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[MIRI]2024 May 18 Research Institute holds International Forum <Future of Memorial, Memory, Connections>(August 29~August 30) & Pre-registration guidelines(2024.8.8.)
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 2024 518 International Research Institute holds International Forum <Future of Memorial, Memory, Connections> (August 29~August 30.) & Pre-registration guidelines (2024.8.8.)

At the 2024 May 18th International Forum, We will listen to new political voices that challenge the authorized memories of Korea's post-democratization era, while addressing over memory that is unfolding in the neoliberal era.

memory that is unfolding in the neoliberal era, and seek solidarity with various minorities who are still pushed to the margins of power politics.

We invite all interested researchers and citizens to participate in this program.

2024 518 International Forum Pre-registration Link (Google Form)

https://forms.gle/xswTKjpGHpCq7YJe8


International Forum Schedule Details

August 29 (Thursday) 518 International Conference

- Time : 10:00 ~ 19:00

- Venue: 2nd floor, Daedong Hall, 518 Memorial Cultural Center,

- Contents

Opening Ceremony and

Keynote Session

The Presence of Memory and Commemoration

Moderator: Kim Kyeong il (Korea Institute of Contemporary Studies)

Presentation

Lee Namhee (Institute for Korean Studies, Department of Asian Studies, UCLA)

The Politics of Time and Remembrance as Emancipatory (The Kim Dongchun(Anglican University, Institute for the Good World)

Refraction and Signification of Memory, Commemoration

Conversation

Speakers and Moderators

Theme Session 1

Institutionalization and Power of Memory

Moderator Jeong Soo nam (Chonnam National University)

Presentation

Kim Shin Hyeon Kyeong(Seoul Women's University)

Omnipresent Memory, Excluded History: 'Comfort Women' Who Became Matahari

Park Kyeong seop (Researcher, 518 International Research Institute)

Memorializing the 518

Discussion

Kim Joohee (Deokseong Women's University)

Jeong Hyeonju (Yonsei University)

Theme Session 2

Connecting Memories, Expanding Solidarity

Moderator:  Bae Juyeon (Transnational Humanities Institute, Sogang University)

Presentation

Kang Naeyeong(Chonnam National University)

Memory of 518, Solidarity in Mourning

Shim Ajeong(Independent Researcher)

The Vietnam War of those who did not suffer: The Expansion of the Concept of Echoeside and the Possibility of Mourning as a Political Practice

Kenji Yamamoto(Hokkaido University of Education)

日本国内植民地北海道における強制連行強制労働歴史 (Japan's Domestic Colonies: The History of 'Forced Entry and Forced Labor' in Hokkaido)

Discussion

Park Sangeun(Chungbuk National University)

Lee Seulgi (Seoul National University)

Bae Yeongmi (Korea Independence Movement Research Center)

General Discussion

Moderator

Lee Youngjin (Kangwon National University)

Discussion

All participants

 

* Consecutive Interpretation provided (Japanese)

* Youtube live-stream provided (channel: 518기념재단)

Special Session & Cultural Event at the Council for Democratic Studies on Friday, August 30th

- Time : 10:00 ~ 14:30

- Place : 2nd floor, Daedong Hall, 518 Memorial Cultural Center,

- Contents

 

 

Democratic Studies

Organizational Council Special Session

Commemorative Sites, Old Futures

Moderator: Kim Hyeongju (518 Research Center, Chonnam National University)

Presentation

Kim Taehyeon(Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)

The Old Future and the Brave New World: Observations and Analysis of Cultural Memory Institutions in Democratic Organizations

Discussion

Lee Dong-moon (Busan Democratic Uprising Memorial Association)

Lee Youngje (Democratic Movement Memorial Association)

Lee Oh Seong (Yeosu Institute for Community Studies)

Lee Donghyeon(Jeju 43 Research Center)

Cultural Events

Film Screenings & Talks

Moderator Kim Min-hwan (518 Research Center for Justice, Peace, and Life, Hanshin University)

Documentary <Gray Zone> Screening

Story Talk by Mr. Park Rae-gun (416 Foundation)

 


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