CoNFERENCE PROGRAM
21-24 October 2022,
Pusan National University (pnu), Korea
PNU Forum on United Nations and Korean War: Past, Present, and Future (Friday, 21st October 2022) |
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Time |
Activity |
4:00-6:00 pm |
∘ Greeting Address : Prof. Kiseob Kim (Director, Institute of Korea Unification, PNU) ∘ Opening address: Jungin Cha (President, Pusan Nat'l University) ∘ Special guest Announcement : Hyungjun Park (Mayor, Busan Metropolitan City)
∘ Speaker : H.E. Catherine Raper (Australian Ambassador to Korea) ∘ Speaker : Lieutenant General Andrew Harrison (Deputy Commander, United Nations Command(UNC)) ∘ Speaker : Mr. Andrew R. Herrup (Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Seoul) ∘ Q & A time (Media invited) ∘ Forum Moderator: Prof. David W. Kim (Professor, Australian Nat'l University/ Kookmin University/Pusan Nat'l Univ.) |
6:30-8:00 pm |
Reception (hosted by Pusan National University) |
(Saturday, 22nd October 2022) Conference Day 1 |
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Time |
Activity |
08:30-09:10 am |
Registration |
09:10-09:40 am Preside by Robert Kelly |
Welcome Greetings by the conference committee and special guests: 1. H.E. Catherine Raper (Australian Ambassador to Korea) 2. Lieutenant General Andrew Harrison (Deputy Commander, United Nations Command (UNC)) 3. Haeryong Kwon (Former Korean Ambassador to Switzerland) |
09:40-10:30 am Chaired by Tommi Tapanainen |
Keynote Speaker 1 : Prof. Steven Casey (London School of Economics (LSE), UK) The Korean War: The View from the United State |
10:30-11:00 am |
Coffee Break & Group Photo Session |
11:00-12:30 pm Chaired by Vladimir Tikhonov |
Parallel Session 1: Policy of the UN for Korean War (I)
Apartheid: South Africa, the UN and the Korean War Robert Barnes (York St John University, UK)
The Decision-Making System of the UN and Its Governance Enrico Magnani (United Nations, Italy)
A “Christmas Miracle” Amid So Much Defeat: The Evacuation of Hungnam, 1950 Jeff Schultz (Luzerne County Community College, USA) |
11:00-12:30 pm Chaired by Chang Hoon Cha
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Parallel Session 2: SDGs of Korean Penninsula for Peace and Prosperity
Deductive Justification and Inductive Confrontation of Sustainable Development Goals: Dialectic Path-Shaping of SDGs in Korean Peninsula Takyoon Kim (Seoul National University, Seoul) International Cooperation for DPRK's VNR Preparation Kyungyon Moon (Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju) Education in North Korea from the SDG4 Perspective: Exploring the Implications for Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula Hwanbo Park (Chungnam National University, Daejeon) Discussion : Younghoon Song (Kangwon National University, Chuncheon), Sukhoon Hong (Changwon National Universty, Changwon) |
12:30-2:00 pm |
Lunch |
2:00-3:30 pm Chaired by James I. Matray |
Parallel Session 3: Human Movements, POWs and Refugees
An Almost Humanitarian Unsolvable Problem: The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Internment of Koreans, 1950–1953 Jean-Michel Turcotte (Leibniz Institute of European History, Germany)
Suspicious Minds: Official Australian Attitudes Towards Korean War POWs Robert Wyse (University of Newcastle, Australia)
The Lost Banner: The Polish Accent in the Korean War Karol Starowicz (The Institute of National Remembrance/ Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) |
2:00-3:30 pm Chaired by Hae-Ryong Kwon |
Parallel Session 4: War Strategy and Battles
UN Naval Operations in Korea and their Environmental Implications Lisa M. Brady (Boise State University, Idaho USA)
Veterans and the Production of Military History: The US in Korea, 1950-51 Tarak Barkawi (London School of Economics, UK)
Soviet Position on the Korean Issue at the UN (1947 – 1950) Ekaterina Y. Nacharova (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) |
3:30-4:00 pm |
Coffee Break |
4:00-5:30 pm Chaired by Lisa M. Brady |
Parallel Session 5: Policy of the UN for Korean War (II) Commanding Under the UN Flag: The UN Command and US Operational Control in the Korean War James E. Platte (School of Advanced Military Studies, USA)
A View from the Left: Non-Stalinist Left and UN Involvement in the Korean War Vladimir Tikhonov (Oslo University, Norway)
