2015 HUFS-HRI EU Centre International Conference

Date :     24 April 2015 (Fri)

Venue :  Astor Suite (36th floor), Lotte Hotel Seoul

Topic  :  Northeast Asia between Conflict and Reconciliation and Europe’s Role

Hosted by HUFS-HRI EU Centre

Sponsored by Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Germany

Registration 09:45 . 10:10

Opening Ceremony

Si-hong KIM  Director, HUFS-HRI EU Centre
Norbert ESCHBORN Representative, Konrad Adenauer Foundation Korea Office

 
10:15 . 12:00   SESSION I

The Leader and Diplomatic Leadership   Chair: Jeong-hoon LEE  Yonsei University

1. The EU and Merkel Leadership   (Jan ZIELONKA, Oxford University)

2. Diplomatic Leadership of President Park Geun-hye
(Yong-seop HAN, Korea National Defense University)

3. Diplomatic Leadership of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
(Myun-woo LEE, The Sejong Institute)   

Discussants
Hae-Won JUN (Korea National Diplomatic Academy

Vincent-Guillaume POUPEAU (Counsellor, Delegation of the EU to ROK)
Ho-seop KIM (Chung-ang University)

12:00 . 13:30     Lunch  
13:30 . 15:15   SESSION II
International Relations between Conflict and Reconciliation   

Chair: Si-Hong KIM  HUFS-HRI EU Centre  

1. Normative EU and its Ukrainian Policy
(Moosung LEE, Myongji University)

2. Germany.s View on History and its Reconciliation with Neighbors
(Norbert ESHBORN, Konrad Adenauer Foundation Korea Office)

3. History Disputes and Korea-Japanese Relations
(Young-joon PARK, National Defense University)

Discussants
Mason RICHEY(Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
Woo-taek HONG (Korea Institute for National Unification)
Jian CAI (Fudan University)

15:30 . 17:15    SESSION III
Discourse on Korean Reunification and Future

Chair: Tae Hyun KIM  Chung-Ang University

1. Germany.s New Status in International Relations
(Hanns W. MAULL, StiftungWissenschaft und Politik)

2. The New Security Role of the European Union
(Liselotte ODGAARD, Royal Danish Defence College)

3. The “Trust-Building Process” on the Korean Peninsula
and the Future of Inter-Korean Relations
(Jihwan HWANG, University of Seoul)

Discussants
Ki-Sik HWANG (Dong-A University)
Daewon OHN (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
Leif-Eric EASLEY (Ewha Womans University)