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Prospects for Regional Integration in East Asia: The Role of South Korea and Implications for the Americas

Joint Research Project II (2010-2011) for the Korean Studies in the Americas

Saturday, May 07, 2011
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA United States

This project brought together ten scholars from different countries, such as Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Korea, and the U.S. to discuss the possibility of regional integration in East Asia with a focus on Korea's role and position in this process. The first year of this project, 2009-10, was devoted to research and writing first drafts. During the second year, 2010-11, a conference was held to discuss research findings.

9:30-10:30	East Asian Economic Integration Process and Its Trade Implications for Mexico  Roberto Hernández, University of Guadalajara Discussant: Wonho Kim, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
10:30-11:30	South Korean Foreign and Security Policies: Some Implications for East Asia Integration and for Latin America Lytton Guimarães, University of Brasília Discussant: Wonho Kim, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
1:00-2:00	Tok Do/Takeshima in Context: Historical Legacy, Bilateral Issues, and Regional Territorial Dispute Martín Pérez Le-fort, University of Chile Discussant: Kyeyoung Park, UCLA
2:00-3:00	Globalization of the National and the Nationalization of the Global: How the Korean Wave Connects Korea and East Asia Wonjung Kim, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Discussant: Kyeyoung Park, UCLA & Namhee Lee, UCLA
3:30-4:30	Regional Integration in East Asia Revisited: New Challenges for the XXI Jorge di Masi, National University of La Plata Discussant: Wonho Kim, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
4:30-5:00	Final Discussion & Closing

 

 

For more information please contact

Sejung Kim
koreanstudies@international.ucla.edu