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2016 EPIK Young Leaders Conference

Events | 2016-08-10

EPIK Spiders (EPIK: Exchange for Interdisciplinary Knowledge Spiders), a network of EAI intern graduates, held the EPIK Young Leaders Conference, a thesis competition for undergraduate and graduate students from the distinguished universities around the world, on August 10, 2016. The 7th EPIK Young Leader's Conference was convened under the theme "Past and Present: How Do They Interact?" The winners were chosen after rigorous evaluation from renowned scholars from EAI knowledge network. During this year's conference, held at Kukdo Hotel, presentations and discussions on selected themes were presented and discussed by undergraduate and graduate panelists who are former EAI interns.

Program

Opening Session

15:00-15:05

Opening Address
Sung Pyo Hong, Seoul National University; President of 2016 EPIK Spiders Committee

15:05-15:10

Welcoming Address
Sook-Jong Lee, President of EAI

Session I

Moderator	Prof. Jung Kim, University of North Korean Studies
15:10-16:10	Presentation "HyangHwain to Damunhwa: Historical Analysis of Immigrants in Early Joseon and History Textbook of Multicultural Korea" Seo Jung Moon, Yonsei University "Politics of Statue: Peace Monument and the Personification of Memory" Eun Ji Hwang, Yonsei University "Transient Labor: Past and Present of Young Female White-Collar Work Force in South Korea" Ye Won Hong, Yonsei University
16:10-17:30	Debate and Q&A with audiences Ju Young Ban, Duke University Madeleine Han, Stanford University Sung Pyo Hong, Soeul National University Eun Seo Kim, Peking University You Jung Kim, Seoul National University Jeong Min Yeo, Georgetown University
17:30-17:40	General Review and Certificate Presentation Ceremony Prof. Jung Kim, University of North Korean Studies