[EU Centre] Special Lecture by Ph.D. Jimmyn Parc

As part of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence program, the EU Centre hosted a special lecture on the 14th November 2018, given by Jimmyn Parc (Ph.D.) gave a lecture on the topic “Protectionism and Growth of Cultural Industry”. Jimmyn Parc Ph.D is a visiting lecturer at Sciences Po Paris and is an associated researcher at the EU Centre in SNU GSIS. The lecture was an extension of the lesson on Korea-EU FTA and focused on the competitiveness of the cultural market, of which was explained through the strategies of business systems and culture with historical insights. By providing historical background as evidence, students were asked to differentiate the location of the origin and commercialization of specific culture (ex. ballet, tomato festival, etc.). The lecture also touched on the types of protectionism and the surprisingly small role it plays in the growth of domestic cultural industries.

2018-11-26

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The 42nd International Development Policy Seminar

The 42nd International Development Policy Seminar was held on Thursday, November 22nd, 2018 in the International Conference Room. The lecture entitled “Origins of Korean Economic Growth” was presented by Professor Kim Duol, a Professor of Economics at Myongji University. The lecture was attended by the 10th and 11th batch DCPP Students, Professor Jeong Hyeok, and other graduate students. The seminar explained how foreign aid, land redistribution, and efforts to industrialize and export were key for Korea’s economic recovery and growth from 1945 to 1960. Later on, from 1960 to 1997, Korea focused on export-oriented economic development. The seminar concluded with some of Korea’s current issues such as sources of growth, labor, deregulation and structural change, public finance, household income and debt, and foreign relations.

2018-11-23

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[Issues and Perspectives] Diversifying the Origins of North Korea Nuclear Crisis

On November 11th, 2018, the seminar was held under the topic of “Diversifying the Origins of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis.” Sponsored by Toyota Motor Korea, the Issues and Perspectives Seminar series are put on by SNU GSIS in order to discuss timely policy issues. This time, the seminar was designed to discuss how to interpret the origins of North Korea Nuclear Crisis; the structure problems, the repeated cycle of crisis-negotiation-agreement, and the humanitarian origins. The seminar was attended not only by GSIS students, but also by those from embassies in Seoul who are interested in the topic.

2018-11-22

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[EU Centre] Visit to EU Delegation in Seoul

As part of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence program, the EU Centre hosted a visit to the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Korea with students from Professor Park Sunhee’s course “Comparative Studies in Regional Integration: The Case of Europe and Asia”. The head of political section, Dr. Joëlle Hivonnet welcomed students with a welcoming note, followed by a brief presentation on “EU: values, principles, features, main institutions, EEAS and EU-ROK relations”. After the presentation, students raised various questions regarding cross-cutting issues relevant to the EU such as regional integration in Europe and Asia, upcoming elections in EU, rising nationalism and populism, latest outcome of ASEM meeting and ROK-EU Summit about denuclearization of North Korea, fake news, etc. Afterwards, students participated in filming a short video to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, of which the video will be featured by the Delegation. Overall, the visit was a great opportunity for students to meet and talk with EU specialists, as well as form a better understanding of how the Delegation makes an outreach here in Seoul.

2018-11-21

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[Issues and Perpectives] Revisiting 'Security Roads' and Transport Infrastructure

On November 16, 2018, SNU GSIS invited Mr. John P. DiMoia, the Associate Professor of Department of Korean History at SNU, to speak at on Issues and Perspectives Seminar. 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, Mr. DiMoia touched on Southeast Asia(Thailand and Vietnam) and South Korea’s formative construction industry during 1954-1973; Addressing historical background and competition over the construction. Prof. Tae Gyun Park and Prof. Erik Mobrand participated as a moderater and a discussant.

2018-11-19

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[Campus Asia] Field Trip to Busan

On October 26 and 27th, Campus Asia students joined in the two-day Busan Tour. They first visited the UN Memorial Cemetery. The cemetery consisted of graves and memorial halls of the soldiers around the world who have sacrificed their lives for the peace of Korea. The students listened to the explanations of the guide and learned how much sacrifice was dedicated to achieve peace. Then, the students visited Nurimaru APEC House and listened to the explanations of how the summit was held back in 2005. Next, the students went to Haedong Yonggung Temple where they were able to enjoy beautiful scenery of ocean and Korean Buddhism culture. For the finale, the students visited Gamcheon Culture Village and enjoyed colorful landscape of Busan along with experiencing current Korean culture.

2018-10-31

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[EU Centre] 2018 International Conference

Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (EU Centre) hosted the international conference entitled “Developing a Joint Response of Korea and Europe to Global Challenges” on the 26th October, 2018 at GSIS Global Strategic Room. The conference was attended by 17 experts and scholars from 6 different countries, as well as 60 students. The conference was first welcomed by His Excellency Michael Reiterer, Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Korea, who shared in his address the importance of close cooperation and mutual interest in issues between multilateral relations. Mentioning President Moon Jae-in’s recent 9-day trip to Europe, the Ambassador underscored the need to bring stronger support and efforts to forge lasting peace to the Korean Peninsula, as well as to reaffirm the commitment to maintain close strategic relations between Korea and the EU that have persisted for the past 55 years since the diplomatic normalization in 1936. Chaired by Professor Moon, Woosik, the first session “Europe and East Asia in the Era of Uncertainty” dealt with subject matters such as refugee protection crisis in the EU and Korea, EU’s economic and monetary union, and global migration in the perspective of Japan. The second session was chaired by Professor Han, JeongHun, and the presentations contended with topics such as “How can the EU contribute to the stabilization of the Korean Peninsula” and “Foreign Policy Agendas and Multilateral Cooperation in the UN.” Overall, the conference enabled to not only share assessments on EU-Korea relations, but also create new issue areas for academic exchanges as well as provide opportunities to seek cooperation between universities.

2018-10-29

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The 41st International Development Policy Seminar

The 40th International Development Policy Seminar was held on Thursday, October 18th, 2018 in the Global Leaders Room. The lecture entitled “Korea’s Economic Development: Success Factors and Challenges” was presented by Professor Park Myungho, a Professor of Economics at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. The lecture was attended by the 10th and 11th batch DCPP Students, Professor Jeong Hyeok, and other graduate students. The seminar dealt with some of the success factors of Korea’s economic development, including its export-oriented industrialization strategy, flexibility in policy-making, adoption of a market economy’s principles, and the government’s capacity for efficient implementation, rather than mere policy-making. Furthermore, the Professor concluded that there needs to be a shift from an input-driven growth to one driven by productivity.

2018-10-24

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[Yulchon-GSIS Center] The Transformation of Racial Discrimination in Modern Times

The Yulchon-GSIS center lecture was held on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 in the  GL room, GSIS. The lecture entitled 'Transformation of racial discrimination in modern times' was presented by José Francisco Cali Tzay, director for Human Rights on the ministry of foreign affairs, Guatemala and also former member of the UN Committee on the elimination of racial discrimination. The seminar dealt various aspects of racial discrimination and its related conventions and articles. Throughout the lecture and the Q&A session held afterwards, students had the opportunity to reflect on their respective countries’ situation and shared their experience in Korea

2018-10-24

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[EU Centre] 10th Euro-Asia Summer School

The Euro-Asia Summer School celebrated its tenth anniversary this year with the theme ‘EU-East Asia Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation in Global Governance’. The Tenth Euro-Asia Summer School was held in Tokyo, Japan at Hitotsubashi University and Leuven, Belgium, hosted by KU Leuven from August 20th to 30th. Co-organized by four partners – KDI School of Public Policy and Management, Seoul National University, Hitotsubashi University and KU Leuven – the aim of the summer school is to gather talented students to study deeper on global governance from comparative perspectives.  In commemoration of the tenth anniversary, the Korean Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union greeted the students, sharing in his address the importance of close cooperation and mutual interest in issues between the two countries in order to create deeper relationships. He praised the summer school joint program for its initiative in bringing young minds together and sharing culture and perspectives for future global governance. The importance of creating multilateral and stronger bilateral ties between the three involved countries was emphasized throughout the conference, with visits to the Extended European Action Service and lectures provided by both academics and professionals on the realities of the field. The keystone conference, ‘The Belt and Road Initiative and Global Governance’ exposed the participants to a larger platform to exercise the knowledge and opinions acquired throughout the Euro-Asia Summer School.      

2018-10-05

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