Dear members of SSJ-Forum, 

We cordially invite you to our 6th GAS Lecture Series on February 8 (Thu), 2024. This event will be held online. To join this event, please fill in the form below. Also, please feel free to share this information widely.  　

GAS Lecture #6 "Gendered Mobility of North Korean Women in the Post-Cold War Era"

This lecture will provide a critical analysis of the Korean Armistice system via the lens of global migration and a feminist perspective. The state of the Korean Armistice produces the division system that organizes the everyday lives of Koreans, impacting women in both North and South Korea across various aspects from militarism to the division of labor. Despite the fact that North Korean mobile women are one of the most vulnerable groups, North Korean women actively contribute to shaping gendered migration trajectories, whether to improve their own lives or move to places with better living conditions. This multifaceted agency highlights their resilience in navigating and challenging the constraints imposed by the state of the Korean Armistice and the resulting division system.

Speaker: Sung Kyung KIM (Associate professor, University of North Korean Studies)

Moderator: Jiyoon Kim (Assistant professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo) 

Date and time: February 8 (Thu), 2024, 14:00 PM -15:30 PM (JST)

Venue: Online via Zoom 

Registration: https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqfu-gqT0qHNMSb79Vq5WxvrMMMNXWpeOp

Language: English

Organizer: Global Asian Studies (GAS) at Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo

Contact: gas[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Best Regards,
GAS Initiative at IASA, UTokyo
Global Asian Studies (GAS) 
https://gas.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp