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KEC International Graduate Students Conference 2024

05.07.2024 | 10:00 - 19:00

The KEC International Graduate Students Conference is an annual event held in early July in Berlin, specifically for graduate students. Students from various universities gather to present their thesis proposals. This year, presenters will participate from Washington, D.C., Venice, and Prague. Engaging in rigorous discussions with their accompanying professors, it is anticipated that new ideas will emerge.

KEC International Graduate Students Conference 2024

KEC International Graduate Students Conference 2024

 Program


10:30 ~ 10:45     Opening Session

 

10:30       Welcome: Prof. Dr. Eun-Jeung Lee (Free University Berlin)

                 Prof. Dr. Gregg Brazinsky (George Washington University)

                 Prof. Dr. Miriam Lowensteinova (Prague, Charles University)

                 Prof. Dr. Jong-Chol Ahn (Venice, Ca' Foscari University)

 

10:45 ~ 12:45     1st Session

 

Hyein Lee

(Berlin) 

South Korean Buddhist Military Chaplains: Their Roles and Identities

Marla Koch
(Berlin) 

Visibility and Safe Spaces: South Korean LGBTQ+ Perspectives on Literary Experience and (South Korean) Queer Literature

Damhee Shin
(George Washington)

Empowerment in Question: The Mobilization of Women in the 1970s Saemaul Undong

 

12:45 ~ 14:00      Lunch (90min)

 

14:00 ~ 16:00     2nd Session

 

Giulia Prandina

(Ca' Foscari University of Venice)

 

The Ongoing Issue of Wartime Forced Labour and Korean Victims

Suhon Lee
(Berlin) 

 

Banality of good: How a nation can enhance its willingness to protect refugees

Markéta Grünerová
(Prague, Charles University)

Ghost Legends in Korean Horror Cinema, a (un)likely connection 

  

 

16:15 ~ 16:45  Closing Session

 

  • Prof. Dr. Eun-Jeung Lee (Berlin)
  • Prof. Dr. Gregg Brazinsky (GW)
  • Prof. Dr. Jong-Chol Ahn (Venice)
  • Prof. Dr. Miriam Lowensteinova (Prague)

 

17:20 ~ 17:40 Special Cello Performance

 

Cellist: Boum-Ju Bae

 

 

18:00 ~ 19:00 Special Lecture

 

Empathetic Allies: China and North Korea during the Cold War

 

by Prof. Dr. Gregg Brazinsky 

Zeit & Ort

05.07.2024 | 10:00 - 19:00

Institute of Korean Studies
Otto-von-Simson-Str. 11
14195 Berlin

Weitere Informationen

Dr. Hojye Kang: hojye.kang[at]fu-berlin.de