The 2017 Next Generation Conference was held at the KF Global Center on August 9th as a part of the KF-EAI Korea Friendship Project Communicus. The three conference presenters were chosen from among this year’s Korea Friendship participants after a rigorous evaluation of their research proposals by renowned scholars from EAI’s knowledge network. Professor Jae Hyeok Shin of Korea University moderated the conference, which included presentations on the selected themes and a discussion panel made up of undergraduate and graduate students.

 

Bohesa Won (Georgetown University) received the grand prize for her presentation “Examining the Relationship between Culture, Society, and Sex Trafficking in South Korea”, and Robert Erik Lionberger (Academy of Korean Studies) received second place for his presentation “Foreigners Navigating a Confucian Social Order in South Korea.”

 

 

 

 

 

Program

 

Emcee: Diana Chung, University of California San Diego

 

10:00-10:05	Opening Address Prof. Jae Hyeok Shin, Korea University
10:05-10:10	Welcoming Address Bingjun Li, 1st Prize recipient at Next Generation Conference 2016

 

Session

 

 

 

Moderator	Prof. Jae Hyeok Shin, Korea University
10:10-10:25	Presentation 1 “Examining the Relationship between Culture, Society, and Sex Trafficking in South Korea” Bohesa Won, Georgetown University
10:25-10:55	Debate and questions and answers with audiences Hahyung Lee, Yonsei University Juyoung Ban, Duke University
10:55-11:10	Presentation 2 “Why is unification of South Korea and North Korea so difficult?” Nigora Karimova, Inha University
11:10-11:40	Debate and questions and answers with audiences Bikzad Abdullah, Korea University Peter Juhl, Johns Hopkins University
11:40-11:45	Break
11:45-12:00	Presentation 3 “Foreigners Navigating a Confucian Social Order in South Korea” Robert Erik Lionberger, The Academy of Korean Studies
12:00-12:30	Debate and questions and answers with audiences Joon Soo Ro, Johns Hopkins University Sinclair Cook, Stanford University
12:30	Awarding Ceremony

 

Award Recipients

 

 

 

 

1st Prize

Bohesa Won, Georgetown University

"Examining the Relationship between Culture, Society, and Sex Trafficking in South Korea"

 

 

 

2nd Prize

Robert Erik Lionberger, Academy of Korean Studies

"Foreigners Navigating a Confucian Social Order in South Korea"