Title: Conference on South Korea-Japan-United States Trilateral Relations in a New Geopolitical Context Dates: Thesday, August 22, 2023 (2:00-4:00 PM (EST)) Venue: UBALT The Conference room in Dean’s Suite Organized by the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies(IPUS) at Seoul National University, University of Baltimore(UBALT), Ritumeikan University(RU) and Korea Foundation

  Date&Time: July 20th, 2023 (Thu) 17:00 –18:40 (KST) Venue: Online video conference (ZOOM) Host: Lim, Su-jin (IPUS Senior Fellow) Speaker: Jung, Keun-sik (Emeritus Professor at SNU, Former Chairperson of the　Truth and Reconciliation Commission/ Former Director of IPUS) Topic: The Reality and Future of Transitional Justice in Korea   The Institute for Unification and Peace Studies at Seoul National University(IPUS at SNU) held the 19th Peace Studies Forum on Thursday, July 20, 2023, with Jung, Keun-sik, Emeritus Professor at Seoul National University, as the guest speaker. In this forum, Lim, Su-jin, the Senior Fellow from the IPUS, served as the host and delivered the opening remarks. Professor Jung, Keun-sik based his talk on the question of why there has not been adequate reconciliation and improvement in the political culture despite 30 years of transitional justice projects in Korea since 1990. He emphasized that “in terms of transition, transitional justice in⋯

   Date&Time: June 22nd (Thu) 17:00 –18:30 (KST) Venue: Online video conference (ZOOM) Host: Yoon, Ji-hyun (IPUS Head of Center for Peace Studies/ Professor, Dept. of Food & Nutrition Science, Seoul National University) Speaker: Kim, Tae-kyoon (Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University) Topic: Towards Positive Peace and Strategic Peace: Peace Studies as a Multidisciplinary Approach   The Institute for Unification and Peace Studies at Seoul National University(IPUS at SNU) held the 18th Peace Studies Forum on Thursday, June 22, 2023, with Kim, Tae-kyoon, Professor of GSIS at Seoul National University, as the guest speaker. In this forum, Yoon, Ji-hyun, IPUS Head of Center for Peace Studies and Professor of the Department of Food & Nutrition Science at Seoul National University, served as the host and delivered the opening remarks.   Professor Kim Tae-kyoon emphasized that “Peace studies have a complex and holistic nature” while posing several questions⋯

    Date&Time: June 12th (Mon) 15:00 –16:30 (KST) Venue: Online video conference (ZOOM) Host: Lee, Jung-chul (IPUS Deputy Director/ Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Seoul National University) Speaker: Wi, Sung-lac (Former Republic of Korea Ambassador to Russia/ Current Secretary General of Korea Peace Foundation) Topic: Implications of the Ukraine War and South Korea’s Response   The Institute for Unification and Peace Studies at Seoul National University(IPUS at SNU) held the 94th Unification Studies Forum on Monday, June 12, 2023, with Wi Sung-lac, Former Republic of Korea Ambassador to Russia, as the guest speaker. The “Unification Studies Forum” is an expanded and revamped version of the “Unification Policy Forum,” which was held 75 times from 2006 to 2020, and is currently hosting its 94th session. In this forum, Lee Jung-chul, IPUS Deputy Director and Professor of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Seoul National⋯

  Date&Time: May 25th (Thu) 13:30 –15:00 (KST) Venue: Online video conference (ZOOM) Host: Jo, Dong-jun (Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Seoul National University) Speaker: Bang, Jong-goan (Reserve Major General, Army / Industry-Academia Cooperation Professor, Future Innovation Institute at Seoul National University) Topic: Drones and Future Warfare   The Institute for Unification and Peace Studies at Seoul National University(IPUS at SNU) held the 93rd Unification Studies Forum on Thursday, May 25, 2023, with Bang Jong-goan, a Reserve Major General in the Army, as the guest speaker. The “Unification Studies Forum” is an expanded and revamped version of the “Unification Policy Forum,” which was held 75 times from 2006 to 2020, and is currently hosting its 93rd session. In this forum, Professor Jo Dong-jun from the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Seoul National University served as the host and delivered the opening remarks. Firstly, Reserve⋯

  Date&Time: 15:50~17:00(KST), Aril 11th(TUE), 2023 Venue: International Conference Room, Graduate School of International Studies(GSIS) at Seoul National University MC: Taekyoon Kim (Professor, GSIS of SNU) Speaker: Shannon Hader (Dean of the School of International Service at American University) Theme: Global Pandemics: More than just Microbes (Dialogue on systems, social enablers, and political will)   The Institute of Peace and Unification Studies at Seoul National University, in collaboration with the Graduate School of International Studies(GSIS), hosted the 92nd Unification Studies Forum on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, featuring Shannon Hader, Dean of the School of International Service at American University, under the theme of “Global Pandemics: More than just Microbes (Dialogue on systems, social enablers, and political will).” The “Unification Studies Forum” is an expanded and revamped version of the “Unification Policy Forum,” which was held 75 times from 2006 to 2020, and is currently hosting its 92nd session. At this⋯

[Event Video] [Event Details] □ Seoul National University’s Institute for Peace and Unification Studies (Director Byung-Yeon Kim) held an academic conference on September 27, 2022 at 1:20 p.m. under the topic of Peace at the Crossroads, Reexamining Unification and presented the results of the 2022 Unification Consciousness Survey. For the past 16 years since 2007, this survey has been investigating changes in the South Korean public’s views and perceptions of unification, North Korea, North Korea policy, neighboring countries, and North Korean defectors, and its findings have been well received. The 2022 survey was commissioned by Gallup Korea and conducted through individual interviews with 1,200 men and women aged 19 or older in 17 cities and provinces nationwide from July 1 to July 25, with a sampling error of ±2.8% and a confidence level of 95%. □ This conference was organized in the following order. In the 1st part, major survey⋯

[Video] [행사 내용] The North Korean People’s Consciousness Survey has been conducted since 2008, and the North Korean Social Change Survey has been conducted by the Institute for Unification and Peace in 2012 on North Korean defectors. This presentation is divided into 10-year data from King Jon-Un’s reign: the North Korean Residents’ Consciousness Survey (sessions 1-2; 9:30-14:55) and North Korean Social Change (sessioins 3-4; 14:55-18:00) Professor Jung-Chul Lee from the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy at Seoul National University hosted the presentations which analyzed the key components of the data. The 1st and 2nd part of the session, Kim Jong-Un’s 10 years in power and the North Korean People’s Consciousness Survey, the presentation will analyze the △ Unification Perception, △ South Korean Perception, △ North Korean System Perception, △ International Perception, △ In-Depth Analysis – North Korean Economic Failure Perception, and △ Survey of North Korean Defector Conditions in⋯

Asian Journal of Peacebuilding 10th Anniversary Virtual Conference Title: PEACE STUDIES IN ASIA: SEEKING SUSTAINABLE PEACE IN DEMOCRACY Date&Time: July 16, Saturday, 9: 30 KST ～ 18:00 KST This virtual conference was organized by Asian Journal of Peacebuilding, the official journal of Seoul National University Institute for Peace and Unification Studies. The papers presented at this conference will be reviewed and processed eventually for the publication of a special issue of the Asian Journal of Peacebuilding in May 2023 in conjunction with the tenth anniversary of the journal.