A Panel Discussion on North Korean Negotiating Behavior

May 8, 1998, 4:00-6:00 pm
Center for European Studies
Lower Level Conference Room
Adolphus Busch Hall

Panelists
Robert L. Gallucci, Dean, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; former Special Ambassador, U.S. Department of State
Stephen Linton, Chairman, Eugene Bell Centennial Foundation
Alexandre Mansourov, Postdoctoral Fellow, Korea Institute; Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Discussant
Edward Baker, Associate Director, Harvard-Yenching Institute

Korea Institute / Asia Center North Korea Conference

A Conference on North Korean Culture and Identity
May 9, 1998, 9:30-6:00 pm
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Lower Level

9:30-10:00am
Registration

10:00-12:00pm
Panel I: History and Ideology
Chair
Carter J. Eckert, Professor of Korean History; Director, Korea Institute, Harvard University

Panelists
Charles Armstrong, Assistant Professor of Korean History, Columbia University
Construction of the "Cult" of Kim Il Sung
Han S. Park, Director, Center for the Study of Global Issues, University of Georgia
Ideology in the DPRK
Alexandre Mansourov, Postdoctoral Fellow, Korea Institute; Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Identity Crisis and the Search for a New Historical Mission in Post-Kim Il Sung North Korea

Discussants
Stuart Schram, Research Associate, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University
Hue-Tam Ho Tai, Kenneth T. Young Professor of Sino-Vietnamese History, Harvard University

12:00-1:30pm
Lunch

1:30-3:30pm
Panel 2: North Korea and Korean Identity
Chair
Michael E. Robinson, Associate Professor of Korean History, Indiana University

Panelists

Richard Grinker, Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, George Washington University
The Significance of North Korea for South Korean National Identity
Heh-Rahn Park, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Tufts University; Post-doctoral Fellow, Korea Institute, Harvard University
Cold War Meeting Places: South Korean Encounters with North Koreans in the Border Regions of Northeast China
Sonia Ryang, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University
"North Koreans" in Japan: Chongryun and Its Identity

Discussants
Stephen Linton, Chairman, Eugene Bell Centennial Foundation

James Thomas, Research Associate, Korea Institute, Harvard University

3:30-4:00pm
Break

4:00-6:00pm
Panel 3: Art and Cinema
Chair
David R. McCann, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature, Harvard University

Panelists

Frank Hoffmann, Ph.D. Candidate, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Beyond Idolatry: Painting in North Korea
Kyung Hyun Kim, Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Literature, University of California, Irvine
North Korean Cinema

Discussant
Eugene Wang, Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University

Sponsored by the Department of Asian Art, Harvard University Art Museums, and the Asia Center and Korea Institute of Harvard University. Please direct inquiries to Christine Kim or the Korea Institute.