Researchers at the Hiroshima Peace Institute

Kim Mikyoung



Name: Mikyoung Kim
Title: Associate Professor
Specialization: Sociology, Northeast Asia
Place of Birth: Busan, Republic of Korea
Email: mkkim@peace.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp


Education
Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Georgia, USA
MA in Women's Studies, University of Georgia, USA (Graduate Certificate)
MA in Sociology, University of Georgia, USA
MA in Political Science, Graduate Institute for Peace Studies, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea

BA in English Literature, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea

Education Abroad, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan


Work Experiences
  • Public Diplomacy Specialist, U.S. Embassy, Seoul, Korea
  • Consultant, North Korea Food Aid Program, World Vision Korea, Seoul, Korea
  • Research Fellow and Program Coordinator, Center for the Study of Global Issues, University of Georgia, USA
  • Computer Lab Assistant, Baldwin Data Analysis Center, University of Georgia, USA
  • Research Intern, Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University, Seoul, Korea
  • Securities Analyst Trainee, James Capel, Co. Seoul, Korea
Teaching Experiences
  • Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Portland State University, Oregon, USA
  • Adjunct faculty, Study Abroad Program in Kyoto-Japan and Verona-Italy, University of Georgia, USA
  • Adjunct faculty, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland University College, Seoul, Korea
  • Instructor, Dept. Political Science, Gangwon National University, Korea
  • Instructor, Dept. of Public Administration, Inha University, Inchon, Korea
  • Instructor, Dept. of Sociology, Kyungnam University, Masan City, Korea

On-Going Research Interests

  • Collective Memory in East Asia
  • North Korea Human Rights Debates in East Asia
  • Reconciliation between Japan and South Korea
Professional Services

(Co-Editor)
  • North Korean Review (McFarland Publishing Co., USA)

(Editorial Board Members)
  • Korean Ethics and Civil Society, Korea
  • Korean Association of Area Studies, Korea
(Excecutive Committee Memberships)
  • Human Rights Research Executive Committee at International Political Science Association, France (2009-11)
  • Secretary of the Association of Korean Political Studies at American Political Science Association, USA (2009-11)
  • Overseas Board Member, Korean Association of Area Studies, Korea (2010-11)
  • The Association of Asian Business Management, Korea (2010-11)
(Book Publication Reviewer)
  • Routledge, London and New York (2008)
(Academic Journal Referee)
  • American Sociological Review, USA (1996)
  • Asian Perspective, The Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Korea (2002)
  • Asian Politics and Policy, USA (2009)
  • 21st Century Political Science Association Journal, Korea (2007)
  • International Journal of Korean Unification Studies, Korea (2003)
  • International Studies Review, Korea (2007)
  • Journal of Children and Family Studies, Canada (2008)
  • Journal of Social Science Research, Seoul National University,
    Korea (2001)
  • Korean Journal of Political Science, Korea (2004)
  • North Korean Review, USA (2010)
  • Pacific Focus, Korea (2010-11)
  • Sociological Forum, USA (1997)
  • Social Psychology Quarterly, USA (2006)
  • Women’s Studies International Forum, USA (1997)

(Academic Newsletter Editor)
  • AKPS Newsletter (Association of Korean Political Studies, USA, 2009-11)

Professional Memberships
  • American Political Science Association (APSA, USA)
  • American Sociological Association (ASA, USA)
  • Association for Asian Studies (AAS, USA)
  • Association of Korean Political Studies (AKPS, USA)
  • International Political Science Association (IPSA, France)
  • International Studies Association (ISA, USA)
  • Korean Association of Area Studies (Korea)
  • Korean Ethics and Civil Society (KECS, Korea)
  • Korean Association of International Studies (KAIS, Korea)
  • Korean Sociological Association (KSA, Korea)
  • Society for the Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR, USA)
  • 21st Century Political Science Association
Fellowships and Honors

(Research)
  • Book Publication Subvention, Peace Studies, Hiroshima City University, Hiroshima, Japan (2010)
  • Kaken-hi Research Grant on North Korea Refugees' Human Rights, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Scienc and Technology, Tokyo, Japan (2007-2010)
  • International Conference Travel Grant, American Political Science Association Meetings, Hiroshima City University (2007)
  • Northeast Asia Economic Forum Leadership Program, Khabarovsk,
    Russia (2006)
  • Fulbright Fellowship, Washington D.C., USA
  • Franklin College Distinguished Doctoral Research Fellowship, University of Georgia, USA
  • Franklin College Doctoral Research Travel Grants, University of Georgia, USA
  • Fellowship, Summer Studies Program, Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University, Seoul, Korea
  • Award of Excellence, American Association of University Women, USA
  • Korean Honor Scholarship Award, Korean Embassy, Washington, D.C., USA
  • Kohwang Foundation Scholarship Award, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea
  • Japan Airlines Asian Student Scholarship Award, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
(Administrative)
  • Best Performance Award, United States Embassy in Seoul, Korea
  • Group Franklin Award, United States Embassy in Seoul, Korea
  • Outstanding and Exemplary Service Award, United States Embassy in Seoul, Korea
  • Group Meritorious Honor Award, United States Embassy in Seoul, Korea
(Others)
  • Keynote speaker, Commemoration Ceremony for the United Nation's Year of Youth, Kanazawa, Japan
  • The First Place Winner, Pusan National University, "Economic Development and Education Reform,"Busan, Korea
  • The First Place Winner, The Korea Herald, "Women's Rights in Korea," Seoul, Korea
  • The First Place Winner, Pusan National University, "The Zoo and Animal Rights," Busan, Korea
Publications
[In English]
  (Books)
  • 2012. Securitization of Human Rights: North Korean Refugees in East Asia. New York and Westport, CN: Praeger Publishers, forhtcoming.
  • 2010. Northeast Asia’s Difficult Past: Essays in Collective Memory. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan Publishers (with Barry Schwartz, co-editors).

  (Refereed Articles)
  • 2011. “Gender, Work and Resistance: South Korean Textile Industry in the 1970s,” Journal of Contemporary Asia, forthcoming.
  • 2010. North Korean Human Rights Policies of China and Japan: Supremacy of Domestic Priorities over International Norms," North Korean Review, Vol.6, No.1(Spring): 6-19.
  • 2009. “North Korea’s Place in the U.S. Presidency,” North Korean Review, Vol.5, No.2 (Fall), Durham, NC: McFarland & Company: 57-71.
  • 2009. “South Korean Construction of North Korean Identity: Victimization, Romanticization and Vilification,” Korea Yearbook: Politics, Economy, Society, Leiden and Boston: Brill: 257-75.
  • 2008. “The Processes of Japan’s North Korean Identity Construction: A Discourse Analysis of Military Threats and Human Rights,” The Journal of National Strategic Security, 8 (4):137-84.
  • 2008. “Pacifism or Pacifist Movement?: Hiroshima's Memory Debates, 1985-1994, The Journal of International and Area Studies 15 (1):59-76.
  • 2007. “Ethos and Contingencies: A Comparative Analysis of the Clinton and Bush Administrations’ North Korea Policy,” Korea and World Affairs, Vol.31, No.2 (Summer): 79-91.
  • 2005. “The U.S. Military Transformation and Its Implications for U.S.-R.O.K. Alliance,” IFANS Review, Vol.13, No.1 (July): 15-39. Institute For Foreign Affairs and National Security, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2005. “Why Do Small States Produce Arms? The Case of South Korea,” Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, Vol.XVII, No.2, (Fall): 183-205 (with Richard Bitzinger).
  • 2005. “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Impact of Anti-Americanism on Locally Employed Staff at the American Embassy in Korea,Public Personnel Management, Vol.34 No.3 (Fall): 235-45.
  • 2003 “Axis of Good: A Case Study of the South Korean Jeju Island’s Food Diplomacy with North Korea,” IFANS Review, Vol.11, No.2 (December): 93-120, Institute for Foreign Affairs and National Security, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2003. “The Creation and Maintenance of Bottom-Rung Subcultures Among the Local Hires at a Foreign Government Bureaucracy,” Korean Cultural Anthropology, Vol.36, No.1: 269-303.
  • 2003. “South Korean Women Textile Workers’ Labor Resistance in the Era of Export-Oriented Industrialization,” Development and Society, Vol.32, No.1: 71-99.
  • 2002. “A Historical Survey of North Korea’s Economic Development and Trade, 1945-1984,” International Journal of Korean Unification, Vol.11, No.2: 253-281.
  • 2001. “‘This Is Not the America We Dreamed About’ vs. ‘You Don’t Treat Us Right,’” Korea Journal of Cultural Anthropology, Vol.34, No.1: 223-259.
  • 1997. “Economic Strain, Political Processes and Labor Disputes: A Time Series Analysis of South Korean Labor Protests, 1979-1992,” Asian Perspective Vol.21, No.2 (Fall): 147-77.
  (Book Chapters)
  • 2010. “Peace and Memory: Why Do Japanese and Koreans Talk Past Each Other,” Carol Rinnert, Omar Farouk, and Yasuhiro Inoue (eds.), Hiroshima: Keisuisha, pp.147-65.
  • 2010. “Lingering Memory Problems: Compromising Hearts and Resentful Resistance,” Marie Soderberg (ed.), New York and London: Routledge, pp.119-37.
  • 2010. “Introduction: Northeast Asia’s Memory Problem,” in Mikyoung Kim and Barry Schwartz (eds.), Northeast Asia’s Difficult Past: Essays in Collective Memory. London and New York: Palgrave Publishers, pp.1-30.
  • 2010. “Japanese Pacifism: Problematic Memory,” in Mikyoung Kim and Barry Schwartz (eds.), Northeast Asia’s Difficult Past: Essays in Collective Memory. London and New York: Palgrave Publishers, pp.53-70.
  • 2008. “Myths, Milieu and Facts: The History Textbook Controversies in Northeast Asia,” in East Asia’s Haunted Present: Historical Memories and the Resurgence of Nationalism, Hasegawa Tsuyoshi and Togo Kazuhiko (eds.), New York: Praeger, pp.94-118.
  • 2008. “North Korean Refugees and Human Rights Debates in China,” in Rise of China: America and Asia Respond, Kevin J. Cooney and Yoichiro Sato (eds.) London: Routledge, pp.213-31.
  • 2002. “Judging the Past: A Comparative Study of People’s Historical Perceptions in the U.S. and Korea,” in Culture in Mind: Toward A Sociology of Culture and Cognition, edited by Karen A. Cerulo. New York: Routledge (with Barry Schwartz), pp.209-26.

