UCLA Center for Korean Studies received $1.2 million grant from the Academy of Korean Studies in September 2006 to provide critical support for the development of Korean Studies in Latin America, and to strengthen the Korean Studies program at UCLA. This is the first conference of the five year project.
Monday, July 16, 2007
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Garden Suite Hotel
681 S. Western Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90005


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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 |
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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 |
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11:00—12:00 |
2nd 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) |
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12:00—1:10 |
Lunch
Remarks from Consul General s of Korea, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico |
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1:10—2:40 |
3rd 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 |
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2:50—4:20 |
4th 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 |
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4:30—6:00 |
5th 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 |
Cost : Free
Sejung Kim
310-825-3284
koreanstudies@international.ucla.edu http://international.ucla.edu/korea/
Sponsor(s): Latin American Institute, Academy of Korean Studies