The San Diego World Affairs Council Presents
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Saturday, October 12th, 2024
12:00pm - 3:00pm
National University
9388 Lightwave Ave.
San Diego, CA 92123
About the Program
Come and enjoy some Korean hors d'ouevres during the half hour networking time, learn from our panel of distinguished experts, and end the afternoon with a lively performance by the renowned SDSU K-Pop dance team! Experience "K-Diplomacy" where culture, economy, and politics intersect!
Sponsored in partnership with the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Los Angeles, this program is guaranteed to be both intellectually engaging and culturally immersive!
Following the end of World War II and the Korean War, South Korea has served as an exemplary case of a nation that has successfully overcame both economic and political turmoil. Korea has become a model that many developing states around the globe aspire to emulate. Given its unique geopolitical location, South Korea has historically faced significant security challenges surrounded by the world's most powerful states—the United States, China, Japan, and Russia. This enduring geopolitical reality makes diplomacy critically important for South Korea.
Meanwhile, K-pop or K-culture has found universal appeal around the world― with people from all ethnicities and cultural backgrounds, especially, and enthusiastically, the younger generations. K- pop's cultural influence extends globally, shaping not only music, but many other fashion and entertainment trends.
Learn more about our distinguished speakers below:
About Stephan Haggard
Stephan Haggard is a research professor, Lawrence and Sallye Krause Distinguished Professor Emeritus, serves as the Director Emeritus for the Korea-Pacific Program, and Research Director for Global Governance at the University of California Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) based at UC San Diego. He teaches courses on the international relations of the Asia-Pacific and Korean peninsula at GPS covering political economy as well as security issues. He has done extensive research on North Korea in particular. In addition, he has a long-standing interest in transitions to and from democratic rule and the current phenomenon of democratic backsliding. Learn more about his work here.
About Suk-Young Kim
Professor Kim, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and External Engagement; Head of Theater and Performance Studies at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film & Television, is an interdisciplinary scholar with doctoral degrees in Interdisciplinary Theatre and Drama (Northwestern University, 2005) and Slavic Language and Literature (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, 2001). Her work primarily focuses on body politics, transmedia, entertainment industry, and the historical roots of today’s popular culture. She finds writing inspirations in odd anachronisms and illuminating beauty found in dusty archives, live stages, and today’s vertiginous screen cultures. Learn more about her work here.
About Munseob Lee
Munseob Lee is Assistant Professor of economics and director of the Korea-Pacific Program at UCSD. His research areas are macroeconomics, growth and development, and the Korean economy. He is a member of Conference on Research in Income and Wealth (CRIW) and a research affiliate of IZA Institute of Labor Economics. Lee teaches courses including Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Macroeconomics of Development, and The Korean Economy.
He has been a consultant at the World Bank, a visiting fellow at the Asian Development Bank, and a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis as well as the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Prior to joining UC San Diego, Lee was a research intern at the International Monetary Fund and a sergeant in the Republic of Korea Army. Learn more about his work here.
