War and Refugees: Major Issues in Refugee Studies Raised after the Ukrainian War


  • Date: March 28th, Thursday, 2024, 13:00 – 18:00
  • Location: Youngone Hall (Room 210), SNUAC (Bldg. 101)

Opening speech: Beomshik Shin (Director, Center for Eurasian and Central Asian Studies, SNUAC) 13:00~13:15

Session 1: The Ukrainian War and Refugees: Movement and Diaspora 13:15~15:15

Moderator: Geonsu Han (Prof., Kangwon Nat’l Univ.)

Hyeon Ok Kim (Prof., Gyeongsang Nat’l Univ.) – The Second Generation of War Refugees and the Future Society – Focusing on Co-habitation with Syrian Refugee Children

Discussion: Yeonwoo Rah (Naomi Center)

Youngsool Kim (Research Prof., Center for Global Diaspora Studies, Chonnam Nat’l Univ.) – The Ukrainian War, Refugees and Migration: Ukrainians, Russians, Koryo People

Discussion: Youngjoo Jeong (Ins’t for International Regional Studies, Gyeongsang Nat’l Univ.)

Ka Young Ko (HK Research Prof., SNUAC) – The Mobility of Ukrainian War Refugees: Focusing on the Koryo People Who Came to Korea

Discussion: Youngsam Hwang (Research Prof., Ins’t for Central Asian Studies, HUFS)

Session 2: Issues of War Refugee Studies Seen in the Field 15:30~17:30

Moderator: Hyunjoo Jung (Prof., SNU)

A Young Choi (Research Fellow, SNUAC) – The Integration of Refugees’ Living Countries and Refugee Children Education: Focusing on the Education of Ukrainian Refugee Children Living in Poland

Discussion: Hyejin Kim (HK Research Prof., Ins’t for Russian Studies, HUFS)

Vadim Slepchenko (Research Fellow, SNUAC) – The Economic Participation and Contribution to Receiving Country by Russian ‘Relocants (War Refugees)’: Focusing on the case of Armenia

Discussion: Moonyoung Lee (HK Prof., SNU IPUS)

Euihyun Hwang (Research Fellow, SNUAC) –  The Awareness of Syrian War Refugees in the Arab World, Reilluminated by the Ukrainian War

Discussion: Kyungsoo Lee (Ins’t for Middle Eastern Studies, HUFS)