International Academic Conference in Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Cairo Declaration and the 140th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Diplomatic Relations of the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom

Key information

Date
Time
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Venue
Russell Square: College Buildings
Room
Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT)
Event type
Conference

About this event

The Korean Independence Movement and the United Kingdom (KIMUK)

To commemorate the 140th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and the United Kingdom and the 80th anniversary of the Cairo Declaration, SOAS University of London and the National Memorial of the Korean Provisional Government are jointly holding this international academic conference.

Scholars from Korea and the UK will gather to engage in lively discussions on the “Korean Independence Movement and the UK,” so we ask for your attendance.

In particular, an exhibition is being held beside the event venue with the theme of “Fighting with the Allied Forces for Independence,” so we hope you will take an interest in this, too.

  • Language: Korean-English interpretation provided

Programme

Time

Content

Presenter

Opening Ceremony

10:00am-10:30am

Opening Remarks

Anders Karlsson

Director, SOAS Centre of Korean Studies

Congratulatory Speech

Kim Hee Gon

Director, National Memorial of the Korean Provisional Government

Commemorative Photoshoot

International Academic Forum

10:30am-11:00am

Korean Nationalists and the Special Operations Executive

Richard Duckett

(Head of Politics, Leighton Park School)

11:00am-11:30am

Finding the Significant Points of the Cairo Declaration of 1943 and the Responses of the Korean Independence Activists

Jong Mun Yoon

(Research Fellow,

The Academy of Korean Studies)

11:30am-1:10pm

Break Time

1:10pm-1:40pm

Guided Tour of the Exhibition

Seon Ah Kim

Curator, National Memorial of the Korean Provisional Government

1:40pm-2:10pm

The British Perspective on the Cairo Declaration and the Post-war Order

Byung Joon Jung

(Professor, Ewha Womans University)

2:10pm-2:40pm

Researching the Korean Independence Movement at The National Archives, UK

William Butler

(Head of Modern Collection, The National Archives)

2:40pm-2:50pm

Coffee Break

2:50pm-3:20pm

A.D.C Peterson and The Korean National Army Liaison Unit

Paul Wadey

(Public Relations, Korean Cultural Centre UK)

3:20pm-3:30pm

Coffee Break

Concluding Panel Session

3:30pm-5:00pm

Discussion

Anders Karlsson (Director, SOAS Centre of Korean Studies)

Holly Stephens (Lecturer, Edinburgh University)

Sangpil Jin (Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen)

Owen Miller (Professor, SOAS Centre of Korean Studies)

5:00pm

Closing

Registration

This event is open to all, but registration is required.