CKR Seminar Series, September 2011 - April, 2013
Friday, 3:30-5:00 PM, C.K. Choi Building Conference Room #120
February 28 UBC Centre for Korean Research (CKR) & UBC Institute of Asian Research (IAR)
"2012 South Korean Presidential Election"
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January 25 Karin J. Lee (National Committe on North Korea)
"The Two Koreas, President Obama’s Second Term and the 113th Congress"
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November 2 CKR, UBC, and the Consulate General of the Republic Korea
"Northeast Asia in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities"
Celebrating 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations
Between Canada and Korea
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October 24 Ralph Cossa (National Defense University)
"Alternative Avenues of Engagement With North Korea and for Peace in Northeast
Asia"
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September 26 Joel Stephen Wit (Johns Hopkins University)
"Can the US Pick Up the Pieces of its Failed North Korea Policy?"
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March 23 Ambassador Joon-Woo Park (Stanford University)
"Territorial Disputes in East Asia: Origins and the U.S. Responsibility"
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February 03 Luke Kang (Walt Disney Company Korea)
"Korean Media 'Big Bang'"
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November 25 Millie Creighton (University of British Columbia)
"Korean Kid's Edutainment: Consumer, Gender and Nationality
Socialization in Korean Children's Marketing and Children's Books"
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October 20 Nicholas Hamisevicz (Korea Economic Institute)
"U.S. Approaches to New Leadership in the Koreas"
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CKR Seminar Series, September 2010 - April, 2011
Friday, 3:30-5:00 PM, C.K. Choi Building Conference Room #120
April 8 Michael Namkil Kim (University of Southern California)
"Apprehensional Modal in Korean: (u)I-kka poa"
March 11 Grace M. Cho (City University of New York)
"Haunting the Korean Diaspora: Shame, Secrecy, and the Forgotten War"
March 4 John Everard (Stanford University)
"Inside North Korea"
February 25 Tun-jen Cheng (College of William and Mary)
"Political Discontent in East Asian Emerging Democracies"
January 28 Wayne Patterson (St. Norbert College)
"Maritime Customs and Sino-Korean Relations: New Perspectives on
Korea's "Chinese Decade""
January 14 Sang-young Rhyu (Yonsei University)
"The Politics of Informal Networks in Japan and Korea:
Amakudari and Parachute Appointment"
November 19 Bruce Klingner (Heritage Foundation)
"US Policy Toward North Korea"
November 12 Kirk Larsen (Brigham Young University)
"History Matters: the Koguryo/Gaogouli Controversy and Identity in East Asia"
October 29 Barry Carin (University of Victoria)
"The Seoul G20: Opportunities for Canadian/Korean Cooperation"
September 30 Laurel Kendall (University of Texas at Austin)
Co-sponsored with Department of Anthropology
"Shamans, Nostalgias,and the IMF: South Korean Popular Religion in Motion"
September 21 Mike Chinoy (University of Southern California)
"The North Korea Crisis: A Dangerous Stalemate"