Asia and the Northern Regions, Identifying Points of Cultural Contact


  • Date: December 15th, Tuesday, 2020 10:00 – 18:00
  • Location: B2 Seminar Room, Minerva Complex, HUFS / Online via YouTube

SNUAC HK⁺ Mega-Asia Research Project Group is holding a HK⁺ Joint Academic Conference with Chung-Ang University Foreign Studies Institute, Institute for Historical Studies at Chung-Ang University, Institute of Russian Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, and the Center for International Area Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.  The conference will be on ‘Asia and the Northern Regions, Identifying Points of Cultural Contact’, and will be live-streamed via YouTube.
▶ The YouTube live-streaming will be available on the ‘HK National Strategies Research Project Agency’ channel.

10:00-10:30 Opening Ceremony (Aekyung Hall, Graduate School of International and Area Studies, HUFS)

Welcome speech : In Chul Kim, President of HUFS
Congratulatory remarks 1 : Kang-Jae Lee, Director of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Research Foundation
Congratulatory remarks 2 : Geun Lee, President of The Korea Foundation

10:30-12:30 Session 1 (B2 Seminar Room, Minerva Complex, HUFS)

Panel 1: Perceptions of ‘the North’ in Asia: History and Perspectives

Moderator: Beomshik Shin (SNU)

Presentation : Joohyun Lee (SNU) | The Concept of ‘the North’ in Ancient China and ‘Hu’
Discussion : Hoyoung Chang (Peking University)

Presentation : Chanwoo Lee (Teikyo University) | Japan’s East Asian Diplomacy and Northern Policy
Discussion : Kijeong Nam (SNU)

Presentation : Jong Il Kim (SNU) | The Rediscovery of Asia by Asians: Focusing on the research achievements of Northern cultural heritage
Discussion : Ilhong Ko (SNU)

Panel 2: Mutual perception and communication between Korea and Russia

Moderator : Sung-Woo Hwang (HUFS)

Presentation : Wooik Choi (HUFS) | The Awareness of Koreans and Russians on the Culture of the Counterpart Country
Discussion : Vadim Slepchenko (Hallym University)

Presentation : Seun Rae Kim (HUFS) | Russia’s Foreign Security Strategy and Northeast Asia: Focuing on the Korean peninsula
Discussion : Seho Chang (Institute for National Security Strategy)

Presentation : Minsoo Kim (HUFS) | Altai Burkhanism: An examination of its relation to Shamanism
Discussion : Keonjoo Eo (HUFS)

Panel 3: Northern Policy and Belt and Road Initiative 1

Moderator : Byoung-Kon Jun (Korea Institute for National Unification)

Presentation : Ki Hyun Lee (HUFS) | Humanistic Imagination and Social Scientific Deduction on China’s Suggestion of Natural Allies
Discussion : Jae Jeok Park (HUFS)

Presentation : Dae-Sik Yoon (HUFS) | Western Trade of the Han Dynasty: Its ideological implication to One Belt One Road
Discussion : Byoungseok Park (Seoul Cyber University)

Presentation : Chang Ju Lee (Ajou University) | An Analysis of the Geoeconomic Value of the Northern Silk Road within One Belt One Road
Discussion : Hyun Sub Byun (The Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation)

Panel 4: Inquiring into the Space of Eurasian Humanities

Moderator :  Sungjae Choo (Kyung Hee University)

Presentation : Tchi-wan Park (HUFS) | The Eurasian Culture from a Glocal Perspective: Focusing on similarity, hybridity, and heterogeneity
Discussion : Eun-Kyoung Lee (HUFS)

Presentation : Jin-seok Kang (HUFS) | The Korean Wave in East Asia Formed in the Era of COVID-19 and the Construction of the Zone of Peace
Discussion : Ik Joong Youn (Hallym University of Graduate Studies)

Presentation : Jihwan Yoon (HUFS) | East Asian Geopolitical Implication of the Korea-Japan Dispute on History
Discussion : Woondo Choi (Northeast Asian History Foundation)

Presentation : Kwang-tae Lee (HUFS) | An Introduction to the Study of the Chagatai Text as the Cultural Heritage of Central Eurasia
Discussion : Sung Je Yoon (SNU)