UN Involvement in Korean War (1950-19530: from Local Conflict to International Confrontation Pavel Leshakov (Higher School of Economics University, Moscow) |
4:00-5:30 pm Chaired by John P. DiMoia |
Parallel Session 6: Narratives of Victims and Casualties (I)
Korean War through the Lens of Czechoslovakian State Propaganda Matěj Valošek (Charles University, Czecho Slovakia)
Posthumous Hostages: The Remains of U.S. Soldiers Missing in the Korean War in the U.S.-DPRK Confrontations, 1985-2020 Zhaokun Liu (Nankai University, China)
The United Kingdom and the Korean War: Reassessing and Remembering Britain’s ‘Forgotten War’ Paul Tonks (Yonsei University/ University of Oxford) |
(Sunday, 23rd October 2022) Conference Day 2 |
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Time |
Activity |
09:00-09:30 am |
Registration |
09:30-09:40 am |
Welcome Greetings by the committee and Special guests Announcements 1. Prof. Seogsoo Kim (Vice Presient of, PNU) |
09:40-10:30 am Chaired by Paul Tonks |
Keynote Speaker 2 : Prof. James I. Matray (California State University, USA) Mission Accomplished: The United Nations and the Korean War Armistice |
10:30-11:00 am |
Coffee Break |
11:00-12:30 pm Chaired by Tommi Tapanainen |
Parallel Session 7: Narratives of Victims and Casualties (II)
Articulation Point: UN Assistance and the Development of South Korean Medical System Edward A. Irons(The Hong Kong Institute for Culture, Commerce and Religions)
Remains Recovery in the Demilitarized Zone, 1953-1959 Kyle Bracken (Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii)
“We’d come for a war, not a truce!”: Stan Cote’s Korean War Photograph Collection Sarah L. Hart (Carleton University, Canada) |
11:00-12:30 pm Chaired by Mark E. Caprio |
Parallel Session 8: Lesser-known Tales of Korean War Participants
BCOF and the Korean War, 1950-1952 Simon James Bytheway (Nihon University, Japan)
Divided Hooves: Mongolian Volunteers, American Equine Idols and Hero Horses of the Korean War Robert Winstanley-Chesters (University of Leeds, UK)
The Silent Belligerent: Japan’s “Indispensable Role” in the Korean War Mark E. Caprio (Rikkyo University, Japan) |
12:30-2:00 pm |
Lunch |
2:00-3:30 pm Chaired by Robert Kelly |
Parallel Session 9: Policy of the UN for Korean War (III)
The United Nations, the Korean War and the Unification of Capital Christian Caiconte (University of Sydney, Australia)
The Role of the President of the UN General Assembly in the Adoption of the Resolution United for Peace Nasrin Mosaffa (University of Tehran, Iran)
From Domestic to International: Consulting on Behalf of the United Nations John P. DiMoia (Seoul National University, Korea) |
2:00-3:30 pm Chaired by Steven Casey |
Parallel Session 10: Human Rights and Welfare
Asian Soft Power and UN Peacekeeper: The Diplomatic Nature of India in the Korean Peninsula (1947-1955) The Legacy of the Korean Wat in the Korean Community in Argentine: Divided families, POWs, and Social Organizations for the unification Maria del pilar Alvarez (Univesidad del Salvador, Argentina) Asian Soft Power and UN Peacekeeper: The Diplomatic Nature of India in the Korean Peninsula (1947-1955) David W. Kim(Australian Nat'l Univ./ Kookmin University, Seoul/Pusan Nat'l Univ.) |
3:30-4:00 pm |
Coffee Break |
4:00-5:30 pm Chaired by Robert Barnes |
Parallel Session 11: Theory and Method in Unification and Peace Process
Scenarios for Korean Reunification: Status-quo, Prospects, and Implications from the case of Vietnam Phùng Chí Kiên (Vietnam National University: VNU-USSH) Phạm Quốc Thành (Vietnam National University: VNU-USSH)
Proposal of Christian Understanding of Justice and Peace for the Unification of Korea Hoon Song (Soongsil University, Seoul)
The United States in the Korean War: Reassessing its Political, Economic and Cultural Consequences Until 2021 Riyad Moosoody (University of Bordeaux, France) |
6:30-8:30 pm |
Conference Dinner |
(Monday, 24th October 2022) Conference Day 3 (Free Tour) |
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Time |
Activity |
09:00-1:00 pm |
United Nations’ Day Ceremony at UN Memorial Cemetery, Pusan |
1: 00-2:00 pm |
Lunch |
2:00-5:00 pm |
Korean War Heritage Sites and Haeundae Beach |