An international symposium entitled “Ethnic Minorities over the Chinese Border: Koreans” will be held at Waseda University on March 24th (Sat) 2012. This symposium is co-sponsored by the Waseda OIAS and the Waseda Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies.

Date

March 24th (Sat) 2012, 14:00-18:00

Location

Waseda University, Extension Center main building (bldg #23), room 301

Map

http://www.waseda.jp/eng/campus/map.html

Directions

Near the Okuma Memorial Tower and the Soudai Seimon bus stop.

Program

14:00 – 14:15 Opening Remarks, Message from the President of Keiwa College, Explanation of Objectives

14:15 – 15:15 International Symposium

“Changes in the ‘Society’ of Koreans over the Chinese Border”

KWEON Youngjun (University of Niigata Prefecture)

“The Secondary Education and Social Mobility of Young Ethnic Minority Women”

SHIMBO Atsuko (Waseda University)

“The Identity and Education of Korean Immigrants” (tentative title)

PARK Tae-Soo (Director, Institute of Korean Education, Yanbian University, China)

15:15 – 15:30 Comments

15:30 – 16:00 Break

16:00 – 16:40 Individual Presentations

“1945: Koreans Living in China and the Defeat of Japan”

KOBAYASHI Motohiro (Niigata University of International and Information Studies)

“Hui Identities and Migrations across Provincial and National Borders”

MATSUMOTO Masumi (Keiwa College)

16:40 – 17:00 Questions and Answers

17:00 – 17:10 Break

17:10 – 17:50 General Discussion

17:50 – 18:00 Closing Comments – MATSUMOTO Masumi

Language

Japanese (and Chinese with Japanese translation)

Contact for questions about this event.

MATSUMOTO Masumi (Keiwa College)

Email

matsumoto (at) keiwa-c.ac.jp

This event is open to all, and admission is free.

This event is being held with assistance of the JSPS “Comparative Study on the Ethnic Education and the Formation of the Ethnic Identity of the Korean Nationality and the Hui Nationality in China” grant-in-aid project.

Sponsors

The Waseda Organization for Islamic Area Studies

The Waseda Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies