law.berkeley.edu
(510) 643-4653

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*Vision for Korea-U.S. Relations*

Colloquium | *April 22 | 12 p.m.* | 223 Moses
Hall<http://www.berkeley.edu/map/googlemap/?moses>

Speaker: *Dong-man
Han*<http://usa-sanfrancisco.mofa.go.kr/english/am/usa-sanfrancisco/mission/greetings/index.jsp>,
Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in San
Francisco<http://usa-sanfrancisco.mofa.go.kr/english/am/usa-sanfrancisco/mission/greetings/index.jsp>

Sponsors: Center for Korean Studies (CKS)
<http://ieas.berkeley.edu/cks/>, Institute
of International Studies <http://iis.berkeley.edu/>

2013 marked the 60th anniversary of the alliance between South Korea and
the United States. The Korea-U.S. alliance began as a military treaty to
defend the South from the communist North, but it has grown to become an
unbreakable bond between two countries that share a friendship and set of
values.

As of 2014, South Korea leads the mobile communications industry and the
Korean economy is 13th in the world in terms of GDP. South Korea also
ranked first in Bloomberg's Global Innovation Index.

Consul General Dong-man Han, will give a presentation to increase
understanding of the vision for Korea-U.S. relations. The main theme of his
presentation will focus on the Korea-U.S. alliance, though, he will also
address present day facts about Korea, inter-Korean relations (including
recent political, economic and the military situation on the Korea
peninsula), and perhaps more interestingly, discuss the impact around the
world of the Korean Wave (*Hallyu*).

Event Contact: cks at berkeley.edu, 510-642-5674

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*Here and Now: From a Girl Wandering the Border*

Colloquium: Center for Korean Studies | *April 28 | 12 p.m. *| Institute of
East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th
Floor)<http://www.berkeley.edu/map/googlemap/?b2223>,
Conference Room

Speaker: *Youngsook Kang*, UC Berkeley-Daesan Writer-in-Residence

Sponsor: Center for Korean Studies (CKS) <http://ieas.berkeley.edu/cks/>

Note: This talk will be given in Korean without interpretation.

제목:
국경을 떠도는 소녀의 유랑을 통해 본
지금과 여기

리드:
1) 르뽀가 아닌 알레고리화된 세계
2) 아시아의 변방에서 나고 자란 한 소녀의 이주와 그녀를 둘러싼 세계의 팽팽한 대결 구도
3) 국경넘기, 자연재해, 여성이라는 키워드로 집약되는 강영숙의 장편소설. 그것의 집필 과정과 취재 뒷얘기들.

내용:
[리나]는 무국적의 공간을 배경으로 16세 소녀의 8년에 걸친 국경 넘기 과정을 그린 작품으로 'P' 국 이라는 이상향을 찾아 떠도는
'리나'의 성장을 강렬한 이미지와 자유분방한 상상력으로 그린 작품. 리나는 과연 'P국을 선택할 것인가?

Event Contact: cks at berkeley.edu, 510-642-5674

Document (PDF): Youngsook Kang
Profile<http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/pdf.html?docURL=%2Fusers%2Fevents%2Fapache2%2Fhttp-events%2Fhtdocs%2Fdocuments%2Fuser_uploads%2Fresume.youngsook.English_ver.pdf>

Event Contact: cks at berkeley.edu, 510-642-5674

For updates on upcoming events, please visit:

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