Past Events at the Centre for the Study of Korea
October 2008
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Thursday, October 2nd The Dilemmas of Humanitarian and Development Assistance in North Korea: Foundations for a Coherent Aid Strategy
Date Time Location Thursday, October 2, 2008 12:00PM - 2:00PM Seminar Room 208N, Munk Centre For International Studies
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Series
North Korea Speaker Series
Description
This presentation examines principles of humanitarian assistance, focusing in particular, on the moral dilemmas of assisting North Korea in responding to famine. Should the international community provide humanitarian or development assistance in such a setting? What are the implications of channeling assistance through multilateral as opposed to bilateral channels? With respect to overcoming food shortages in North Korea, how should donors respond to pressure to shift from humanitarian assistance to development assistance in the agricultural sector? How should donors engage North Korea not only to relieve current suffering, but also to encourage a more positive future for its citizens? How do broader geo-strategic considerations in the Korean peninsula factor into the mix when devising a coherent aid strategy for North Korea, especially with respect to addressing human hunger and starvation?
Gregory T. Chin (Ph.D., York University) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Faculty of Graduate Studies at York University (Canada), where he teaches global politics and East Asian political economy. Dr. Chin is a Senior Fellow of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). He is on the editorial board of the New Millennium Books Series of Rowman & Littlefield, and an academic member of the editorial board of the China and International Organization Books Series jointly published by Shanghai People’s Press and Shanghai International Studies University. He has held a visiting fellowship at Peking University (1997-98).
Prior to joining York University in 2006, Dr. Chin served as a diplomat in the Canadian Embassy in China, responsible for Canadian foreign aid to China and North Korea. From 2000 to 2003, he served in Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Bureau of North Asia and Pacific Affairs), and the China and Northeast Asia Division of the Canadian International Development Agency. Dr. Chin has been a consultant to the International Development Research Centre and the Canadian International Development Agency, and an advisor to the United Nations Development Program, and the Asian Development Bank.
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Thursday, October 16th Moral Imperatives: South Korean Studenthood and the April Revolution
Date Time Location Thursday, October 16, 2008 2:00PM - 4:00PM Seminar Room 108N, Munk Centre For International Studies
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Description
In 1960 tens of thousands of middle school, high school, and university students took to the streets in cities throughout South Korea to force the resignation of the country’s first president, Syngman Rhee. What became known as the April Revolution went on to earn archetypal status as the explosive antigovernment protests that presaged the youth-driven movements of the subsequent three decades – and, ultimately, the democratic transition of 1987. This presentation turns to the eve of the Revolution in order to examine the statist production of students as a nationwide social organization of youths well-versed in nationalist discourse and conversant in patriotic practices. Throughout the heady weeks of 1960, South Korean youths drew on elements of this ideological training in unlikely fashion to employ them in protests against the state. In doing so, April Revolutionaries catapulted idealistic student protest to a position of newfound importance in South Korea’s emerging political landscape.
Charles Kim (Ph.D., Columbia University) is a historian of twentieth-century Korean culture and society. In his recent dissertation, he explores the cultural origins of South Korea’s April Revolution (1960). His research interests include nationalist discourse, cross-cultural perceptions, social relations, and historical methodology. He is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Centre for the Study of Korea and will next year take up a position as Assistant Professor, University of Madison – Wisconsin.
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Thursday, October 16th North Korea Research Group Information Session
Date Time Location Thursday, October 16, 2008 4:00PM - 6:00PM Seminar Room 108N, Munk Centre For International Studies
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Description
This information session is highly recommended for anyone interested in participating and/or researching with the North Korea Research Group (NKRG). In particular, the presentation will clarify the goals of the NKRG, potential research topics, dicuss possible workshops/seminars, and expectations of student researchers. If you cannot make the information session and have questions, please contact us through the NKRG email at info@nkrg.org.
Light refreshments will be served.
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Thursday, October 23rd Complexity of Japanese 'North Korean issues': How do they affect Japanese diplomacy and regional security?
Date Time Location Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:00PM - 2:00PM Seminar Room 208N, Munk Centre For International Studies
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Series
North Korea Speaker Series
Description
This seminar focuses on the complex interactions between ‘North Korean issues’ and Japanese foreign policy. From the Japanese point of view, the main components of the issues are abduction, missile launch, and nuclear development. Although Japan considers the abduction issue to be their top priority, there are presently no international forums that could exert pressure of this issue on North Korea. Thus, the resolution of the abduction, to no small extent, depends on the multilateral negotiation on nuclear disarmament, and on the political pressure by the United States. What kinds of effects does this complex political configuration have on Japanese diplomacy and regional security? What kinds of effects do the other issues such as democratization and humanitarian assistance have on them?
Norihito Kubota (Ph.D. candidate, University of Tokyo) is an assistant professor in the Department of International Relations at the National Defense Academy of Japan, where he teaches international politics and the United Nations. His main focus of study is the states’ motivations in military contribution to multilateral peacekeeping. He has published several articles in academic journals using the quantitative method and contributed in editing books on theoretical analysis of security issues and on application of psychological decision-making theory to international crisis. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Asian Institute at the University of Toronto (2008-2010).
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