This two-day conference address various subjects and periods in Korean history, including culture, wars, literature and environment, from ancient to contemporary. It provides an opportunity to discuss latest trends in Korean history, and aims to present prospectus of future research addressing Korean history from the perspective of community, prosperity and democracy in East Asia.  

Note: The scholars from China, Japan, and South Korea will present in Korean. Registration is not required.  

Day One (Friday, April 12th)

Opening Remarks

9:45 AM

KANG Jae Hoon (Korea University) 

Namhee Lee (University of California, Los Angeles) 

Session I

09:55 AM - 12:10 PM

HEO Eun (Korea University)

     From the Construction of "New Village of Cold-War" to the Construction of "New Village of Post-Cold War": A Study on the Dynamics of the Korean Modernization in the 20th Century and Its Transition to the 21st Century  

Suzy KIM (Rutgers University) 

     Korea: The Unknown War, Still  

Claudius KIM (Stanford University) 

     The Overseas Front of the North Korean Revolution: Yan'an Group and the Communist Revolution in Northeast China (1945-50)   

Lunch 

12:10 PM - 1:15 PM

Session II

1:15 PM - 3:30 PM

SONG Yang Seob (Korea University)

     Perspectives on the Research on Yu Hyeongwon and Direction of the Reading of A Collection of Writings Bangye  

Sixiang WANG (University of California, Los Angeles) 

     Korea in the East Asian Translatio Imperii: Issues and Methods in Early Modern Sino-Korean Relations  

JUNG Hosub (Korea University) 

     Historiocalization of Literary Narrative and Conversion of Memories   

Workshop on English Journal Publication (Participants Only, NOT Open to Public)  

3:40 PM - 5:50 PM

Day Two (Saturday, April 13th)

Session III

10:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Jaeyoung HA (University California, San Diego)

     "A Good Tree is a Fast-Growing Tree": South Korea's Soil Conservation and Reforestation in the 1950s  

Albert L. PARK (Claremont McKenna College of The Claremont Colleges) 

     Noticing Nature in Colonial Korea: Integrative Mapping, Energy and Converting Matter through Agricultural Science

DAI Lin-Jian (Zhejiang University) 

     Research on the Drift between Korea and China during the Joseon Period: Trends and Issues  

Lunch 

12:15 PM - 1:10 PM

Session IV

1:10 PM - 3:00 PM

KANG Jae Hoon (Korea University)

     Making of the Confucian-style State Rites and Music in Early Joseon

SHIN Ho (Kyushu University)

     Colonial Experience and the Postcolonial of "the Japanese Settlers in Colonial Korea" 

Sungyun LIM (University of Colorado, Boulder)

     "Rigid Registry, Fluid Family: Accommodating the Stable Family Fantasy in the Post-Korean War Ruins" 

Session V

3:10 PM - 4:30 PM 

Namhee LEE (University of California, Los Angeles) 

     The Politics of Time and Retrospective Justice

PARK Jean (Korea University)

     Online Korean History Lecture Series by K-History Research Committee 

Closing

5:20 PM

* This conference is co-organized by the Center for Korean Studies (CKS), UCLA, and the Korean History Research Committee at Korea University. The graduates student and publication workshop component of this event is part of the "Koreans in the World" project hosted by UCLA's Center for Korean Studies. It is supported by the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS Award Number: AKS-2023-SRI-2200001) as part of its Strategic Research Institute Program for Korean Studies,

Sponsor(s): Center for Korean Studies, Academy of Korean Studies