Saturday, October 25th, 2014 The Afterlives of the Korean War Symposium: Keynote Address, "Truth and Reconciliation in Korea"

DateTimeLocation
Saturday, October 25, 20142:00PM - 4:00PMThe Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs
1 Devonshire Place

Series

CSK Annual Symposium

Description

To register, please visit http://afterlives-koreanwar.eventbrite.ca

Last year marked the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War with the signing of the July 27, 1953 armistice. However, one of the most indelible features of the world’s first Cold War conflict is its unfinished nature. The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), intended to be a temporary cease-fire line at the 38th parallel, is one of the most militarily fortified borders on earth. Continued hostility and mistrust between the two Koreas keep over 100,000 people separated from their kin. And the ebbs and flows of military tension on the Korean peninsula justify on-going social, economic, political and ecological repression in the name of national security, not only between the North and South but also in many countries around the world.

The symposium’s keynote address will feature Prof. Dong Choon Kim (Sung Kong Hoe University) on rethinking reconciliation and reparation.

Any students, faculty members, and members of general public interested on the Afterlives of the Korean War are welcome to join. All events are open for free.


Speakers

Dong-Choon Kim
Keynote
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Sung Kong Hoe University, Korea

Lisa Yoneyama
Discussant
Professor, East Asian Studies Institute, Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto


Main Sponsor

Centre for the Study of Korea

Co-Sponsors

Centre for the Study of the United States

Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies

Asian Institute

Munk School of Global Affairs

Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

Canadian Studies Program

York Centre for Asian Research

Cinema Studies Institute

Department of East Asian Studies

Department of History

Department of Political Science

Department of Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Department of Sociology

Faculty of Arts & Sciences and School of Interdisciplinary Studies, OCAD University

International Relations Program

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival

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