International Symposium on Korean Adoption Studies |
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Venue: Dongguk University |
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The aim of the symposium is to establish and explore this new and rapidly expanding academic field. The field of Korean adoption studies is specifically concerned with international adoption from Korea, as well as with overseas adopted Koreans. It has recently emerged as an area of study both in Korea, the country of origin, and in the Western receiving countries to which Korean children have been sent for adoption. This symposium will, for the first time ever, bring together scholars from around the world who are conducting research in the field of Korean adoption studies. These scholars, from Sweden, Denmark, Korea, the United States, the Netherlands, and France, are working at the multidisciplinary intersections of Asian and Korean studies, postcolonial and cultural studies. Their works also address issues of ethnicity, migration and diaspora, and globalization and transnationalism. This day-long and multi-disciplinary symposium will take place in Seoul, South Korea, and will be comprised of paper presentations and open discussions. The symposium will lay the foundation for creating an academic network for the field and for future symposiums |
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| Preliminary Schedule: * 09:30 Welcome and Opening * 10:00 Social Science Panel of 4 Presenters * 11:50 Lunch Break * 13:00 Humanities Panel of 4 Presenters * 14:50 Break * 15:00 Behavioral Science Panel of 4 Presenters * 17:00 Gathering Announcements / Close PANELS: Social Sciences Lisa Ellingson - Hague Convention Boon Young Han - Adoption in the Korean Legal System Jean Kim - Cold War History of Militarism and Imperialism Around Korean Adoption Peter Selman - Changing International Trends with Respect to Sending Countries Humanities Rebecca Burditt - Media Representations of Korean Adoption in the US Hosu Kim - Birth Mothers on Korean TV Tobias Hubinette - Korean Adoptee Autobiographical Texts Sarah Park - Korean Adoptee Configurations in American Children’s Literature Behavioral Sciences Rich Lee - Post-Adoption Issues for Korean Adoptees Beth Kyung Lo - Korean Adoptee Mental Health Issues Hollee McGinnis, Scott Ryan and Jeanne Howard - Current Survey Research of Korean Adoptees Kelli Donigan - Significance of return to Korea for Korean adoptees |
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| Date: Tuesday July 31st, 2007 Venue: Dongguk University, Seoul (next to Sofitel Ambassador Hotel) Questions? Contact Kim Park Nelson: greg0051@umn.edu |
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| Asian Adult Adoptees of Washington State (AAAW - U.S.A.) www.aaawashington.org Global Overseas Adoptees’ Link (G.O.A.' L - Korea) www.goal.or.kr |
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