[In Korean]
  (Refereed Articles)
  • 2008. “Kwangju 5.18 Cemetery vs. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum: Memory Debates Embedded in Culture,” The Korean Journal of Civil Ethics, Vol.21, No.1: 177-201.
  • 2007. “The Japanese Perceptions of Koreans, War Memories and Korea-Japan Relations: The Co-existence of Ambivalent Memories and Strategic Calculations,”Humanities Journal, Honam University Press, Kwangju, Korea, 18(4): 75-107.
  • 2006. “The Multiplicity of Female Resistance: A Study of Heroine Types in the Korean Folklore,” Humanities and Social Sciences, Pukyong National University Press, Vol.7, No.1: 65-87.
  • 2002. “A Comparative Study of College Students’ Historical Perceptions in the U.S. and Korea,” Korean Journal of Cultural Anthropology, Vol.35, No.2: 129-171 (with Barry Schwartz)
  • 2001. “The Coming of Unification Era: North Korean Women’s Human Rights Issues,” Korean Journal of Human Rights and Peace, Vol.2, No.1: 1-22.
  • 2001. “Commodification of Poverty and Famine: Marketing Strategies of South Korean Humanitarian Assistance to North Korea,” Korean Social Sciences Review, Seoul National University, Vol.22, No.3-4: 119-150.

  (Book Chapters)

  • 2007. “The Korean Collective Memory: Tracing the Roots of Shame and Pride,” in Development, Economic Integration and Reconciliation in East Asia, Korea Comparative Sociological Association (eds.), Seoul: Arche Press, pp.257-85.

