Workshop: Neutrality, Unification and East Asian Studies in Scandinavia
Workshop
Date: Monday 30 September 2024
Time: 10.00 – 14.00
Location: Uppsala University Library Hybrid event: on-line attendance via Zoom: Meeting ID: 640 5896 7313
A Reappraisal of the Late Prof. Seungbog Cho's Ideas and Scholarship.
https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/64058967313
Organized by: Stockholm University and the European Branch of the International Society for Korean Studies (ISKS). Sponsored by the International Society for Korean Studies (ISKS).
This workshop aims at reappraisal of the significance of the late Stockholm University Professor Seungbok Cho’s (1922-2012) academic achievements as well as his ideas on Korean unification, neutrality and peace and his role in the Korean democratization movement. Professor Seungbog Cho, a Korean political émigré, pioneered Korean and Japanese studies in Northern Europe after the war. He left outstanding academic achievements in the fields of Korean, Chinese, and Japanese language and cultural history. At the same time, he was also an enthusiastic activist-cum-scholar who long engaged in the Korean peace, anti-war, and unification movement. He was engaged in struggle for Korea’s democratization and led the movement for restoring North-South linguistic homogeneity in the 1990s. This workshop will shed light on various aspects of Seungbog Cho’s life course and peace/neutrality ideas, his understanding of Japanese cultural history, his connections with North Korean intelligentsia, and his linguistic contributions.
Time |
Title |
Speaker |
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10:15-10:20 | Introduction to the workshop | |
10.20-10.40 | Twists and Turns in the Life of a Remarkable Scholar |
Bert Edström |
10.40-10.50 | Discussion | |
10.50-11.10 | Cho Seung-bog, An Academic Life in Overlapping Contact Zones |
Vladimir Tikhonov |
11.20-11.40 | Discussion | |
11.20-11.40 | Cho Seungbog's Encounters with North Korean Intellectual life |
Sonja Haeussler |
11.40-11.50 | Discussion | |
11.50-12.30 | Lunch | |
12.30-12.50 | On the Position of Neutrality Disallowed in Korea: Cho Seung-Bog’s Anti-War and National Unification Movement |
Kyounghwa Lim |
12.50-13.00 | Discussion | |
13.00-13.20 | A Korean Linguist in Scandinavia: Characteristics and Significance of Cho Seung-bog's Linguistic Theories |
Wonhyong Cho |
13.20-13.30 | Discussion | |
13.30–14.00 | General Discussion | All participants (on- and off-line), Robert Winstanley-Chesters (Edinburgh University), Suk-Hi Cho (Stockholm University) |
14.00-16.00 | Review of Cho Seung-bog's collection in the Special Collections Reading Room of Carolina Rediviva (offline) |
Last updated: September 17, 2024
Source: Department of Asian nd Middle Eastern Studies