[Book Concert] The Yellow Pacific: Multiple Modernities and East Asia


  • Date: August 17th, Tuesday, 2021 15:00 – 18:00
  • Online via Zoom

Moderator: Tae Woong Kang (Division of Northeast Asia Cultural Industries, KwangWoon University)
Speakers: Young Hun Cho (Dept. of History Education, Korea University),  Young Han Cho (Dept. of Korea Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
Discussants: Young Seo Baik (Professor Emeritus, Dept. of History, Yonsei University), Hyun Joon Shin (Division of Social Sciences, Sungkonghoe University)

The Yellow Pacific is a theorization of the historical emotional structure on the formation of East Asian modernity with the concept of the “Yellow Pacific” from the local perspective of Koreans and East Asians. It is also an invitation for new conversations. At this Book Concert, the two authors of the book are invited to deepen the discussion on the formation of East Asian modernity.