[In Japanese]
  (Refereed Articles)
  • 2008. “A Study on Women’s Resistance in the Korea Folklore,” Hiroshima Journal of International Studies, 14(14): 47-58.
   (Research Articles Published With List Serve: in English)
Book Reviews:
  (In English)
  • 2011. “The Hidden People of North Korea: Everyday Life in the Hermit Kingdom and Illusive Utopia: Theater, Film and Everyday Performance in North Korea,” Journal of Asian Studies, forthcoming.
  • 2010. “Site Fights: Divisive Facilities and Civil Society in Japan and the West,” Asian Politics and Policy, forthcoming.
  • 2009. “Social Construction of Power, Identity and Geography: The Voices from Korea, India and Tibet,” International Studies Review, Vol.11, No.4: 749-54.
  • 2008. “The Unpredictability of the Past: Memories of the Asia-Pacific War in U.S.-East Asian Relations,” Pacific Affairs, Vol.81, No.1: 97-9.
  • 2002. "Measured Excess: Status, Gender, and Consumer Nationalism in South Korea," Gender and Society, Vol.16, No.5 (October): 748-758.
  • 1999. “Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World,” Women’s Studies International Forum Vol.22, No.3: 388-9.
  • 1999. “The Common Ground of Womanhood: Class, Gender, and Working Girls’ Clubs,” Women’s Studies International Forum Vol.22, No.1: 266-7.
  • 1998. “Living Rooms as Factories: Class, Gender, and the Satellite Factory System in Taiwan,” Women’s Studies International Forum Vol.21, No.2: 211-2.

Printed Articles with Newspapers and Listserve Media
  (Op-ed/Policy Papers in English)

  • 2010. “For Forgiveness and Reconciliation,” The Korea Times, August 19. (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2010/08/137_71606.html).
  • 2010. “An Inspiration for 100th Anniversary of Japan-Korea Merge,” Chugoku Shimbun, August 27. (http://www.hiroshimapeacemedia.jp/mediacenter/index.php?topic=Readers_en&year=2010.html).
  • 2010. “Japan at a Crossroads,” The Korea Times, May 18 (with Motofumi Asai). (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2010/05/137_66074.html).
  • 2009. “Obamajority,” The Korea Times, December 19, 2009 (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/12/137_57527.html).
  • 2009. “A Black Hole: North Korea’s Place in the East Asian Energy Debates,” Hiroshima Research News, No.33, p.3.
  • 2008. “The Learning Curve of the Lee Myungbak Administration,” The Korea Times, July 31.
  • 2007. “Asia, Lost and Found: Japanese Historical Perceptions and History Textbook Controversies,” Hiroshima Research News, Vol.9, No.3 (March), p.1.
  • 2006. “Politicization of Human Rights: North Korean Refugees in China,” Hiroshima Research News, Vol.8, No.3 (March), p.2.
  • 2005. “North Korea: Beyond the Name Game,” The Oregonian, July 25.
  • 2004. “Bad News for North Korea’s Kim Jong Il,” The Oregonian, November 15.
  • 2000. “Judging the Past.” The Korea Herald, October 22.
  • 2000. “Globalization with a Human Face.” The Korea Herald, October 10.
  • 2000. “No Defense for Jang [Won].” The Korea Herald, July 14.
  (Miscellaneous Essays in English)
  • 2005. “The Great American Sunday Brunch,” The Korea Times, May 7.
  • 2005. “Art of Tipping in America,” The Korea Times, March 31.
  • 2005. “Celebrating Individuality,” The Korea Times, March 16.
  • 2004. “Teaching Americans About Americans,” The Korea Times, December 3.
  • 2004. “Living with My Name,” The Korea Times, November 26.
  • 2004. “Americans Becoming Politicized,” The Korea Times, November 17.
  (Op-ed/Policy Papers in Korean)
  • 2009. “A Compensation of 99 Yen? Good bye to Japanese Pacifism [Kojak 99 Yen? Pyonghwa’eui Ilbon’i’yoh, Sayounara],The Chosun Ilbo, December 28.
  • 2009. The Need for Safe and Clean Korea Tourism [Anjun’hago Chungkyol’han Hankuk Kwankwang Pilyo],” The Busan Ilbo, November 23.
  • 2009. “Sharing the Sorrow of the Japanese Bereaved Families [Ilbon’in Yu’gajok’eui Bitongham’eul Hamkke’gara],” The Chosun Ilbo, November 17.
  • 2009. “The Violence of Present [Hyunjae’ga Hwidurunun Pokryok],” The Chosun Ilbo, November 13.
  • 2009. “Between Independence and Subjugation Days [Kwangbok’jul’kwa Kukchi’il Saiaeseo], The Chosun Ilbo, August 29.
  • 2009. “Looking at North Korean Missile Launch from Hiroshima [Hiroshima’aesu Bonun Puk’misail],” The Liberty Herald, http://libertyherald.co.kr/article/view.php?&ss[fc]=2&bbs_id=libertyherald_news&doc_num=1174, June 26.
  • 2009. “Hoping for Him To Stay On [Ku’ga Kk’ukaji Salanamgil Baran Saram’euirosuh],” The Chosun Ilbo, May 25.
  • 2009. “Japan’s Multiculturalism,” The Monthly Chosun, May, pp.528-33.
  • 2009. “Up and Close Diplomacy and the Past Problems [Kun’kunhan Woekyo’wa Kwageo’sa],” The Chosun Ilbo, April 15.
  • 2009. “A Winning Ball Game through Culture Reading [Han-Il Pilseung Yagu Gwanjun’bop],”  The Chosun Ilbo, March 23.
  • 2009. “Ah, the Korea Brand [Ah, Daehan’minkuk Brand],” The Chosun Ilbo, March 19.
  • 2008. “Japan’s Dilemma in the Globalizing World,” Busan Ilbo, p.26, January 24.
  • 2007. “Pachinko and the Korean-Japanese,” Busan Ilbo, p.30, January 10.
  • 2006. “Culture Wars in Asia,” Daegu Maeil, July 5.
  • 2006. “Benchmarking Japan,” Busan Ilbo, p.34, June 16.
  • 2006. “Peace in Hiroshima?” Busan Ilbo, p.34, March 24.
  • 2002. “What Does the U.S. Mean to Korea?” Kangwon Ilbo, December 30.
  • 2000. “North Korean Women in the Era of Reunification: Anticipated Problems and Policy Suggestions,” Democratic Coalition for Social Progress, November.
  • 2000. “Women Labor Unions and Korean Reunification,” Seoul Women Labor Union, Newsletter, August.
  • 2000. “Eco-feminism and Women’s Daily Lives,” Seoul Women Labor Union, Newsletter, July.

