The Social Science Korea
International Conference Series
East Asia and Future Korea in the Gabo Year:
1894 and 2014
Hosted by
Korean Social Science Research Council
Sponsored by
National Research Council For Economics,
Humanities and Social Sciences
National Research Foundation of Korea
￭ Date:
October 24, 2014
￭ Venue:
Youngone Hall (Room 210),
Asia Center,
Seoul National University
￭ Opening Ceremony (9:30-10:00)
Welcoming Remark:
Hyun-Chin Lim
(President, Korean Social Science Research Council)
Congratulatory Remarks:
Nak-in Sung
(President, Seoul National University)
Se Young Ahn
(Chairman, National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences)
Tae Yeol Seo
(Director, Directorate for the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Research Foundation of Korea)
￭ Plenary Session: East Asia: Past and Future (10:00-12:00)
Moderator:
Suk-Man Hwang
(Changwon National University)
Speaker:
Kenichiro Hirano (Toyo Bunko and Waseda University)
“All Started from Huang Zun-xian’s ‘Chao-xian Ce-lue’: The Gabo Reform and the Three Wars in the Context of the East Asian International Regime.”
Bruce Cumings (University of Chicago)
“Japan as Number One: The American Preference for Japan in the East Asian Order, 1894-2014.”
Debin Liu (Jilin University): “The Collapse of East Asian Order and the Possibilities of Rebuilding in the 21th Century”
Young-Sun Ha (Seoul National University)
“1894 in 2014: The History of Future”
￭ Lunch (12:00-13:30):
Samick Hall (Room 220), Asia Center, Seoul National University (Hosted by Chan Wook Park, Dean, the College of Social Science, Seoul National University)
￭ Session 1 : Social and Economic History in Gabo Years (13:30-15:30)
Moderator:
Jeong-Ro Yoon
(KAIST)
Speaker:
Keun Sik Jung (Seoul National University)
“Social Memory and Museum of the Donghak Peasant Revolution and Sino-Japanese War”
Dong-No Kim (Yonsei University)
“The Donghak Peasant War, The Gabo Reform Movement, and Nationalism.”
Jae Ho Kim (Chonnam National University)
“Modern Fiscal State and Gabo Reform.”
Discussant:
Yeong-beom Kim (Daegu University)
Pil-Dong Kim (Chungnam National University)
Hyeon Jong Wang (Yonsei University)
Coffee Break (15:30-16:00)
￭ Session 2 : Political and Diplomatic History in Gabo Years (16:00-18:00)
Moderator:
Chan Wook Park
(Seoul National University)
Speaker:
Hyun Chul Kim (Northeast Asian History Foundation)
“The 1894-1895 Gabo Reform’s Significance within Korean Political History and its Present-day Implications: With a Focus on the Achievements, Limitations and Issues of the Coalition Cabinet of Kim Hong-jip and Bak Yeong-hyo.”
Sungbae Kim (Institute for National Security Strategy)
“The Transformation of the East Asian Order and Korea’s Response in 1894.”
Yul Sohn (Yonsei University)
“An East Asia Dream?: 1894 and 2014 in Power Transition.”
Discussant:
Jung Tae Eun (The Institute for Korean Historical Studies)
Hunmi Lee (Seoul National University)
Sangbae Kim (Seoul National University)
￭ Dinner (18:30-):
Faculty Lounge (Room 611), Asia Center, Seoul National University
(Hosted by Myungkoo Kang, Director, Asia Center, Seoul National University) 