2018
Beyond the Nuclear Issue in North Korea
Wednesday, March 28th, 8:00 am-5:30 pm
The Elliott School of International Affairs, Lindner Commons, Room 602.
This conference is co-sponsored by The National Committee on North Korea and the GW Institute for Korean Studies.
This series is made possible thanks to generous funding by the Henry Luce Foundation.
Agenda
8:00-9:00 – Doors Open & Registration Coffee and light refreshments served
9:00-9:20 – Welcome and Introduction
Linda Yarr, PISA, “Why look beyond the nuclear issue in trying to understand NK?”
James Person, NCNK, “The National Committee on North Korea: Its Goals and Principles”
9:20-10:40 – Exploring North Korean History and Literature, Maggie Nelsen, Moderator
Meredith Shaw, University of Southern California. “Springtime, Youth, Modernity and Family: Evolving Propaganda Narratives in New DPRK State Fiction”
André Schmid, University of Toronto. “The North Korean State – Our Shared Myths”
Immanuel Kim, University of Binghamton, “Interruptive Laughter in Comedy Film My Family’s Problem”
James Person, Johns Hopkins University, “De-constructing Myths in North Korea’s Political, Diplomatic, and Ideological History”
10:40-11:00 – Coffee Break
11:00-12:20 – The Arts, Sports, and Media in North Korea, Daniel Wertz, NCNK, Moderator
B.G. Muhn, Georgetown University, “The Contemporaneity in North Korean Art, Chosonhwa”
George Vitale, International Taekwondo Federation,“Taekwon-Do – Opening Doors In & Out Of NK Since 1980”
Darcie Draudt, Johns Hopkins University, “Media Representations of Women in the DPRK”
12:20-1:40 – Lunch and Keynote Address: Jon Brause, World Food Programme
Gregg Brazinsky, GWIKS, Moderator
1:40-3:20 – Humanitarian Engagement with the DPRK, Esther Im, NCNK, Moderator
Randall Spadoni, World Vision, “The Humanitarian Imperative and North Korea.”
Andrew Yeo, Catholic University, “The Limits and Possibilities of People-to-People Engagement”
Daniel Jasper, American Friends Service Committee, “Engaging North Korea: Breaking the Conflict Cycle”
Jessica Lee, Council of Korean Americans, “Korean American Community’s Perspective on US-North Korea relations”
3:20-3:40 – Break
3:40-5:00 – Academic & Science Engagement with the DPRK, Linda J Yarr, Moderator
Frederick Carrière, Syracuse University, “Syracuse University’s Academic Exchanges with the DPRK: Premature or Preempted?”
Kyung-Ae Park, University of British Columbia, “Soft Power and Academic Engagement with North Korea”
Norma Nichols, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, “PUST as an Agent of Peace.”
5:00-5:30 – Wrap Up and Next Steps: Daniel Wertz, NCNK
Prospects and Challenges for Principled Engagement with the DPRK
Keith Luse
Tuesday, March 20th,
11:00am-2:30pm
The Elliott School of International Affairs, Room 505
This series is made possible thanks to generous funding by the Henry Luce Foundation.
Film screening: The Winter Soldier
Terry Provance
Saturday, March 17, 2018
4:00-6:00 pm
Lindner Commons, Room 602
The Elliott School of International Affairs
This event is co-sponsored by the Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee.
Book Talk: My Lai: Vietnam, 1968, and the Descent into Darkness
Howard Jones
Political Economy of Reform in North Korea
Kevin Gray
University of Sussex, Woodrow Wilson Center
Discussant: Joongho Kim, Visiting Scholar, GW Institute for Korean Studies
Thursday, February 22nd, 12:00pm-2:30pm
The Elliott School of International Affairs, Lindner Commons, Room 602
This series is made possible thanks to generous funding by the Henry Luce Foundation.
Yesterday afternoon, Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia (PISA) and the GW Institute for Korean Studies (GWIKS) co-hosted an event looking at economic reform in North Korea. This event was a part of PISA’s 2018 event series on Principled Engagement with North Korea, generously funded by the Henry Luse Foundation. Both PISA and GWIKS are standouts in the Washington policy community for their mission to expand public discourse on North Korea beyond the security archetype. On February 22, 2018, we gave the audience the opportunity to learn more about North Korean economic history, government-led reforms, domestic political drivers, and the role of outside actors in shaping North Korean economic landscape. Keynote speaker, Dr. Kevin Gray of University of Sussex, and currently a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center, delivered a presentation titled, the Political Economy of Reform in North Korea. Dr. Joongho Kim, a Visiting Scholar from GWIKS participated in the program as a discussant. Each scholar offered insightful expertise into the topic and agreed that the pace of economic development and liberalization in North Korea is varied across the country. PISA and GWIKS will sponsor an event next month, ‘Beyond the Nuclear Issue’ a conference held at The Elliott School March 28th.
Seventy Trips to the DPRK, Tony Namkung
Thursday, January 18th, 12:00pm-1:45 pm
The Elliott School of International Affairs, Room 505
2017
Book Launch: From Enemies to Partners
Authors: Le Ke Son, Ph.D. & Charles R. Bailey, Ph.D.
Tuesday, October 31st, 12:00pm-1:30pm
The Elliott School of International Affairs, Room 505
This event is co-sponsored by Sigur Center for Asian Studies
Transparency and Accountability in International Development
WooChong Um & Karen Lane
Wednesday, June 21st, 12:00pm-1:00pm
The Elliott School of International Affairs, Room 505
This event is co-sponsored by the Asian Development Bank
Off-Ramps to War: Paths to Building Peace with North Korea
Tuesday, June 13th, 9:00am-3:00pm
The Elliott School of International Affairs, Linder Commons