Schedule
14:00–14:20 Opening Ceremony
Opening Remarks: CHO Yang-hyun (President, Korean Association of Contemporary Japanese Studies)
Welcome Address: PARK Ji-hwan (Director, Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University)
Congratulatory Remarks:
KANG Chang-il (Executive Vice Chairperson, Peaceful Unification Advisory Council / Former Ambassador to Japan)
RYU Hong-lim (President, Seoul National University)
14:20–15:40
Session 1: The Early Korea-Japan Negotiations and the Role of HONG Jin-ki
Chair:
CHO Yang-hyun (Professor, Korea National Diplomatic Academy / President, Korean Association of Contemporary Japanese Studies)
Presentations:
LEE Won-deog (Professor, Kookmin University), “HONG Jin-ki’s Theory of Colonial Reparations and Diplomatic Negotiations with Japan”
PARK Kyung-min (Professor, Kookmin University), “HONG Jin-ki’s ‘Legal Doctrine of Liberation’ and the Claims Committee of the Korea-Japan Talks”
PARK Tae-gyun (Professor, Seoul National University), “HONG Jin-ki’s Concerns and Vision amid Changes in World History”
LEE Ha-kyung (Senior Journalist and Former Editor-in-Chief, JoongAng Ilbo), “The Life of Yumin HONG Jin-ki and His Negotiations with Japan”
Discussants:
WADA Haruki (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo)
KIMIYA Tadashi (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo)
LEE Keun-Gwan (Professor, Seoul National University)
CHO Yoon-soo (Director, Institute of International Relations, Northeast Asian History Foundation)
15:40–16:00 Break
16:00–17:20
Session 2: Looking Ahead to a New 60 Years of Korea-Japan Relations
Chair: NAM Kijeong (Professor, Seoul National University)
Presentations:
KIM Soong-bae (Professor, Pukyong National University), “The Structure and Transformation of Korea-Japan Relations”
KIMURA Kan (Professor, Kobe University), “A Structural Analysis of Improvements in Korea-Japan Relations”
LEE Jeong-hwan (Professor, Seoul National University), “Changes and the Future of Korea-Japan Economic Relations”
KIM Ji-young (Professor, Hanyang University), “Institutional Challenges for Sustainable Korea-Japan Security Cooperation”
Discussants:
NISHINO Junya (Professor, Keio University)
HORIYAMA Akiko (Journalist, The Mainichi Shimbun)
KIM Sung-jo (Professor, Yonsei University)
CHO Eun-il (Senior Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses)
17:20–17:30 Closing Ceremony
