International Conference
CAA Korea Colloquium on Contemporary Korean Affairs
“Beyond the “San Francisco System”: Seeking a Peace Regime in East Asia”
Friday, October 28, 2016, 8:30AM – 6:00PM
1501 Kellogg Center, International Affairs Building
Saturday, October 29, 2016, 9:00AM – 12:00PM
International Affairs Building, Room 918
This event is the first in a planned two-part conference that will bring together scholars and experts on history, politics and international law from the US, Japan, Korea, and China to discuss the legacies and problems of the San Francisco Treaty system and the search for an appropriate peace regime for contemporary East Asia.
Agenda:
8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast & Registration
9:00 – 9:15 Opening Remarks: Young-Ho Kim
9:15 – 11:15 PANEL 1: The San Francisco Treaty, History, and International Law
Tae-jin Yi (Seoul National University): “’San Francisco Peace Treaty with Japan and the Problems regarding the Exemption of Japanese Blame on the Colonization of Korea”
Jang-Hie Lee (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies): Limitations of the San Francisco Peace Treaty and Peace in East Asia from the Perspective of Colonial State Responsibility”
Jeong-Ho Roh (Columbia University): “The Legal Framework of Diplomacy: Clarifying the Nature of a Permanent Peace Regime”
Etsuro Totsuka (Ryukoku University): Japan’s Re-joining Into the Cold War World and its Freezing of the Decolonization Process”
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 PANEL 2: The San Francisco System and International Order
Haruki Wada (Tokyo University): “San Francisco Treaty System and Peace State Japan”
Byung-Joon Jung (Ewha Womans University): “San Francisco Peace Treaty with Japan and its Legacy in East Asia”
Chengyou Song (Peking University): “Comments on the San Francisco Conference and Treaty of Peace with Japan”
Koh Odagawa (Waseda University): Discussant
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch (provided only to speakers)
14:00 – 15:30 PANEL 3: The San Francisco System, Territory and Memory
Dekun Hu (Wuhan University, History): “The San Francisco Peace Treaty and Territorial Disputes”
Fumiaki Nozoe (Okinawa International University, Law): “The Okinawa Problem in the San Francisco Treaty System: A Historical Perspective”
Daqing Yang (George Washington University): “War, Decolonization and Memory in Northeast Asia”
Kimie Hara (University of Waterloo): “Exploring Settlements of Regional Conflicts in the San Francisco System”
Yang Chan(Wuhan University): Discussant
15:30-15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 –17:45 PANEL 4: The San Francisco System, Legacies, and Beyond
Young-Ho Kim (Academy of Korean Studies): “Beyond the San Francisco System in East Asia- Collision between Historical Legacy and Regional Integration in the San Francisco System”
Myung-Lim Park (Yonsei University): “The San Francisco System, Northeast Asian Exceptionalism, and Beyond for Perpetual Peace”
Alexis Dudden (University of Connecticut): “The San Francisco System, and Current Issues of National Borders”
Carol Gluck (Columbia University): Discussant
17:45 – 18:00 Concluding remarks: Jin-Hyun Kim(World Peace Forum) & Elazar Barkan (Columbia University)
Conference ends
General and Planning Discussion
October 29th, 2016
918 International Affairs Building
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Co-hosted by The Northeast Asia Peace Center, Seoul, Korea
Co-sponsored by Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University; The School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; The Dorothy Borg Research Program, Columbia University; The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University; The Kim Koo Foundation, Seoul, Korea; The Academy of Korean Studies, Seoul, Korea; The Northeast Asian History Foundation, Seoul Korea