Symposium on Koreans in China Since the 1990s

We cordially invite you to a symposium on Koreans in China hosted by the James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, May 10.

Symposium on Koreans in China since the 1990s
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, May 10, 2013
Sponsored by the Northeast Asia Council and the Center for the Study of Contemporary China at the University of Pennsylvania.
Organizer: Sharon Yoon, James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies, University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia

Venue
James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies, University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Cherpack Lounge, Williams Hall

SCHEDULE

May 10

9:30 AM - 10 AM     Coffee and Refreshments

10:00 AM-10:10 AM     Welcome Address
Eugene Park   University of Pennsylvania

10:10 AM-10:30 AM     Introduction of Panels
Sharon Yoon     University of Pennsylvania

10:30 AM-12:30 PM     Panel 1: The Korean Community in Yanbian, PRC
Gowoon Noh     University of California, Davis

Returning to Patriarchy? Gender, Development, and Morality in Question among Korean-Chinese in Postsocialist China
June Hee Kwon     Duke University

Live or Leave: Korean Chinese in the Midst of Remittance Development in Yanbian
Grace Kao     University of Pennsylvania

Discussion

12:30 PM-1:30 PM     Catered Lunch

1:30 PM-3:30 PM     Panel 2: Identity, Diaspora & the Homeland
Yeong-Hyun Kim     Ohio University

The Korean-Chinese Diaspora, Homecoming Experiences and Diaspora Identities
Ji Yeon Jo     University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Capitalizing Citizenship: Korean-Chinese Transnational Migrants' Quest for Citizenship and Belonging
Tamara Nopper     University of Pennsylvania

Discussion

3:30 PM-3:45 PM     Break

3:45 PM-5:45 PM     Panel 3: Trends in Urbanization in the PRC
Sharon Yoon     University of Pennsylvania

Mobilizing Ethnic Resources in the Transnational Enclave: Cultivating Ethnic Solidarity in the Korean Church in Beijing
Jaesok Kim     University of Pennsylvania

Living on the Boundaries: Changing Power Dynamics among Koreans, Korean-Chinese, and Han-Chinese in the Coastal Cities of China
Emily Hannum     University of Pennsylvania

Discussion

5:45 PM-6:00 PM     Closing Remarks
Jacques deLisle     University of Pennsylvania