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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, Hee-shin Choi, Henry Em, Dong-Choon Kim, Suzy Kim, A-Young Moon, Jae-Jung Suh.
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
* Several days 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 3rd 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 3rd 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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Conveners of the 2025 Spring program
Junha Cho. Student & activist, head of the Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s Translation Team.
Hee-shin Choi. She is an activist with the North Gyeonggi [Province] Peace Civic Action, and a guide for the Dongducheon Peace Memorial Tour.
Henry Em. Now retired from full-time teaching, he is a historian, associate editor of Korea Journal, and founder of K History Schoolhouse.
https://independent.academia.edu/HenryEm
Dong-Choon Kim. Author The Unending Korean War, he was Standing Commissioner of South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and founding member of KHSH.
https://www.ehess.fr/fr/personne/dong-choon-kim
Suzy Kim. A historian, she is author of the prize-winning book Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution, and senior editor of positions: asia critique.
https://alc.rutgers.edu/people/faculty-profiles/faculty-profile/1029-suzy-kim
A-Young Moon. She is the founder and representative of PEACEMOMO, a non-profit organization that focuses on peace education.
https://peacemomo.org/en/about/
Jae-Jung Suh. He is Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at International Christian University (in Tokyo), and founding member of KHSH.
https://www.harvard-yenching.org/person/suh-jae-jung/
LEARN MORE
- Inquiries: khistoryschoolhouse@gmail.com
- Instagram: @khistoryshoolhouse