  (Miscellaneous Essays in Korean)

  • 2003. “Reading Society Through Newspapers,” Busan Ilbo, March 13.
  • 2003. “Human Cloning: ‘All About Eve,’” Busan Ilbo, January 14.

  (Media Appearances)
  • Quoted in, “China Gains Access to the Sea of Japan Troubling Neighbors,” Fox News Radio, March 20, 2010.  
  • Quoted in, “China’s Acquisition of Sea of Japan Port Rattles Its Neighbors,” by Sunny Lee, The National, March 14, 2010. (http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100314/FOREIGN/703139924/1015)
  • Quoted in, “Japanese Missile Defense,” by Roul Animesh, ISN Security Watch, December 16, 2005.
  • Quoted in “Branding Korea’s National Image,” by PARK Sang-Ah, The Joongang Daily, May 31, 2004.
  • Quoted in “Foreign Men are in: The Changing Dating Patterns for Korea’s Globalizing Women,” by PARK Soo-Mi, The Joongang Daily, February 14, 2004.
  • Quoted in “Korea’s National Psychodrama,” by Hal Piper, The Joongang Daily, December 31, 2002.

Invited Talks, Special Lectures, Invited Discussant, Session Organizer and Session Moderator:
  (In English)
  • Invited Session Chair, “The State and People's Movements,” American Political Science Association Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C., USA, September 2, 2010.
  • Invited Speaker, “Japanese Pacifist Debates and Hiroshima Memory,” Hiroshima Women's College, Hiroshima City, August 3, 2010.
  • Invited Speaker, “Japanese Pacifism from Hiroshima's Perspectives,” Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, July 19, 2010.
  • Invited Speaker, “Ambivalence and Resistance: A Comparison of Cultural Memories in Japan and Korea,” Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China, June 14, 2010.
  • Invited Speaker, “Nostalgia Nostalgia as Counter-Hegemonic Narrative: A Discourse Analysis of North Korean Settlers in the South,” International Conference on “Regional Reconciliation: The Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia,” Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China, June 10, 2010.
  • Invited Speaker, “Commemorating the Dark Past: The Atomic Bomb Dome and Hiroshima History Movement” at “War, Memory, and Japanese National Identity Construction over Time and Space” panel, Association of Asian Studies, Honolulu, HI, USA, April 3, 2010.
  • Invited Session Chair, “Memory Project: Historical Justice and Reconciliation in East Asia” panel, International Studies Association Annual Meetings, Montreal, Canada, March 19, 2010.
  • Invited Discussant, “Memory Project: Historical Justice and Reconciliation in East Asia” panel, International Studies Association Annual Meetings, Montreal, Canada, March 19, 2010.
  • Invited Speaker, “Middlmen Genre: An Analysis of Northern Settlers' Narratives in South Korea,” at the “Memory Project: Historical Justice and Reconciliation in East Asia” panel, International Studies Association Annual Meetings, Montreal, Canaca, March 19, 2010.
  • Invited Speaker, “South Korean Construction of North Korean Identity: Victimization, Romanticization and Vilification,” International Studies Association Annual Meetings, New Orleans, USA, February 20, 2010.
  • Invited Speaker, “Citizenship and Human Rights Debates in Japan: Zainichi Koreans,” International Conference on Sociology of Human Rights, Seoul National University, November 4-6, 2009.
  • Invited Speaker, “Northeast Asia’s Memory Problem,” International Conference on Historical Memories in East Asia, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, October 15-18, 2009.
  • Invited Discussant, “Identifying Korea, Othering Neighbors,” American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada, September 3-6, 2009.
  • Invited Speaker, “Ambivalence and Resistance: A Comparison of Cultural Memories in Japan and Korea,” at Workshop on the Japanese-South Korean Relationship, organized by the European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm, Sweden, August 21, 2009.
  • Invited Discussant, “Changes Surrounding the Korean Peninsula,” at International Conference organized by Korean Global Foundation, Seoul, Korea, August 18, 2009.
  • Invited Chair, “The North Korean Dilemma,” International Conference of Asia Scholars 6, Daejon City, Korea, August 8, 2009.
  • Invited Speaker, “North Korean Refugees and Human Rights Debates,” International Conference of Asian Scholars, Daejon City, Korea, August 6-8, 2009.
  • Invited Chair, “Protecting Human Rights: A Major International Concern,” at International Political Science Association, San Tiago, Chile, July 13, 2009.
  • Invited Speaker, “North Korea’s Place in the U.S. Presidency: Ethos and Moral Judgments,” World Congress of Political Science, Santiago, Chile, July 12-15, 2009.
  • Invited Speaker, “Social Construction of Northern Women in South Korea,” at the International Conference organized by the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Institute of Peace and Unification Affairs of Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, May 28, 2009.
  • Invited Speaker, “Japanese Pacifism and Hiroshima Memory,” Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, May 14, 2009.
  • Invited Speaker, “North Korean Missile Launch and Japanese Reactions,” National Strategy Institute, Seoul, Korea, May 13, 2009.
  • Invited Chair, “Reconciliation and Reconstruction,” a panel at International Conference on Heritage in Asia: Converging Forces and Conflicting Values, the Asia Research Institute,  National University of Singapore, January 8, 2009.
  • Invited Speaker, “Memory War, History Textbooks and Reconciliation in Northeast Asia,” International Conference on Heritage in Asia: Converging Forces and Conflicting Values, the Asia Research Institute,  National University of Singapore, January 8, 2009.

  (In Korean)

  • Invited Speaker, “The Regional Implications of the Cheonan Incident: Violence from Within,” Seminar Co-organized by Korean Association of Area Studies and Korea Future Foundation, Press Center, Seoul, Korea, November 29, 2010.
  • Invited Panel Discussant, “Japanese ODA and Civil Society,” Intenational Seminar Organized by Intenational Area Studies Association of Korea, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, September 30, 2010.
  • Invited Speaker, “The Korean Peninsula in Shifting East Asian Community,” The Association of Asian Business Management, Dong-A University, Pusan, Korea, February 22, 2010.
  • Invited Speaker, “North Korean Human Rights Policies of China and Japan: Supremacy of Domestic Priorities over International Norms,” at Korean International Political Science Association, Seoul, Korea, December 11, 2010.
  • Invited Speaker, “The Korean Peninsula amid Shifting East Asian Landscape,” The Korean Association of Asian Business Management, February 22, 2009.
  • Invited Discussant, “Northeast Asia in 2010 and North Korea Nuclear Problems,” The Korea Future Foundation, Seoul, Korea, January 27, 2009.

Courses Taught: Peace and Security in East Asia, Memory and History in Northeast Asia, Women and War, U.S. Revolution in Military Affairs and Asian Militaries, Multicultural Workplace, Mass Media and Foreign Policy, Introductory Sociology, Sociology of Future, Industrial Sociology, Women and Work, Understanding of North Korean Society, U.S. Foreign Policy, International Political Economy, Social Welfare Policy.

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