Join us for the next edition in the Fireside Peace Chats (FPC) series, titled “The Zainichi Korean Community, the Division, and Peace Movement”. This edition takes place with Kyungmook Kim, a professor of peace studies and activist within Japanese civil society. The Korean Peninsula was under Japanese colonial rule for 36 years, from 1910 to 1945. During this time, more than 2 million Koreans lived in Japan, and approximately 700,000 of them remained there after the colonial period ended. After Korea gained its independence, the Peninsula was divided at the 38th parallel, leading to a division among the ethnic Korean minority into pro-North and pro-South factions. In this edition of FPC, we will talk about the complex situation of Zainichi Koreans, examining their experiences in the diaspora and the topic of Korean unification.
Kyungmook Kim is professor of Global Asian Studies/Peace Studies at the
School of Culture, Media and Society, Waseda University, Japan. He
worked as a programme officer at a Tokyo headquartered international
NGO, Japan International Volunteer Centre (1999–2002). He has been
affiliated to Waseda University since 2016, after teaching peace studies
for 11 years at Chukyo University, Japan. He has published several books in Korean and in Japanese.
Moderator
Maja Vodopivec (Leiden University College)
Approximate Agenda
17:15-17:30: Guest Walk-ins
17:30-18:45: Discussion
18:45-19:30: Informal drinks & Networking
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