20 September 2023

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: 20 September 2023
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.

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