International Workshop "De-Constructing Korean Identity in (Post-) Soviet Spaces". Day 1

Опубликовано: 01 Октябрь 2026
на канале: Koryo-saram Research Network
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Day 1

Introduction and welcome note by Prof. Ahn (IZO)
Opening remarks: KRN Team Evgenia An, Zachary Adamz, Svetlana Kim

Session 1
Presentations by experts De-constructing Korean Identity in (Post)-Soviet spaces
Moderation: Evgenia An

1) Prof. Valeriy Khan, Department of Cultural Studies, Tashkent State Pedagogical University, Uzbekistan: Plural Identities of post-soviet Koreans
Discussion

2) Prof. Yun San Won, Korean Diaspora Research Center, Institute of History, Chonbuk National University, South Korea: Historical Consideration of Internationalism of Diaspora Intellectuals in Goryeo in the Soviet Period

3) Prof. Woong-ho Hong, Korea Institute of Foreign Relations, Dongguk university, South Korea: The history and identity of Korean media and its role in identity formation

4) Dr. Zhanna Son, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs / School of Asian Studies, Higher School of Economics, Russia: Transnational Construction of Koryo-saram Diaspora in Russia from historical perspective

5) Prof. Youngsoon Kim, Department of Social Studies Education & Multicultural Studies, Inha University, South Korea: Between Ideal and Reality: Cultural Adaptation and Identity Negotiation of the Koryo-Saram Married Migrant Women in Korea

Break

Session 2
Presentations by researchers De-constructing Korean Identity in (Post)-Soviet spaces
Moderation: Pavel Em


1) Sergio Gallardo, Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology, CIESAS-Mexico City: Who can be Korean? Narratives of Korean Ethnicity in Mexico through the concept of ‘Third Korea’.

2) Thiago Mattos, Korea Development Institute School, Sejong, South Korea: Comparing public policies of memory in the construction of Korean national identity: museums, memorial and transformations in the peninsula.

3) Andrii Ryzhkov & Nayelli Lopez Rocha, National Autonomous University of Mexico: Welcome back home (?): official discourse vs. South Korean reality as seen by Koryo-saram

4) Yulia Nikitina, The Academy of Korean Studies, South Korea: Complex, Fluid and Diverse Nature of Korean Identity: Experiences of Ethnic Koreans from Russia and Central Asia (Koryoin) in South Korea

5) Vadim Akulenko, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia: Shuttles of The Ethnic Borders: The Mixed Identity of The Descendants of The Mixed Marriages Between Koreans And Representatives Of Other Ethnic Groups In Vladivostok

Closing Day 1
Summary and closing remarks by the KRN Team
Evgenia An, Zachary Adamz, Svetlana Kim