The Future of International Trade Law in the Age of Trump: Nationalism, Protectionism, and the World Trade Organization

On September 25, 2019, SNU GSIS invited Professor Jennifer A. Hillman, a leading US expert on the global trading regime, and Tom Kellogg, head of the Center for Asian Law at Georgetown Law School. Under the title "The Future of International Trade Law in the Age of Trump: Nationalism, Protectionism, and the World Trade Organization", Professor Jennifer Hillman spoke on the future of the global trading system given rising protection in the US under the Trump administration and the current issues in the WTO.

2019-10-10

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[Issues and Perspectives] Is a US-China Cold War inevitable?

On September 23, 2019, SNU GSIS invited Professor Suisheng Zhao, a Professor and Executive Director of the Center for China-US Cooperation at Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, to speak at on Issues and Perspectives Seminar with the title of “Is a US-China Cold War inevitable?”. Sponsored by Toyota Motor Korea, the Issues and Perspectives Seminar series put on by SNU GSIS in order to discuss timely policy issues. In the seminar, Prof. Zhao focused on the continuous contention between the United State and the China under the Trump administration and tried to predict the future of their relation.

2019-09-27

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[Asia and the World] 김정은의 비핵화 동기와 북한경제

Lee Jong-Seok, a Senior Research Fellow in the Sejong Institute and former Minister of Unification delivered a special lecture on Monday, Sep 16, 2019 at the International conference Hall at GSIS. The lecture presented by Professor Lee Jong-Seok, sponsored by Toyota Motor Korea, was titled “김정은의 비핵화 동기와 북한경제”. During this lecture, Professor Lee Jong-Seok gave his insight on the North Korea unclear issue and South-North Korea relation. He especially argued the strategic change of North Korea from military-oriented to economy-oriented. The lecture concluded with an informative Q & A session, the presentation of the appreciation plaque, and finally a photo session.

2019-09-19

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The 42nd Commencement

SNU GSIS celebrated the 42nd Commencement, which was held on August 29th, 2019 at Socheon Hall. The Commencement event honored 74 graduates composed of 70 Masters in International Studies and four Doctors of Philosophy in International Studies. Professor Jong-Ho Jeong, Dean of SNU GSIS, commended students for their accomplishments on passing a major milestone in their lives and encouraged graduates to stay informed and active in their respective fields. The valedictorian speech was given by Jin Hee Lim, who graduated as the valedictorian among the Masters of International Studies (International Cooperation).

2019-09-04

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[Campus Asia] Field Trip to Jeju

On June 24th-June 25th, CAMPUS Asia students went on the third and the last field trip of this semester. Students visited Seongsan Ilchulbong, Woljeong-ri Beach on the first day, and had a special workshop lectured by professor Ahn Jae Bin. The seminar was about US-China trade war, and there were a lot of questions went around after the talk. On the second day, the team went for 4.3 Peace Park Memorial to have a deep insight on tragedy happened in Korean history and human history as well. Students were very much interested in the incident, and there were academic conversations among students all along the walk. After that, they went to Camelia Hill to relax and enjoy the nature of flowers and sunshine in Jeju Island. Also, the short visit to Osulloc Tea Museum gave great opportunity for them to buy souvenirs and gifts to their families, friends, and themselves. On the very last day, they went to Jeju Theme Park to enjoy the ice sleigh on hot summer day. Through the Jeju trip, CAMPUS Asia students was able to acquire deeper knowledge about Korean history by exploring the area distant from the mainland Korea.

2019-07-25

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[Issues and Perspectives] Narrowing the Channel: The Politics of Regulatory Protectionism

On July 12, 2019, SNU GSIS invited Professor Robert Gulotty, an Assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago, to speak at on Issues and Perspectives Seminar with the title of “Narrowing the Channel: the politics of regulatory protectionism”. Sponsored by Toyota Motor Korea, the Issues and Perspectives Seminar series put on by SNU GSIS in order to discuss timely policy issues. In the seminar, Prof. Gulotty conducted the lecture with the concept of Entangled Mercantilism and two big questions; why are regulatory barriers rising in markets and what explains the inability of the global trade regime to restrain regulatory barriers to trade?

2019-07-22

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[EU Centre] Leadership series-Discovery of Italy

On June 13th 2019, the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (EU Centre) welcomed His Excellency Federico Failla, Ambassador of Italy to the Republic of Korea, to a special lecture entitled ‘Leadership Series. Discovery of Italy. Italy in Korea’ at GSIS Global Strategy Room. With a warm welcoming speech from Professor Moon, Woosik, the Ambassador firstly introduced the Embassy’s goal: 1) to strengthen political relations and security cooperation between Italy and Korea; 2) to provide a better platform to promote the Italian culture and language in Korea; 3) to enhance contacts and strengthen people-to-people exchange. During his presentation, he emphasises the importance of stronger cultural cooperation between Korea and Italy because strong cultural background heritage connects politics together through preserving the memories in an international approach. Following the end of the presentation, students were given the opportunity to ask questions to the Ambassador. As a concluding remark, the Ambassador mentioned the importance of creating closer networks between Korea and Italy, and allow students to have richer understandings of European affairs.

2019-06-18

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Retirement Lecture of Professor Young-Hae Han

On June 3rd 2019, a retirement memorial lecture by Professor Han was given at GSIS Sochoen Hall. Professor Han, who has joined GSIS since 2004 and has devoted her life for studies on Japanese society, is to retire at the end of this semester. The dean of GSIS Professor Jeong Jong Ho delivered a heartwarming opening speech about the contributions she made to GSIS, SNU Institute for Japanese Studies (IJS), and the field of Japanese area studies. Professor Kim Hyun-Chul, Professor Han’s daughter, and a student of Professor Han proceeded to share their beautiful personal memories with her. Students who could not attend the memorial lecture sent video messages to celebrate her retirement. Finally, Professor Han gave a short lecture on how she had come to study Japan as a sociologist and become the scholar that she is today. The lecture was followed by photo shoots with her colleagues and students.

2019-06-17

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[Campus Asia] CA Final presentation

On the 13th of June 2019, CAMPUS Asia students had a Final Presentation Day at GSIS. The first group presented on “Trend of Study Abroad: Historical and Contemporary look into Mutual Learning between CJK”, the title of the second group was “Overwork—The Common Issue in East Asia”, and finally, the third group had a presentation on “Minimum Wage, Cost of Living and Quality of Life in East Asia”. Subsequently, professor Ahn, Jae Bin and professor Han, Jeong Hun made the critical comments on their works. Group 2 won the first prize and followed by the Group 1 and 3. All of them put much energy on their work and made a great contribution on study of Korea, China and Japan cooperation. 

2019-06-17

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[Issues and Perspectives] US-China in Asia-Pacific and Role of India

On June 5, 2019, SNU GSIS invited Professor Sandip Mishra, Associate Professor, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, to speak at on Issues and Perspectives Seminar with the title of “US-China Contests in Asia-Pacific and Role of India”. Sponsored by Toyota Motor Korea, the Issues and Perspectives Seminar series put on by SNU GSIS in order to discuss timely policy issues. In the seminar, Prof. Mishra argued that the conflict between China and the US results in a India’s dilemma and the Indo-Pacific could be a third way for India.

2019-06-12

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