[KS] Conference Invitation: The Korean Peninsula and the Middle East at 60

[Ira Lyan]

*The Korean Peninsula and the Middle East at 60:*

*History, Economy, and Culture*

* 22-23 May 2022*

The Hebrew University & Online via Zoom Day 1
<https://huji.zoom.us/j/82760844466?pwd=YklSQ2s0RGtMZVExQ25DRGFWaHNydz09>
 and Zoom Day 2
<https://huji.zoom.us/j/84221896224?pwd=YzZzU0lnL1VoRHJQKzFsRHFGSCsxdz09> -
Jerusalem time


*Conference Program*

*22 May 2022, Sunday*

*10:00-10:30: Greetings*

H.E. Suh Dong Gu, the Ambassador of The Republic of Korea in Israel

H.E. Akiva Tor, the Ambassador of The State of Israel in Korea

Prof. Nissim Otmazgin, The Dean of Humanities, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem



*10:30-12:00 Panel I: Political ties, tensions, and possibilities in the
Korea-Israel-the Middle East triangle*

*Chair: *Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

*Satoru Miyamoto, Seigakuin University*

Military Cooperation between North Korea and Iran within North Korea’s
Military Cooperation Policy toward Middle East

*Satoshi Ikeuchi, University of Tokyo and Tel Aviv University*

North Korea's Relations with Egypt: A Personal Tie or Institutional Memory?

*Alon Levkowitz, Bar Ilan University*

Israel-South Korea relations: The first six decades



*14:00-16:30 Roundtable: Conflict management on the Korean Peninsula and in
the East Asian Region: Challenges and opportunities from a conflict
analysis and resolution lens*

*Chair:* Galia Press Barnathan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

*Discussants*: Roland Wilson, George Mason University and Alon Levkovitz,
Bar Ilan University



*17.00-18:30: Keynote speech*

*Chair: *Irina Lyan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

*Balázs Szalontai, Korea University*

Hard power and soft power in Korean-Middle Eastern relations:

The lessons of history, the challenges of the present, the hopes of the
future



*23 May 2022, Monday*

*10:30-12:00: Panel II: Historical parallels, the Cold War memories, and
representations of North Korea in the Middle East and vice versa*

*Chair*: Or Rabinovich, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

*Dafna Zur, Stanford University *

The Diary of Anne Frank in North Korea and the Politics of Self-Writing

*Balázs Szalontai, Korea University*

Maneuvering between Baghdad and Tehran: North Korea’s Relations with Iraq
and Iran during the Cold War

*Pyung Hwa (Tim) Park, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem*

Aggression against them is aggression against us: North Korea, the
Yom-Kippur War, and the Israel factor



*13:30-15:00: Panel III: Korean cultural diplomacy in the Middle East*

*Chair: *Guy Shababo, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

*Young A Jung, George Mason University *

When “Squid Game” meets Arab parody

*Aviya Amir, University of California, Riverside*

K-Talmud: Jewish texts as Korean children’s education

*Irina Lyan and Nissim Otmazgin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem*

Fandom makes the world go round: Practice, institutions, and
entrepreneurship among Hallyu fans in Israel


This conference is supported by the 2022 Korean Studies Grant Program of
the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS-2022-C-016), the Leonard Davis Institute
for International Relations, the Louis Frieberg Center for East Asian
Studies, and the International Office at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.



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Irina Lyan, PhD
Head, Korean Studies Program
Department of Asian Studies
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Email: irina.lyan at mail.huji.ac.il
Website: www.irlyan.com

<http://www.irlyan.com/>
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