 

12:30-13:30 Lunch

 

13:30-15:30 Session 2 (B2 Seminar Room, Minerva Complex, HUFS)

Panel 1: Emerging Mega-Asia and the Dynamic North

Moderator : Jungwon Huh (SNU)

Presentation : Kyunghee Choi (SNU) | ASEAN Cooperative Strategy and the Northern Route: A Mega-Asian approach
Discussion : Yong-Woo Na (Korea Institute for National Unification)

Presentation : Hyosup Kim (SNU) | The Network of Central Eurasia’s Transit-Oriented Corridor and the Formation of Mega-Asia
Discussion : Hyun Sub Byun (The Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation)

Presentation : Junghoo Park (SNU) | The Korean Peninsula and the Northern Economic Cooperation
Discussion : Jungwon Cho (Yonsei University)

Panel 2: Transculturalism and Glocalism in the Modern Eurasia Region

Moderator : Seil Kim (Chung-Ang University)

Presentation : Jung Soo Song (Chung-Ang University) | On the Orientation to Glocality Reflected in Post-Soviet Russian Film Cultural Policy
Discussion : Jun-rae Cho (HUFS)

Presentation : Hye Cho Shin(Chung-Ang University) | The Site of Trans Culture: The situation and tasks of Korea-Russia culture and arts exchange
Discussion : Jiyeon Lee (HUFS)

Presentation : Ki Bae Kwon (Chung-Ang University) | A Study on the Transculture of Koryo People in the Eurasian region: Focusing on the Koryo people in the Maritime province after 1990s
Discussion : Dong Ki Sung (Inha University)

Presentation : Mina Yang (Chung-Ang University) | A Study on the Glocality and Transculture of Choi Seung Hee’s Soviet Tour in the 1950s
Discussion : Ho Yeon Kim (Soongsil University)

Panel 3: Political Economies and Cultures of Northeast Asian Contact Zones

Moderator : Hangyul Kim (Chung-Ang University)

Presentation : Ji-Bae Park (HUFS) | The Encounter of Russia and China Through Monggol in the 17th Century
Discussion : Kyoung-Hwa Lim (Chung-Ang University)

Presentation : Jihoon Park (Chung-Ang University) | The Origin of Self-Reliance in East Asian Political Economy
Discussion : Woo Hyung Chon (Chung-Ang University)

Presentation : Myungho Hyun (Chung-Ang University) | A Contemplation of Cultural Borders Through the Study of Westerners’ Vacation Site in Wonsan in the Early 20th Century
Discussion : Youn-Jeoung Kim (Institute of Historical Studies)

Panel 4: Northern Policy and Belt and Road Initiative 2

Moderator : Tae Young Yoon (Kyungnam University)

Presentation : Seong Woo Yi (Gyeonggi Research Institute) | A Measure for the Institutionalization of Northeast Asian Pan-Regional Multilateral Cooperation: A comparative analysis of multilateral cooperation of Tumen River and Mekong River
Discussion : Dong Yoon Lee (Silla University)

Presentation : Hongseo Park (HUFS) | The Political Economics of the Northern Diplomacy in the Park Chung-Hee Administration: Focusing on the 6.23 Declaration
Discussion : Taek Goo Kang (Korea Environment Institute)

Presentation : Ki-Woong Jung (HUFS) | Northern Policies of Korean Governments Since the Roh Tae-woo Administration: Contiuance or Intermittence?
Discussion : June-Mo Woo (Sunmoon University)

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break and Reassembly (Aekyung Hall)

16:00-18:00 Session 3 Overall Roundtable Discussion (Aekyung Hall)

Presentation : SNUAC (Director SooJin Park), Institute for Historical Studies at Chung-Ang University (Director Jun-sik Son), Institute of Russian Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Prof. Sung-Woo Hwang), Center for International Area Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Director Jun Young Kang), Democratic Party of Korea (Sung-Joon Park, Member of the National Assembly)

16:00-18:00 Closing Ceremony

Congratulatory remark for closing : Sung-Joon Park (Democratic Party of Korea)