Polarization in Divided Societies: Korea in a global context Central European University, Budapest, 2-4 September 2013 Conference Program Monday 2 nd September, Nádor Utca 13, Room 001, CEU 12:00-1:00 Registration and Welcome reception 1:00-1:30 Opening remark Youngmi Kim Matteo Fumagalli Korean Ambassador 1:30-3:10 Panel 1: Inequality in comparative perspectives: Korea, China, South Asia and Latin America Chair: Matteo Fumagalli Discussant: Andrew Eungi Kim, Yoonkyung Lee Kwang-Yeong Shin (Chung-Ang University): Why Does Inequality Keep Rising in South Korea?" Kevin Gray (University of Sussex): The End of China s Repressive Labour Regime?: the International Implications of the 2010 Strike Wave Robert Bridson Cribb (Australian National University): Collision course: Indonesia, Malaysia and the division of the Malay World Achim Kremmerling (Central European University) United They Stand, Divided They Fall? Labor Heterogeneity and the Decline of Tax-Mix Progressivity 3:10 3:20 Break
3:20 5:00 Panel 2: Elections, Voting behavior and social cleavages Chair: Kevin Gray Discussant: Sunhyuk Kim, Zsolt Enyedi Wontaek Kang (Seoul National University): "How Generation Transforms Korean Politics?" Youngmi Kim (Central European University) Old and New cleavages in South Korea: Regionalism, Ideology, Generation and Class Luicy pedroza and Hannes B. Mosler (Freie Universität Berlin): An unexpected pioneer in Asia: the decision to extend voting rights to foreign residents in South Korea 5:00 5:20 Coffee Break- Nádor 13, Lobby 5:20-7:00 Panel 3: Divided and Dividing South Korean Society in Front of its Minorities Chair: Robert Bridson Cribb Discussant: Yonson Ahn, Rainer Dormels Kyungmi Kim(Paris-Diderot University ): Female Immigrants by Cross- Border Marriage: A New Political Issue in South Korean Society) Eunsil Yim (Paris-Diderot University): Overseas Koreans Foundation: defining and dividing a new social category Overseas Korean Compatriots Kil-ho Lee (Paris-Diderot University): Cultural activism against the policy of urban renewal in South Korea : The Duriban restaurant case Marie-Orange Rivé-Lasan (Paris-Diderot University): Between legal inclusion and social exclusion : North Korean Refugees in South Korea 7:30 9:30 Dinner
Tuesday 3 rd September 9:30 11:00 Panel 4: Labor, Chaebol and economic democratization Chair: Andrew Eungi Kim Discussant: Albert L. Park, Kevin Gray Chang Kyung-Sup (Seoul National University): Chaebol as Citizen? Developmental, Social, and Democratic Predicaments Hyung-a Kim (Australian National University): Labour Polarization under Chaebol-Centered Developmentalism: Labour Aristocracy versus Irregular Workers in Post-Developmental Korea Nolan Theisen (The Asia Foundation / Korea Development Institute (KDI) School): Chaebol and the legacy of state-led growth: Can smaller firms compete in Korea? Jamie Doucette (University of Manchester): Pariahs and Provisional Utopias: Debating economic democratization in South Korea 11:00 11:15 Coffee break- Nádor 13, Lobby 11:15 12:55 Panel 5 Labor, Neoliberalism, and Polarization Chair: Wontaek Kang Discussant: Achim Kremmerling, Kwang-Yeong Shin Andrew Eungi Kim (Korea University): Neoliberalism and Social Polarization in Korea: The Impact of the Rising Number of Irregular Workers and Self-Employed Employees Yoonkyung Lee (State University of New York): Labor after Neoliberalism: The Birth of the Insecure Class in South Korea Seok-Choon Lew (Yonsei University): Labor Polarization in a Consolidating Democracy: Post 1997 Korea in a Global Context Albert L. Park (Claremont McKenna College): Crisis and Reconstruction: Agriculture, Cooperative Labor and Democracy in
Contemporary South Korea 12:55 1:45 Lunch at Nádor 13, Lobby 1:45 3:25 Panel 6 Civil Society and Activism Chair: Hyung-a Kim, Discussant: Chang Kyung-Sup, Wontaek Kang Samuel F. Velarde (Technological Institute of Juarez City): The Korean civil society and his activism: a cultural aspect Sunhyuk Kim (Korea University) and Antonio Fiori (University of Bologna): Civil Society and Democracy in South Korea: A Reassessment Honglei Cao (Sungkyunkwan University): Individual-State Relations in Modern South Korea: A Study on One-man Protests Jeongim Hyun (Vytautas Magnus University): David against Goliath: How a small village on Jeju Island in South Korea became a center of the peace movement in East Asia 3.25 3.40 Coffee Break- Nádor 13, Lobby 3:40 6:20 Panel 7 Identity, Images, Gender and Feminist Activism Chair: Seok-Choon Lew Discussant: Marie-Orange Rivé-Lasan, Robert Bridson Cribb Seungsook Moon (Vassar College): Masculinities and Social Class among Younger-Generation Korean Men Elisabeth Schrober (University of Oslo): Our Nation s Daughter? Camp Town Spaces as Imaginative and Lived-In Spaces on the Fringes of South Korea Young Hoon Song and Suh Bo-hyuk (Seoul National University): Cleavages in Koreans Images of Neighboring Countries Yonson Ahn (University of Frankfurt): Transnational Feminist Activism in Asia and Africa
6:20 7:00 Panel 8 : Urban development in NK, Security, Diplomatic and Engagement Policy Chair: Kil-ho Lee Discussant: Nolan Theisen, Jamie Doucette Rainer Dormels (University of Vienna): Is there a balanced urban development in North Korea? Rajiv Kumar (Sungkyunkwan University): Searching for a New Identity? Evaluating Korea s Public Diplomacy Strategies in the Soft Power Competition Era Jim Hoare (University of Leeds/ SOAS): Engagement on the Korean Peninsula why it matters that the two Koreas get to know each other Virginie Grzelczyk (Aston University): The coming of Age of South Korea: power, influence and implications 7:30 9:30 Dinner Wednesday 4 th September 9:30 11:00 Panel 9: Inter- Korean Relations Chair: Jim Hoare Discussant: Seungsook Moon, Young Hoon Song Gyubin Choi (University of Leeds): Park Chung-hee's vision of puguk kangbyong (rich nation, strong army): Implications for inter- Korean relations Aidan Foster-Carter (University of Leeds): Which Inequalities Really Matter? An Outsider s Thoughts on Recent Debates in South Korea Otari Gabunia (Tbilis State University): The inter-korean economic relations and prospects of tripartite economic projects with participation of Russia
11:00 11:15 Coffee Break- Nádor 13, Lobby 11:15 12:55 Panel 10: Soft Power and Cultural Policies Chair: Antonio Fiori Discussant: Virginie Grzelczyk, Hannes B. Mosler Alexander Zebin (Russian Academy of Sciences): Divided Elites in the Divided Country: Reconciliation Possible? Ecaterina Balica and Raluca Simion (Romanian Academy): Korean art and the Soft Power strategy. The case of exporting lacquered objects Bianca Mitu (Romanian Cultural Institute): Romanian Media Coverage of Korea s Political and Cultural Actions Hyungseok Kang (University College of London): Foreign Policy Perspectives on Institutional Change and Paradigm Shift in Contemporary Cultural Diplomacy in South Korea from 1988-2012. 12:55-2:00 Ending Remark by Youngmi Kim Lunch reception at Nádor 13, Lobby