Wednesday, April 12, 2023

9-9:30 a.m. — Registration

9:30-10 a.m. — Keynote

• Cooper Drury: Dean of the College of Arts & Science
• Aram Hur: Co-Director of the Institute for Korean Studies

10 a.m.-noon — Undergraduate fellows panel

• Moderator: Seungkwon You (Co-Director of the Institute for Korean Studies)

• Emily Swain (University of Missouri): “South Korea’s Fashion Impact on Young American Generations and its Consequences.”
• Kora Martin (University of Missouri): “Are Young Koreans More Pro-Japan? A New Identity of Young Koreans and Their Attitude toward Japan.”
• Raine Baer (University of Missouri): "Where Do We Go From Here? A Comprehensive Look at the Radical Feminist Movement in South Korea and The Future of the Movement."

• Discussants: Yu Bin Kim (University of Missouri) and Gidong Kim (University of Missouri)

noon-12:45 p.m. — Lunch

12:45-2:45 p.m. — Rising stars panel

• Moderator: Seungkwon You (Co-Director of the Institute for Korean Studies)

• Darcie Draudt (Princeton University): “Dividing the Diaspora: South Korea's Return Migration Policy at the Nexus of Ethnicity and Development.”
• Eun A Jo (Cornell University): “Narrative Democratization in South Korea and Taiwan.”
• Gidong Kim (University of Missouri): “Nationalist Legacies of the Developmental State and Redistributive Preferences: Mixed-Method Evidence from South Korea.”
• Yu Bin Kim (University of Missouri): “Public Opinion, Rivalry, and the Democratic Peace: Experimental Evidence from South Korea.”

• Discussants: Aryanna Hyde (University of Missouri) and Hang Qi (University of Missouri)

3-5 p.m. — Faculty panel

• Moderator: Seungkwon You (Co-Director of the Institute for Korean Studies)

• Paul Chang (Harvard University): “Reinventing Family: Household Diversification and the Making of Modern South Korea.”
• Diana Kim (Georgetown University): “The Ones Who Disappeared: Empire, War and Untouchability in Korea.” 
• Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell (Johns Hopkins University): “Authoritarian Nostalgia, Group Sentiment, and Voter Behavior: Evidence from East Asia.”
• Aram Hur (University of Missouri): “Narratives of Inclusion: Evidence from South Korea's Migration Challenge.”

• Discussants: Aram Hur (University of Missouri), Baekkwan Park (University of Missouri), Laron Williams (University of Missouri), and Hannah Paul (University of Missouri)

5-6 p.m. — Closing reception

• Seungkwon You: Co-Director of the Institute for Korean Studies