Published on Apr 18, 2018
On Tuesday, April 17th at the University of Chicago's International House, a delegation of scholars and survivors came together to review and assess the effort to raise global awareness about Jeju 4.3, or the 1948 uprising on Korea's Jeju Island, and to make progress toward restorative justice, societal healing, and reconciliation. This conference sought recommendations and resolutions for next steps toward health, healing and justice that will support and benefit not only Jeju 4.3 survivors and families, but also uplift Jeju globally as an environmentally and sustainable "Peace Island." This may include the creation and operation of a Jeju Peace University or a Jeju Environmental University based on collaborative Jeju Peace Studies in Korea and internationally. This initiative helps create a new comprehensive history that gives voice to the people and embrace concerns about dignity and autonomy.
The day's program featured various sessions including a Keynote Speech delivered by Peter U-il Kang (Bishop, Diocese of Cheju) and a presentation and performance by South Korean violinist and peace activist, Hyung Joon Won, Artistic Director of the Lindenbaum Festival Ensemble.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE:
11:00 am - 11:05 am
Opening Ceremony
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Keynote - Jeju 4.3 Reconciliation Through Religion: Comprehensive Understanding of 4.3 in Korean Modern History
Peter U-il Kang, Bishop, Diocese of Cheju, South Korea and Chair of Committee to Recommend Jeju 4.3 Peace Prize
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Session 1: Recognition and Responsibility of the Jeju 4.3 Grand Tragedy during “peacetime” Korea (March 1947-September 1954)
Recognition and Responsibility: The Moral Relevance of Pre-UN History to the Jeju Tragedy
Hope Elizabeth May
Central Michigan University, USA
The Graduate Institute of Peace Studies, Kyunghee University, Korea
Surviving the Cold War: Widows of Jeju 4.3 and Korean War Violence
Su-Kyoung Hwang
University of Sydney, Australia
U.S. Responsibility of Cheju Massacre 1947-1949 Revisited
Sang-Soo Hur
Korea Social Science Institute, Korea
Discussant(s):
Bruce Cumings
University of Chicago, USA
Kunihiko Yoshida
Hokkaido University, Japan
Moderator:
Chang Hoon Ko
Jeju National University, Korea
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:20 pm - 3:00 pm
Session 2: Film Screening of “Shackled,” (made by Sangyong Hyun [Filmmaker, South Korea] and supported by the World Association for Island Studies) untold stories of Jeju 4.3 Survivors and their Testimonies
Moderator(s):
Dong-yun Yang
Jeju 4.3 Solidarity for Islanders
Ae-Duck Im
Jeju National University, Korea
Guest Speaker(s):
Ms. Yeong-ran Kim
Ms. Mi-kyoung Kang
Mr. Won-hew Pu
Mr. Dong-su Park
Discussant(s):
Donald Kirk
Author and Journalist, USA
Grant McCall
Anthropologist, Australia
3:00 pm - 3:10 pm
Break
3:10 pm - 4:00 pm
Session 3: Jeju 4.3 As A Source of a Sustainable “Peace Island” Policy Agenda
From Tragedy Will Come: Jeju is the Buckle with its “Peace Port”
Grant McCall
University of Sydney, Australia
Registering 1947 Records of Legal Cases of 328 People Involved the Demonstrations into one of the UNESCO World Programs of Memory
Chang Hoon Ko
Jeju National University, Korea
Placing Jeju Tragedies in Various Taxonomies of Reparations
Kunihiko Yoshida
Hokkaido University, Japan
Discussant(s):
Roy Tamashiro
Webster University, USA
Hyung joon Won
Artistic Director, Lindenbaum Festival Ensemble, Korea
Moderator:
Hope Elizabeth May
Central Michigan University, USA
The Graduate Institute of Peace Studies, Kyunghee University, Korea
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm
Break
4:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Session 4: Social Healing and Peace Education Cases of Jeju 4.3 Grand Tragedy
Bearing Witness to the Inhuman at Jeju 4.3: How Museums, Rituals and Pilgrimages Advance Healing and Reconciliation
Roy Tamashiro
Webster University, USA
Searching for a Social Healing Practice Model: Focused on Jeju 4.3 Historical Trauma
Ae-Duck Im
Jeju National University, Korea
An Overview of 4.3 Peace Education in South Korea
Michael Saxton, Jeju National University
Geum-soon Han, Nam Nyeong High School
Seung-hak Oh, Halla Middle School
Deok-hyeon Kim, Jeju National University
Jae-yong Shin, Jeju National University
Discussant(s):
Kunihiko Yoshida
Hokkaido University, Japan
Moderator:
Sang-Soo Hur
Korea Social Science Institute, Korea
5:00 pm - 5:10 pm
Break
5:10 pm - 5:25 pm
Jeju 4.3 Reconciliation Through Music by Hyung joon Won, Artistic Director, Lindenbaum Festival Ensemble
“Elegy for the Victims of Terrorism,” composed by In kyu Kim, a South Korean composer who wrote this piece in 2017 for Violinist Hyung Joon Won and to pursue peace on the Korean peninsula
“Cheju Island that Never Sleeps,” Composed and Lyrics by Ahn Chi-whan, South Korea
The philosophy of Lindenbaum Music is "One People, One Harmony." This philosophy enables us to bring people back together from discord through an understanding of orchestral music. Our basic principles of Consideration, Communion and Communication through orchestra guide us in the creation of expanded understanding and harmony between people in all places of the world.
5:25 pm - 5:30 pm
Closing Remarks
