Latin America’s Sports and Nationalism

Professor Robert Irwin gave a lecture about the direction of the varied cultural study and interdisciplinary research method in general term, which sports research implies under the title “Latin America’s Sports and Nationalism”. He explained how sports was introduced to Latin America through the imperialistic governing process and enumerated some misused cases of sports in some countries as to its political needs. Particularly, the US Latino Sports star was mentioned as a clear means of expressing antagonistic emotions among the white supremacy and Mexican-American ethno-nationalism. Professor Irwin pointed out that due to the fact that sports is an area where hidden prejudice and power between social citizenship and racism virtually clashes, it is needed to further develop the cultural studies in the future. The series of lecture was organized by the Institute of Latin American Study.  

2015-10-02

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FTA Business and Commerce Strategy Seminar 14 :Evaluation on Korea-US`s Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agreement Negotiation

On September 24th, 2015, the ambassador from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hyun Cho  gave a lecture to the students in the FTA Commerce and Strategy program on ‘Evaluation on Korea-US`s Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agreement Negotiation.’ Nuclear power is the enormous source of the global governance, and Amb. Cho explained the background knowledge of the nuclear regime with the three concepts:  Nuclear security, nuclear safety and nuclear safeguard.  According to his lecture, nuclear power has diverse potential not only for nuclear weapon, but also for cancer treatment, marine ecosystem investigation and electricity production.  He explained the Korea-US negotiating situation compared with the two positions. There were three main assignments as the negotiating representative of Korea-US negotiation. The academia, nuclear industry and the media.  He emphasized that through the whole procedure of negotiation, the activities outside the negotiation are truly influential. And he evaluated that the negotiation would be the another important pillar of Korea- US cooperation 

2015-09-25

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The 31st Commencement of GSIS Global Leaders Program

The 31st Global Leaders Program of Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University held commencement ceremony on September 3rd at Mugunghwa Hall, Hoam Faculty House.  Fifty eight (58) global leaders have accomplished the program.  The 31st GLP graduates had not only the most number of graduates but also the most number of leaders were rewarded.  The 32nd Global Leaders Program is making steady progress to introduce Korea’s top leaders and professionals  to a theoretical and practical perspective on the most current Korean trade environment and business trends. GLP at GSIS, SNU is composed of various functional study programs including International Area Studies, and Cultural Relevancy Programs to foster Global Leaders.

2015-09-14

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GLP Alumni Association Council delivered Scholarship to GSIS

 GLP Alumni Association Council of GSIS, SNU has delivered Development Fund to GSIS on Home Coming Day of GSIS GLP (August 27th, 2015) at Socheon Hall.  Mr. KWON, Oh Sung, the president of the GLP Alumni Association Council said “We are donating KWR 10 million with the wish on eternal growth of GSIS”. Global Leader’s Program is educational program run by GSIS of SNU for Global Management. The 31st GLP class has graduated and 32nd class is on going now.     

2015-09-14

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The 18th International Development Policy Seminar

The 18th International Development Policy Seminar was held under the title,   “Ambiguous Accountability: The In-Between World of Public-Private Partnership” on September 8, 2015.  Dr. Prashant Sharma, who is the member of  Open Society Fellow and Visiting Research Fellow of UNRISD led the seminar, starting by explaining what PPP (Public Private Partnership) is.  He introduced the public-private partnership cases in reality, and we thought about its distinct features and problems. Public-private partnership is mostly used in large scale businesses such as infra-public services.  We had discussed about the problems that occurred during last 10~20 years, as the number of cases had increased and developed.  The discussion was focused particularly on accountability: Since the government and private enterprises jointly participated, which side should bear the accountability, and how the regulations should be controlled. 

2015-09-08

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2015-Euro-Asia Summer School

The Euro-Asia Summer School celebrated its 7th global gathering. Starting from 2009, Leuven Centre for Global Governance, based in Belgium, the EU Studies Institute in Japan and the Seoul National University Graduate School of International Studies have organized academic grounds for students during the summer. The first part of the summer school took place in SNU GSIS from August17th to 21st. and the second part was based in KU Leuven during the last week of August.  The ideas of networking students both in Europe and Asia and offering debating opportunities with significant global issues    were tremendously meaningful. Visiting iconic and special places both in South Korea and Belgium under the theme of ‘tradition and modernization of Korea’ and the ‘first World War and the nationalism’ presented the peer participants to think beyond the borders of their own.  

2015-09-07

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FTA Commerce & Strategy Seminar Series 13 : Foreign Trade and Agricultural Sector in Korea

On September 3, 2015, the ambassador from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kyung-lim Choi gave a lecture to the students of the FTA Commerce and Strategy program under the topic, “Trade and Agriculture Sector in Korea.”  The seminar was given for the purpose of helping students to understand the current changes in trade policy, and look into the advantages and disadvantages Korea has in distinctive industries. The Agricultural sector is the weak point of Korea’s trade negotiations, which involves many exceptions in applying free trade policies.  Ambassador Choi focused on the prospects of the agricultural industry, explaining how the agricultural sector is different from any other sectors, and how the sector should be expanded by introducing the actual cases of bilateral trade negotiations.

2015-09-04

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Fall-2015 Commencement

Fall-2015  Commencement was held at Socheon Hall, GSIS Bldg., on August 28, 2015. Seventy nine (79) graduates and one (1) Ph.D have graduated.  International Commerce Studies has produced 24 graduates, while International Regional Studies has produced 17 graduates. Development Corporation Policy Program (DCPP) also has produced nineteen (19) graduates, this semester. The Commencement started with the Dean’s Congratulatory Message, followed by his rewarding the Certificate of Appreciation to Onyul Foundation for its valuable contributions. The Representative Director of Onyul Foundation, Mr. Sai Ree YUN took the honor of giving Guest Speaker’s Speech.  The Commencement was followed by rewarding the graduates with honors and high honors, and outstanding thesis awards.  Valedictorian Speech was given by Borowiak Adela, former president of the Student Council.      

2015-09-03

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Fall-2015 Orientation

 Fall-2015 Orientation was held at Socheon Hall, GSIS on September 1, 2015.  Total of 80 students have entered the Graduate School of International Studies in fall-2015 semester.  There were more number of foreign students (43) than Korean students (37).  In this semester, 10 foreign students have entered Korean Studies, while there were no Korean students who had applied. The most popular department was the ‘Regional Studies’ with twenty nine (29) students entering this semester. The Orientation was proceeded by Professor Hyeok Jeong, the newly appointed associate dean for international affairs. Prof. Chong-Sup Kim, dean of GSIS gave welcoming address, and presentation on Campus Asia Program was followed by Prof. Cheol-Hee Park, and presentation on Dual Degree Program was followed by Prof. Tae-Gyun Park, the newly appointed associate dean of the GSIS.    

2015-09-03

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Korea at the Crossroads- 2015 Toyota Summer Seminar

  Based on 「Korea at the Crossroads」, three sessions were proceeded as follows:  Korean Foreign Policy at the Crossroads, Korean Domestic Policy at the Crossroads, Korean Economy and Society at the Crossroads.  Six (6) Professors from GSIS, SNU and two (2) professors from outside universities, four(4) opinion leaders, four(4) guests from Toyota Motors attended the workshop and discussed about the Korea’s pending issues at the Crossroads. It was meaningful hours of discussion and for fostering friendship.      

2015-09-01

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