[Joint Academic Conference]

Diaspora Across the Sea: The Lives of Koreans in Japan and Memories of Places

Date/Time: July 13(Mon), 2026, 14:00–18:00

Venue: Audiovisual Room, 2nd Floor, Jeju National University Museum

Organized by: Center for Jeju Residents in Japan, Jeju National University; Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University

Opening Ceremony and Keynote Lecture

Opening Remarks: PARK Jeehwan (Director, Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University)

Welcoming Remarks: SON Beom-gi (Director, Center for Jeju Residents in Japan, Jeju National University)

Congratulatory Remarks: YANG Deok-soon (President, Jeju National University)

Theme: Migration and the Lives of Jeju Residents in Japan

Presenter: IIJICHI Noriko (Dept. of Human Behavioral Sciences, School of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka Metropolitan University)

Discussant: KIM Dong-yoon (Dept. of Korean Language and Literature, Jeju National University)

Session 1: Representations Across the Sea and Experiences of Life Away from Home

Chair: KIM Dong-jeon (Jeju National University)

Topic 1: Zainichi Koreans, the Sea, and Visions of the World in Postwar Japan

Presenter: SEO Dong Ju (Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University)

Discussant: KANG Gyeong-hui (Center for Jeju Residents in Japan, Jeju National University)

Topic 2: Zainichi Koreans and the Colonizer’s Experience as an Alien in Foreign Land

              as Seen through the Eyes of a Returnee: Focusing on Hino Keizō’s “The Floating Room”

Presenter: KIM Wook (Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University)

Discussant: LEE Ga-young (Dept of Chinese Language and Literature, Jeju National University)

Session 2: Memories of Places and the Transmission of Community

Chair: LEE Eun-gyong (Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University)

Topic 3: The Development and Significance of "Region-of-Origin-Based Homeland Study” for Jeju Residents in Japan:

Focusing on the Establishment of the Jeju Summer Heritage School

Presenters: KIM Soon-im and ITO Hiroko (Center for Jeju Residents in Japan, Jeju National University)

Discussant: JEONG Ji Hee (Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University)

Topic 4: The Sense of Place in “Ikuno Ward”: Focusing on the Articulation in a Jeju MBC Documentary

Presenters: CHOI Nak-jin and LEE Seo-hyeon (Dept. of Journalism and Public Relations, Jeju National University)

Discussant: KIM Min (Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University)

Inquiries: 064-754-3976