The World Conference on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery
Academic Conference
Friday, October 05, 2007
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
UCLA School of Law
Room 1347
The World Conference on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery will be held at UCLA from October 4-7, 2007 -- the first global gathering of influential scholars, non-governmental organizations, human rights activists, attorneys, artists, and most importantly, survivors, to honor the bravery and struggle of the aging victims of Japan's World War II Military Sexual Slavery (euphemistically known as the “Comfort Women”).
Building on the momentum of House Resolution 121 demanding the Japanese government to apologize for its war crimes committed against “comfort women," this conference is intended to coalesce around strategies for obtaining the apology and reparations due to the survivors and their families and to raise awareness of present-day violence against women and sexual trafficking around the globe.
8:30 a.m. |
Registration |
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9:00 a.m. |
Welcome by UCLA's Korean Studies Center Director John Duncan |
9:05 a.m. |
Open Remarks by Prof JongHwa Lee |
9:15 a.m. |
Survivor Testimony |
9:45 a.m. |
Keynote Address: Dai Sil Kim-Gibson |
10:30 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
10:45 a.m. |
Panel 1: Japanese Military Sexual Slavery: Forgotten War Crime, Forgotten Human Rights |
12:00 p.m. |
Lunch Break |
1:30 p.m. |
Panel 2: Imperial Militarism & Sexual Slavery: Women, Race and Power |
2:45 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
3:00 p.m. |
Facilitated Group Strategy Session: Educating about Global Peace, War Crimes Against Women, and Human Rights |
4:15 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
4:30 p.m. |
Cultural Event: Film Presentation |
6:00 p.m. |
Closing Remarks by JongHwa Lee |
Academic Conference Panelists, Facilitators & Guest Speakers By Topic
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Dai Sil Kim-Gibson (Writer/Filmmaker)
PANEL 1
Facilitator: Patricia Sellers
(ICTY and ICTR)
Panelists:
Professor Chin-Sung Chung (SNU, Korea)
Professor Su Zhiliang (Shanghai Normal University, China)
Professor Wei-Hung Lin (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Professor Kyeyoung Park (UCLA)
PANEL 2
Facilitator: Professor Stella Oh (Loyola Marymount University)
Panelists:
Professor Cheryl Harris (UCLA Law)
Professor Charles Henry (UC Berkeley)
Professor Insook Kwon (Myungji University, South Korea)
Hui-Wen Cheng (Harvard University)
FACILITATED STRATEGY SESSION
Facilitator: Professor Philip Wander (Loyola Marymount University)
Panelists:
Professor Dinah Shelton (George Washington Law)
Hibaaq Osman (V-day)
Professor Glenn Omatsu (California State University Northridge)
Debra McNutt (Women for Peace)
Annalisa Enrile (GABRIELA Network)
Professor Philip Hookon Park (Waseda University, Japan)
CULTURAL EVENT
Film Presentation: Silence Broken
Introduction by Writer/Filmmaker Dai Sil Kim-Gibson
CLOSING REMARKS
Professor JongHwa Lee (Loyola Marymount University)
Cost: $10
For more information please contact
Jonghwa Lee
jmssinfo@jmss.info
www.jmss.info
