Korean Studies in the Americas: A Conference

09:00—09:15

Welcoming remarks

Dr. Sheen Dae-Cheol, Academy of Korean Studies

R. Bin Wong, Director, UCLA Asia Institute

John Duncan, Director, UCLA Center for Korean Studies

09:15—10:50

1st Panel: Humanities I

Moderator: John Duncan

Jaime Isaac Silbert, School of History, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina

Sung-Chul Suh, Agregado de Cultura y Prensa Embajada de la Republica de Corea, Argentina

Hyong-ju Kim, Korean Studies, “Former” El Colegio de México

Kyung Moon Hwang, Director, USC Korean Studies Institute

11:00—12:00

2^nd Panel: Humanities II

Moderator: Mary Kim, UCLA

Yun-Jung Im, Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil (USP)

Wonjung Min, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Sanghye Chung, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

12:00—1:10

Lunch

Remarks from Consul General s of Korea, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico

1:10—2:40

3^rd Panel: Social Science I

Moderator: Kyeyoung Park, Anthropology, UCLA

Carolina Mera, Universidad de Buenos Aires in Argentina (UBA)

Corina Courtis, UBA

Eunyung Park, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil

Lisa Kim Davis, UCLA

2:50—4:20

4^th Panel: Social Science II

Moderator: Jinyong Hahn, UCLA

Jorge Rafael Di Masi, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina,

Gilmar Masiero, Universidade de Brasília-UnB, Brazil

Julie (Jung Eun) Kim, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile

Renato Balderrama, TEC de Monterrey, Mexico

Juan Felipe Lopez Aymes, El Colegio de México

4:30—6:00

5^th Panel: Social Science III

Moderator: Alfredo Romero Castilla, UNAM

Martin Perez Le-Fort, Universidad de Chile

Peter M. Lewis, Universidad de Chile

Eduardo Daniel Oviedo, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina

Namhee Lee, UCLA