[KS] [HYBRID lecture] Jan 31st, CET, “The Impact of Immigrants’ Transnational Ties with their Home Countries in South Korea” by Dr. Sou Hyun Jang, Korea University, 4pm

[Joohyun Justine Park]

Dear members,



We would like to invite you for a *hybrid *lecture by Dr. Sou Hyun Jang
(Korea University). Her talk is entitled “*The Impact of Immigrants’
Transnational Ties with their Home Countries in South Korea*” on 31st January
2024, 4pm (CET) hybrid. This is the last lecture of Research Forum “Labor,
Mobility and Migration of (East) Asia” at Institute of East Asian Studies
(IN-EAST) in University of Duisburg-Essen. This lecture is co-organised with
 QuaMaFA (Qualification and Skills in the Migration Process of Foreign
Workers in Asia). https://quamafa.de/



The lecture venue will be LE 736, IN-EAST University of Duisburg-Essen,
Forsthausweg, 47057 Duisburg.



You can also join this lecture via Zoom (registration):
https://uni-due.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/u5EufuGorjspGNaKSv_J3yH2kUj_scbO-kqH




Look forward to seeing you all!



*Abstract*:

The development of technology has enabled recent immigrants to be more
connected with their home country after international migration. While
numerous studies examine various aspects of immigrants' transnational ties
with their home countries, including political activities (e.g., voting in
home country elections), economic contributions (e.g., sending
remittances), social connections (e.g., maintaining contact with family and
friends), cultural engagement (e.g., consuming cultural content exported
from the home country), and medical practices (e.g., seeking medical
treatment in the home country), the predominant focus has been on
transnational ties among immigrants in Western countries. "The East Asian
context remains underexplored in transnationalism literature, and I aim to
address this gap by examining the frequency of social transnational ties,
which is closely related to other fields of transnational ties, and its
impact on the health of various immigrant groups in South Korea, a country
transitioning into an immigrant-receiving nation. My studies indicate that
the maintenance of social transnational ties with the home country varies
among immigrant groups and generations. For example, foreign workers tend
to maintain stronger ties with their home country than female marriage
migrants. Furthermore, the ties are weaker among multicultural adolescents,
the second-generation immigrants. The impact of social transnational ties
also differs between immigrant generations. On the one hand, social
transnational ties play a role as a buffer for foreign workers and female
marriage migrants in regard to their physical and mental health. However,
unlike the positive impact of transnational ties among first-generation
immigrants, the negative impact of transnational ties was observed among
second-generation immigrants; multicultural adolescents who maintain
transnational ties are more likely to engage in delinquent behaviors and
social withdrawal. These findings suggest the need for collaboration
between the home countries of migrants and the government of the
destination country to facilitate the establishment of positive
transnational ties, transforming them into sources of support rather than
stress, especially for second-generation immigrants Furthermore, future
studies could apply qualitative methods to elucidate how transnational
connections with the home country affect the health and behaviors of
immigrants from diverse backgrounds, considering the characteristics and
cultures of their home countries.



*Bio*

Sou Hyun Jang, holding a Ph.D. from the Graduate School and University
Center of the City University of New York, currently serves as an assistant
professor at Korea University. Her research interests encompass
international migration, transnationalism, and health disparities. Her
ongoing research employs quantitative and qualitative methods, in addition
to utilizing big data from social media. This research is centered on
investigating how transnational ties impact the physical and mental health
of diverse migrant groups.



This event is partially funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education
and Research (BMBF).

--
Joohyun Justine Park, Ph.D.

Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Interdisciplinary center for East Asian studies
Goethe-University Frankfurt  |  Campus Bockenheim
Neue mensa  |  Room 302
60325 Frankfurt am Main  |  GERMANY
Telefon +49 (0)69 798 23262
E-Mail: jo.park at em.uni-frankfurt.de
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