Date&Time: November 20, 2023 (Mon) 14:00-15:30(KST) Venue: Online Video Conference(ZOOM) Moderator: Kim, Taek-Bin (Senior Fellow, the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies at SNU) Speaker: Seo, Soomin (Professor, School of Communication at Sogang University) Topic: North Korea and Global Media   The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies at Seoul National University(IPUS at SNU) held the 96th Unification Forum on Monday, November 20, 2023, under the theme of ‘North Korea and Global Media’ with Professor Seo Soomin, Department of Journalism at Sogang University’s School of Communication. 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 in its 96th session. The Forum was moderated by Dr. Kim Taek-bin, a Senior Fellow at IPUS at SNU, who opened the forum with the opening remarks. In this forum, Professor Seo sought to convey the issues⋯

  Date&Time: November 13, 2023 (Mon) 14:00-16:10(KST) Venue: Online Video Conference(ZOOM) Moderator: Jung, Hyang Jin (Professor, Department of Anthropology at SNU) Speaker: Lisa Min (Lecturer, Department of Asian Studies at Yonsei University) Topic: Without You, There Is No Us: Pyongyang University of Science and Technology(PUST) as Seen on Site   The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies at Seoul National University hosted its 95th Unification Studies Forum on Monday, November 13, 2023, featuring Min Lisa, a lecturer in the Department of Asian Studies at Yonsei University. The forum explored the theme “Without You, There Is No Us: Pyongyang University of Science and Technology(PUST) as Seen on Site.” The forum, an expansion and revamp of the previously held “Unification Policy Forum” from 2006 to 2020 (totaling 75 sessions), is now in its 95th session. Before commencing the forum, Lee Jung-chul,  Vice Director of the Institute for Unification Peace at SNU and⋯

Title: International Workshop in Preparation for the 2025 Seoul World Congress of IPSA: Resisting Autocratization and Reinventing Democracy – Global Perspectives Dates: Thursday, November 2, 2023 ~ Sunday, November 5, 2023  Venue: Seoul National University, Hoam Faculy House Co-organized by LOC (Local Organizing Committee) of the 2025 Seoul World Congress of IPSA, The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies at SNU, Democracy Cluster of the Intstitute for Future Studies at SNU, Center for Social Innovation Education and Research at SNU, 10-10 Initiative of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at SNU, Korea Political Science Association(KPSA), International Political Science Association(IPSA)  

  Date&Time: September 14th, 2023 (Thu) 17:00 –18:20 (KST) Venue: Online video conference (ZOOM) Moderator: Kim, Booyuel (Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies) Speaker: Oh, Joon (Board Chair, Save the Children Korea/ Former South Korean Ambassador to the United Nations) Topic: International Perspective on Children’s Rights: Focusing on Rohingya Refugee Children   The Institute for Unification and Peace Studies at Seoul National University(IPUS at SNU) held the 20th Peace Studies Forum on Thursday, September 14, 2023, with Oh Joon, Former South Korean Ambassador to the United Nations, as the guest speaker. In this forum, Professor Kim, Booyuel from the Seoul National University Graduate School of Environmental Studies took on the role of moderator and delivered the opening remarks to kick off the lecture. Ambassador Oh posed the question, ‘What is human rights?’ and emphasized “the need for respect for human dignity and the protection of human rights within the context⋯

Title: Roundtable on Japan-South Korea-United States Trilateral Cooperation in a Changing Asia Dates: Friday, August 25, 2023 (2:00-4:00 PM (EST)) Venue: AU School of International Service 300 (in-person only) Organized by the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies(IPUS) at Seoul National University, American University(AU), Ritumeikan University(RU) and Korea Foundation

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⋯