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October 09, 2009
Disquieting Traces: Critical Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Date: February 3, 2009
Time: 4pm
Location: International Institute Room 1636
Dong-Choon Kim is Associate Professor of Sociology at Sung Kong Hoe University in Seoul, Korea, and currently serves as a Standing Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Republic of Korea.
Professor Kim received his PhD in Sociology from Seoul National University in 1993. The main areas of Professor Kim’s research have been historical sociology of Korean politics, working class formation, and the Korean War. As an activist, Professor Kim has been at the center of progressive academic movements since the 1980s. Since 1999, he has been writing about Korean War Massacres and working with victims’ families. In 2004, Hankyoreh, South Korea's progressive newspaper, nominated him as one of “100 people who will lead Korean society.” He was also awarded the 20th DanJe Prize in 2005 for his academic achievements and activism.
His books include Social Movements in 1960s Korea (1991), A Study of Korea's Working Class (1995), Shadow of Modernity (2000), War and Society (2000), Engine of America-Market and War (2004). War and Society has been translated into German, Japanese, and English (The English language title is The Unending Korean War.)
Posted by kanepark at October 9, 2009 11:37 AM