Department for Chinese and Korean Studies, University of Tübingen
Thursday, October 6
10:00 Opening:
1) You Jae Lee, Head of Korean Studies, University of Tübingen
2) Taejin Yi, President of the National Institute of Korean History
10:15 Welcome:
3) Bernd Engler, President of the University of Tübingen
4) Won-Jung Han, Consul General of the Republic of Korea
10:30 - 13:30
I. Colonialism and Migration
Chair: Klaus Antoni (University of Tübingen)
1) Soon Won Park (Sungkyunkwan University, ROK)
Forced Labour to Japan
2) Byung Yool Ban (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, ROK)
(Re)Migration of Koreans to Russia and to Central Asia
3) Wayne Patterson (St. Norbert College, USA)
Korean Immigration to Hawaii and Japanese Imperialism: A New Look at the Imposition of the Protectorate in 1905
4) Michael Kim (Yonsei University, ROK)
The Issue of Citizenship and Family Register of Korean Migrants in Manchuria
13:30- 15:00 Lunch
15:00 - 18:00h
II. Cold War and Migration I
Chair: Gunter Schubert (University of Tübingen)
1) Deug-Joong Kim (National Institute of Korean History, ROK)
Diaspora in Korean Peninsula in the Period of State-Building – 'Displaced Persons to North and South Korea', 'Refugees' and their Political Impacts
2) Valeriy Khan (Academy of Science, Uzbekistan)
Life, Identity and Achievements of Koryo Saram in Central Asia
3) Jean Young Lee, (Inha University, ROK)
Cold War and its Effect to the Korean-Chinese Society in China (1945-1957)
4) Young Hwan Chong (Meiji Gakuin University, Japan)
The Legal Situation of Koreans in Japan and Colonialism after the World War II (1945-1952)
18:30 Reception
Friday, October 7
09:30 - 12:30
III. Cold War and Migration II
Chair: Sun-ju Choi (University of Tübingen)
1) You Jae Lee (University of Tübingen, Germany)
Development and Solidarity: Korean Migration to East and West Germany
2) Yonson Ahn (University of Frankfurt, Germany)
“Yellow Engels”: Gender and ethnic Identities of former Korean nurses in Germany
3) Nadia Kim (Loyola Marymount University, USA)
Finding our Way Home: Korean Americans, “Homeland Trips,” and Cultural Foreignness
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 17:30
IV. Diaspora Formation and Life World
Chair: Kien Nghi Ha (University of Tübingen)
1) J. Yeon Yuh (Northwestern University, USA)
Lives at the Crossroads: Koreans in China, Japan, and the United States
2) Erin Aeran Chung (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
Korean Diasporic Citizenship: Two Tales of Political Incorporation in Japan and the United States
3) Daniel Schwekendiek (Sungkyunkwan University, ROK)
The History of Korean Adoption 1950-2000
18:00 Dinner
Saturday, October 8
9.30 - 11:30
V. Final Discussion
Chair: You Jae Lee (University of Tübingen)
Chances and Pitfalls of Korean Diaspora Studies