[KS] Korea-Japan Relations Workshop (28-29 May) at Hebrew University: Public Image and Narrative-Making in Japan-Korea Relations

[Jooyeon Rhee]

*Public Image and Narrative-Making in Japan-Korea Relations*



The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

May 28-29, 2017







*May 28, 2017 (Sunday), Truman Institute*



*08:30 - 10:00  Registration and Special Lecture
                                    *

08:30  -  08:45       Registration

08:45 - 09:00   Opening Remarks by Nissim Otmazgin, Acting Director, Truman
Institute/Chair, Dept. of Asian Studies



09:00 – 10:00  Special Lecture: “Lessons from Pax Asiatica for the Middle
East" by Etel Solingen, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA



*10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break*



*10:30 – 12:00 Panel I: Images & Governmental
Policies                                                            *

Chair: Ira Lyan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Commentator: Galia Press-Barnathan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Israel



 “Seal Fights: Representations of Nature in Japan-Korea Dispute over
Dokdo/Takeshima”

Alex Bukh, University of Wellington, New Zealand



 “Overseas Infrastructure Investment Policies of Japan and Korea”

Hironori Sasada, Hokkaido University, Japan



“Recognition and Status: Japan and South Korea's Projection of Soft Power”

Nissim Otmazgin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel



*12:00 – 13:30 Lunch Break*



*13:30 – 15:00 Panel II: Narratives & Images and Social
Ideologies                              *

Chair:  Seung Hyok Lee, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Commentator: Dima Mironenko, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel



 “Japan’s Image of South Korea Today: The Lessons from Ajia shisō”

Taku Tamaki, Loughborough University, UK



 “Representation of Apology: A comparative Study of Korea and Japan”

Seongbin Hwang, Rikkyo University, Japan



 “Sport, Nationalism, and Media: The Ambiguity of the Multi-national
Masculinity of Yŏkdosan (Rikidōzan)” Jooyeon Rhee, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem



*15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break*



*15:30 – 17:00 Panel III: Comparisons: China/Taiwan Factors in Japan-Korea
Relations*

Chair: Jooyeon Rhee

Commentator: Alon Levkowitz, Bar-Ilan University, Israel



 “A Comparative Study of Taiwan and South Korea's Public Images toward
Japan”

To-Hai Liou, National Chengchi University, Taiwan



“The hardness of soft power in Sino-Japanese relations”

Linus Hagström, Swedish Defense University, Sweden



 “Is Korea leaning toward China?: Japanese national narratives concerning
historical Korea-China linkage and their implications on Japan-South Korea
relations”

Seung Hyok Lee, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Wooyeal Paik,
Yonsei University, South Korea



*17:00 – 17: 30 Coffee break *



*17:30 – 18:30 Panel IV: Concluding
Session                                                                    *



Roundtable discussions and Q&A participated by all the presenters and the
audience about future plans



Chair: Nissim Otmazgin

Commentator: Elie Friedman, The Harry S. Truman Institute for the
Advancement of Peace, Israel





*19:00 - Farewell dinner in downtown*



*May 29, 2017 (Monday)*



*10:30 - 12:00 Documentary
Screening
            *

*This Island is Ours: Defending Dokdo/Reclaiming Takeshima* by Alex Bukh.
Media Room #29



*16:30 - 18:00: Special Lecture  on Sino-Korea(s)
Relations                                           *

“THAAD deployment and Sino-South Korean Relations,” To-hai Liou, Room 3001,
Rabin Building





Sponsored by:

The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace

The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations

The Louis Frieberg Center for East Asian Studies

Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan)

The Academy of Korean Studies



The Department of Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is
the oldest in Israel and is one of the biggest departments in the Faculty
of Humanities, home to over 300 students specializing in Chinese, Japanese,
Korean, and Indian Studies. The department is characterized by its
excellence in research and teaching, and it maintains an environment of
cooperation between students and faculty in a wide array of extracurricular
activities. To read more about the department, visit:
*http://asia.huji.ac.il/en
<http://asia.huji.ac.il/en>*
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