The 1st SNU Human Rights Workshop “Peace and Human Rights”

 

The SNU Human Rights Center invites applications from SNU undergraduate students to participate in a workshop ‘Peace and Human Rights'. The workshop will feature guest lectures by experts and reading discussions to help participants understand the impact of the culture of militarism and the gendered experience of war on individual lives and human rights in Korea's modern history. Participants will also have the opportunity to reflect on the meaning of peace in the context of our society today.

 

Program

Date/Time	Topic	Instructor/Facilitator
Jan. 23 (Tue) 12:00-15:00	Program Introduction [Lecture 1] “[TBC] Divided Minds: The social psychology of division”	KANG, Hyo Won Research Fellow, SNU Human Rights Center KIM, Sung Kyung Associate Professor, North Korean Studies University
Jan. 30 (Tue) 10:00-15:00	[Lecture 2] “Questions on War and Peace: Stories from Faraway Countries? How not to be accomplices”	LEE, Yongsuk Activist, World Without War
	[Lecture 3] “Militarization in Northeast Asia and Early Warning”	LEE, Francis Daehoon Director, Trans-Education for Peace Institute, PEACEMOMO
Feb. 6 (Tue) 10:00-15:00	[Lecture 4] “The Japanese Military 'Comfort Women' History and Women's Human Rights in Film: The Silence (2017), Shusenjo: Main Battleground of Comfort Women Issue (2018), and KOKO SunYi, (2021).”	LEE, Hunmi Research Fellow, Institute of Social Science, Sogang University
	Topic Discussion Seminar	KANG, Hyo Won Research Fellow, SNU Human Rights Center
Mar. 5 (Tue) 18:00-20:00	Joint Reading Discussion with US students from Georgetown University - The book ‘Tastes like War' by Grace M. Cho	CHO, Min-Ah Assistant Teaching Professor, Georgetown University

* There will be a Q&A/discussion session after each lecture.

** Meals, refreshments, and related materials will be provided.

*** All participants will be counted towards the completion of the mandatory training on Human Rights and Gender Equality. A certificate of completion from the Human Rights Center will also be provided.

 

 

Place: Bldg # 153, Gwanak Campus, Seoul National University

 

Number of Participants & Eligibility: 15 SNU undergraduate students. Participants must be able to communicate in Korean/English. (*Most Lectures will be delivered in Korean)

 

Application Due: 24:00 on Jan. 8, 2024 (Mon)

 

Application Form link --> https://forms.gle/wNLAmuP5enGdJdZt5 (QR code)

* Due to the limited places, if there are too many applicants, we will select participants based on the statement of motivation in the application form.

 



 

Inquiries: hr-courses@snu.ac.kr / 02-880-2429