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K History Schoolhouse 2025 Spring Lecture & Workshop Series

In partnership with the Good Society Institute (Director: Kim Dong-Choon) and PEACEMOMO (Director: Moon A-Young).

 

Conveners:

• Junha Cho. Student & activist, head of the Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s Translation Team.

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• Hee-shin Choi. She is an activist with the North Gyeonggi [Province] Peace Civic Action, and a guide for the Dongducheon Peace Memorial Tour.

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• Henry Em. Now retired from university teaching, he taught Korean history in the United States (UCLA, University of Michigan, and NYU) and in South Korea (Korea University and Yonsei University). He was a Fulbright Senior Scholar, and Visiting Professor at Centre de Recherches sur la Corée, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. His book The Great Enterprise (Duke University Press, 2013) provided a history of history writing in modern Korea. As a scholar-activist, he was a founding member of the Alliance of Scholars Concerned about Korea (ASCK) and an organizer of Peace Study Tours with social movement organizations in South Korea. He was a member of the editorial collective of positions: asia critique, and at Korea Journal he remains Deputy Editor-in-Chief. https://independent.academia.edu/HenryEm

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• Dong-Choon Kim. Now retired from university teaching, he was Professor of Sociology at SungKongHoe University and Standing Commissioner of South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (a Vice Minister position, nominated by President Noh Moo-Hyun). As Commissioner, he directed the first government investigations into Korean War massacres. For his scholarly work, and his impact as public intellectual, he was awarded the DanJe Prize (단재 신채호) in 2005, and the Song Geon-Ho Media Prize in 2016. His book Jeonjaeng gwa sahoe was picked by the Publishers Association of East Asia as one of 100 most important East Asian books (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean). This book on the social history of the Korean War was translated into English, German, and Japanese. The English translation was published as The Unending Korean War.  

https://www.ehess.fr/fr/personne/dong-choon-kim

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• Suzy Kim. She is Professor of Korean History at Rutgers University. She is author of the prize-winning book Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950 (Cornell University Press, 2013). Her latest book Among Women across Worlds: North Korea in the Global Cold War (Cornell University Press, 2023) was completed with support of the Fulbright Scholar program, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. She is senior editor of positions: asia critique. As an advocate for social justice and peace in Korea, she has worked with Amnesty International USA, Truth Foundation, and Women Cross DMZ.

https://alc.rutgers.edu/people/faculty-profiles/faculty-profile/1029-suzy-kim

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• A-Young Moon is the founder and representative of PEACEMOMO, a non-profit organization with the core principle of "Everyone learns from everyone." Dedicated to bridging peace activism and educational activities, PEACEMOMO collaborates with teachers and educational activists to promote thoughtful approaches to addressing issues such as arms reduction, creating inclusive structures where no one is left behind, and fostering "mutual learning" experiences that inspire the imagination to overcome division. For her, the ultimate goal of social innovation is to work toward peace and to make the world—a world structured around capital and consumption—a little less flawed.https://peacemomo.org/en/about/

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• Jae-Jung Suh is Professor in the Department of Politics at International Christian University in Tokyo. He is the author or editor of five books. Previously, he taught in the Department of Government at Cornell University and at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University, where he was Director of Korea Studies. In addition, he was a member of the Presidential Commission on Policy Planning for the Republic of Korea. His current research examines how Euro-American colonialism and its attendant responsibilities were excluded from the agenda at the 1951 San Francisco Peace Conference that forged the postwar Asia-Pacific world.  https://www.harvard-yenching.org/person/suh-jae-jung/

 

K History Schoolhouse is pleased to invite you to join us for a unique opportunity to engage with modern Korean history.

 

Founded by three scholar-activists, K History Schoolhouse launched its first lecture & workshop series in Spring 2024, with the long-term aim of fostering community among participants across national boundaries, and to strengthen networks of solidarity for peace and justice in Korea and around the world. 

 

As in previous terms, this in-person program, conducted in English, is designed for those interested in critically engaged scholarship on modern Korean history -- especially relevant as right-wing movements rapidly gain strength -- and in experiencing solidarity-building efforts with South Korea’s resilient democracy movement.

 

In our 2024 Spring and Fall programs, participants ranged in age from their mid-20s to early-50s. Approximately half were students and faculty in Korean studies, while others were freelancers, corporate employees, filmmakers, and scientists. Participants hailed from Europe, North America, Southeast Asia, and South Korea.

 

Registration for the Spring 2025 program is now open, with space limited to twenty participants. The program will begin on March 15 and run for four consecutive Saturdays.

·      The first three Saturday sessions will each feature a workshop and lecture, with a fee of 25,000 KRW per session (including lunch).

·      The fourth session will be a trip to Dongducheon, with a fee of 45,000 KRW (covering transportation and lunch).

As fostering community solidarity is a core objective, we encourage registration only for those who can commit to attending at least three of the four sessions. If you are unable to meet this commitment, we kindly ask that you consider joining us in a future term.  

 

We look forward to welcoming you to this enriching experience!

 

Spring, 2025 Program Registration Link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Lp-TFxOphHyoAt-s2bhzc3eyAr8HJztPOb_3GcqizoE/edit

* After you complete the registration form, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions for paying the participation fee. Once payment is processed, we will send you payment confirmation, along with detailed instructions and reading materials for your first session.

 

 

Spring, 2025 Program

 

Session 1

March 15, 2025             @ PEACEMOMO

Seoul Seodaemun-gu Yeonhuiro41da-gil 48-12

10:00-noon                    Workshop. A-Young Moon. “Connections, Formation, and Commons”

12 noon                        Lunch provided by PEACEMOMO

1:00-3:00 pm                Lecture. Suzy Kim. “Unseen Feminist Solidarities: Korean War to the Present”

Reading:                       Ryu, Youngju. “Teaching About Korea in the Time of Palestine”

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Session 2

March 22, 2025             @ Good Society Institute

                                       Seoul Yeongdeungpo-gu Yeongdeungporo19-gil 13, Samgwang Building 3^rd floor

10:00-noon                  Workshop. Henry Em. “Self, Event, and a Truth Process”  

12 noon                        Lunch  

1:00-3:00 pm               Lecture. Dong-Choon Kim. “Right-Wing Movements and Anti-Martial Law Protests in South Korea”

Reading:                        Dong-Choon Kim. “The Surge of Extreme Right and Neo-Fascist Phenomena in South Korea”

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Session 3

March 29, 2025             @ Good Society Institute

                                       Seoul Yeongdeungpo-gu Yeongdeungporo19-gil 13, Samgwang Building 3^rd floor

10:00-noon                  Lecture. Jae-Jung Suh. “Trump, Preemptive Doctrines, and the Unending Korean War”

12 noon                       Lunch  

1:00-3:00 pm               Workshop. Junha Cho. “Who am I, in Solidarity?”

Reading:                      Lee, Steven. “The Korean Armistice and the End of Peace”

 

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Session 4

April 5, 2025                 Site Visit to Dongducheon

9:00 am                         Bus departs. (Exit 11, City Hall subway station)

                                      Presentation. Henry Em. “In closing: some notes on the readings & discussion”

10:30 am                       Hee-shin Choi. “Growing up in Dongducheon”

                                      Monument commemorating return of Soemok.

11:20-12:30                   Gulsan Village

12:30-1:30 pm               Lunch

1:30-4:30 pm                 Cemetery, Bosan-dong, and STI Center

Reading:                        Pae, KJ Christine. “The Remains of War”

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(informal) follow-up

April 12, 2025 TBD

10:00 am                      TBD

12 noon                        Lunch

1:00 pm                        

 

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