I. Goals of the Conference

The main goal of this conference is to analyze and theorize from global perspectives the Korean Diasporic experience of overseas Koreans in many parts of the world. The conference has also a practical goal of collecting data and ideas for developing the global Korean network. Finally, by facilitating interaction and fellowship among scholars of overseas Koreans, the conference aims to internationalize the scope of the study of overseas Koreans.

II. Organization of the Conference

Date: October 11, 2002 (Friday)

Place: Inchon Memorial Hall, Korea University(소장: 최장집)

Co-Hosts: Asiatic Research Center, Korea University
----------East Rock Institute

Sponsor: Overseas Korean Foundation

Organizing Committee:
-----Hesung Chun Koh(East Rock Institute)
-----In-Jin Yoon(Korea University)
-----Choon Mie Kim(Korea University)
-----Soo-Hyung Park
----- (Coordinator, Asiatic Research Center, Korea University)

III. Program

Registration (8:45 ∼ 9:20)
Opening Ceremony (9:20 ∼ 10:00)
---Opening Remark:
--------Professor Jang-Jip Choi
--------(Director of the Asiatic Research Center, Korea University)
--------Professor Hesung Chun Koh
--------(Director of the East Rock Institute)
Congratulatory Remark:
--------Seung-Joo Han(President of the Korea University)
Congratulatory Remark:
--------Byong-Hyun Kwon
--------(Chief Director of the Overseas Koreans Foundation)

Session 1 (10:00-12:30)

---Presider: Hyong-Chan Kim (Western Washington University)
---Presenter:
--------Pyong-Gap Min (Queens College of CUNY, USA)
------------- "From Ethnic Solidarity to Assimilation:
------------The Intergenerational Transition of Korean Americans"

--------German Kim (Kazakhstan State University)
------------- "Korean Diaspora in post-Soviet Central Asia:
------------ Relations with and Attitudes toward North and South Korea"

--------Myong-Chul Hurh (Yenbin University, China)
------------- "An Theoretical Inquiry of the Korean Ethnic Community in China"

--------Chikako Kashiwazaki (Keio University)
------------- "The Diasporic Experience of 'Zainichi' (chaeil):
------------ Changes and Challenges in Comparative Perspective."

Lunch (12:30 ∼ 13:30)

Session 2 (13:30-15:00)

---Presider: Kwang-Gyu Lee
----------- (Professor Emeritus of the Seoul National University)

---Presenter:
--------Byong-Soo Seol (Kyongbook National University)
--------- "The Social Assimilation and Ethnic Attachment of Korean Australians"

--------In-Jin Yoon (Korea University)
--------- "A Comparison of the South and North Korean Policy on Overseas Koreans"

--------Chong-Soo Pyun(Memphis University)
--------- "Strategies for the Global Korean Economic Community"

--------Coffe Break (15:30 ∼ 15:50)

Session 3: Roundtable Discussion for Theorizing the Korean Diaspora (15:50-18:30)

---Keynote Speech: Hesung Chun Koh (East Rock Institute)

---Designated Discussant:
----------Jong-Hoon Lee (National Assembly Library)
----------Song-Ho Jung (Kangwon National University)
----------Jin-Yong Lee (Kyonghee University)

Closing Ceremony (18:30)

Dinner (18:30 ∼ 20:00)

IV. Contact