- Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2012; 1:30-3:30 pm
- Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan
- Language: English (with simultaneous interpretation)
- Admission: 1,000 yen (Students & IHJ members: Free)
Lecturer: Han Sung-Joo (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Korea)Prof. Han previously served as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Cyprus, a member of the UN Inquiry Commission on the 1994 Rwanda Genocide, and the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States. Prof. Han is a graduate of Seoul National University and received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. His publication in English include Korea in a Changing World (Chisik Sanopsa, 1995) and in Korean include Nam Gwa Puk, kurigo Sekye [The Two Koreas and the World] (Nanam, 2000).
Discussants:
Lee Jong Won (Professor, Waseda University)
Before assuming his current position at Waseda University, he was a professor at Rikkyo University. He specializes in international politics and East Asian international relations. His books include Rekishi to shiteno Nicchou kokkou seijo ka [History of the Normalization between Japan and North Korea](coauthor, Hosei University Press, 2012)
Soeya Yoshihide (Professor, Keio University)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ph. D.). He specializes in politics and Security in the asia-pacific region, Japan’s external relations and diplomacy. His books include “The Cold War in Asia: The Korean Peninsula as a Structural Nexus and the Role of Japan,” The Ending the Cold War in Korea: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives (Yonsei University Press, 2001)