Programme
Day 1: 7 January 2022 @ UCLan – audience will be able to join both online and offline.

Opening Session @ Greenbank Lecture Theatre

9.30 AM – 9.40 AM

Welcoming Remarks

o Sojin Lim, Co-Director of the International Institute of Korean Studies (IKSU)
9.40 AM – 10.00 AM

Keynote Speech

o Colin Crooks, outgoing UK Ambassador to North Korea, and Ambassador-designate to South Korea

Session 1: International Relations around Korea Peninsula @ Greenbank Lecture Theatre

10.10 AM – 12.00 PM
Chair: Brendan Howe (Ewha Womans University, South Korea)
Speakers (20 minutes x 3 speakers, 60 minutes)
o The Limits of Institutionalism: Why the Korea-China-Japan Trilateral Summits Have Not Succeeded / Ed Griffith (University of Central Lancashire / UK)
o National Identity and Its Impact on ROK-Japan Relations: The Role of the “Comfort Women” Issue / Sofia Ribeiro-Lemos (University of Minho, Portugal)
o The Contribution of South Korea’s HADR to Middle Power Hierarchy Construction in the Asia-Pacific / Alexander Hynd (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Discussant (20 minutes)
o David Hundt (Deakin University, Australia)
Discussion with Q&A (30 minutes)

Session 2: Democratisation of South Korea @ Harrington Lecture Theatre

1.30 PM – 3.00 PM
Chair: Niki Alsford (University of Central Lancashire, UK)
Speakers (20 minutes x 2 speakers, 40 minutes)
o Out of Proportion? The Election System and Representative Democracy in South Korea / Hannes Mosler (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
o What Is the Meaning of South Korea’s Democratisation Experiences to Other Asian Countries? / Kyounghee Cho (Pusan National University, South Korea)
Discussant (20 minutes)
o Jamie Doucette (University of Manchester, UK)
Discussion with Q&A (30 minutes)

Session 3: Exploring Diplomacy @ Harrington Lecture Theatre

3.10 PM – 5.00 PM
Chair: Ed Griffith (University of Central Lancashire, UK)
Speakers (20 minutes x 3 speakers, 60 minutes)
o What Role to Play? Assessing the ROK’s Future Nuclear Diplomacy / Virginie Grzelczyk (Aston University, UK)
o Reframing the Role of Corporations in South Korea’s Foreign Relations: A Public Diplomacy Perspectives / Francesca Frassineti (Italian Institute for International Political Studies, Italy) & Yunhee Kim (Sookmyung Institute of Global Governance, South Korea)
o China’s ‘Non-Policy’ towards South Korea in the Late Mao Era (1961-1976) / Yin Peng (University of Central Lancashire, UK)
Discussant (20 minutes)
o Colin Alexander (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Discussion with Q&A (30 minutes)

Day 2: 8 January 2022 @ Brockholes – audience will be able to join online only.

Session 4: Inter-Korea Affairs

9.30 AM – 11.20 AM
Chair: Virginie Grzelczyk (Aston University, UK)
Speakers (20 minutes x 3 speakers, 60 minutes)
o The Dog that Doesn’t Bark: Domestic Social Norms and Public Debate on Nuclear Weapons in South Korea / In Young Min (Heidelberg University, Germany)
o Diplomatic Competition Between North and South Korea in the Southern Cone (1950 – 1975) / Camilo Aguirre (University of Sussex, UK)
o Why Presenting a Foe as a Friend Can Make Sense: Explaining the Shifts in North Korea’s Construction of a South Korean Threat in State Media in the 21 Century / Benedikt Staar (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Discussant (20 minutes)

Sarah Son (University of Sheffield, UK)
Discussion with Q&A (30 minutes)

Closing Session

11.30 AM – 11.50 AM

Closing Remarks

o Niki Alsford, Head of the Institute for the Study of the Asia Pacific (ISAP)