[KS] Conference. The North Korean Diaspora: Art and Politics 4/17 Univ of Hawaii

[Cheehyung Harrison Kim]

Hello, Korean Studies community,

I want to share news of a conference happening next Wednesday at the
University of Hawaii at Manoa. Thanks.

C. Harrison Kim


*The North Korean Diaspora: Art and Politics*Wednesday, April 17, 2019,
2-5pm
Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

[image: songbyeok05.jpg]
                                      "A Loving Father and His Children,"
Song Byeok

The North Korean diaspora living in South Korea, China, Europe, and
elsewhere number close to half a million. Moving beyond the identities of
refugees and defectors, this conference explores the culture and politics
of this diaspora through activism and art. What is the ethnographic history
of the North Korean diaspora? What is the terrain of activism by and for
the North Korean people? Are political positions important in art? Is there
a proclivity for conservative politics in North Korean diasporic
communities? The conference is accompanied by an exhibit of Song Byeok's
art, on Wednesday and Thursday at the Center for Korean Studies, from 9am
to 5pm. A flyer is attached.

Welcome. 2:00 – 2:05 PM.
Tae-Ung Baik (Center for Korean Studies, School of Law, UH-Mānoa)

Introduction of the Conference. 2:05 – 2:15 PM
C. Harrison Kim (History, UH-Mānoa)

Diaspora. 2:15 – 2:45 PM.
"Leaving Home: The North Korean Diaspora"
Sandra Fahy (Anthropology, Sophia University, Japan)

 Activism. 2:45 – 3:15 PM.
"Fighting for the North Korean People: Human Rights and Politics"
Henry Hyun S. Song (Activist, United States and South Korea)

Art. 3:30 – 4:00 PM.
"My Journey from North Korea and the Political Potency of My Art"
Song Byeok (Artist, South Korea and Germany)

Discussion. 4:00 – 5:00 PM.
Moderated by C. Harrison Kim (History, UH-Mānoa)



-- 
Cheehyung Harrison Kim 김지형
<http://manoa.hawaii.edu/history/people/faculty/kim/> | Assistant Professor
<http://manoa.hawaii.edu/history/people/faculty/kim/>
Department of History <http://manoa.hawaii.edu/history/> | Center for
Korean Studies <http://www.hawaii.edu/korea/> | University of Hawai'i at
Mānoa <https://manoa.hawaii.edu/>
Book: *Heroes and Toilers: Work as Life in North Korea, 1953-1961*
<https://cup.columbia.edu/book/heroes-and-toilers/9780231185301>
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