UCLA 2016 Im Conference of Korean Christianity

Billy Graham, I Saw Your Sons at War: The Korean Diary of Billy Graham (Minneapolis: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1953), p. 50.

Friday, April 22, 2016
10:30 AM - 5:00 PM

10383 Bunche Hall
UCLA

The UCLA Center for Korean Studies is pleased to announce that the 2016 Im Conference of Korean Christianity will be held at 10383 Bunche Hall on April 22, 2016.

The conference aims to give scholars in all Korea-related and world-Christianity fields an opportunity to present their researches on Korean Christianity, especially on the topics related to (1) Missionary Issues (2) Christianity in North(ern) Korea (3) Colonialism, Modernity, and Christianity, 1910-1945, and (4) Christianity and Nation Buiding, 1945-1960.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

10:30-10:40 Sung Deuk Oak, Im Chair Associate Professor of Korean Christianity, UCLA
Opening

10:40-11:30 Henry Kim, Associate Professor of Sociology, Wheaton College
        “Protestant Missionaries in Korea, Primary Sources, and Social Network Analysis”

11:30-11:50 Heather M. Lehto, Doctoral Candidate, Anthropology, UC Berkeley
                  Response & Discussion

11:50-1:20 Lunch break

1:20-2:00 JangWook Huh, Visiting Ass. Professor of English, University at Buffalo, SUNY
           “The Gospel of Sentimental Uplift: U.S. Missionaries in an Age of Imperialisms”

2:00-2:20 Jong Woo Park, Doctoral Candidate, Korean History, UCLA
          Response & Discussion

2:20-3:00 Frederick J. Glover, Doctoral Candidate, History, University of Calgary
            “Friends, Foes and Partners: The Relationship between the Canadian Missionaries and        Korean Christians in Northern Korea and Manchuria from 1898 until 1927”

3:00-3:20 Sang Mee Oh, Doctoral Candidate, Korean History, UCLA
            Response & Discussion

3:20-3:30 Coffee Break

3:30-4:10 Halla Kim, Professor of Philosophy and Religions, University of Nebraska
           “The Fate of History: Four Views of History among the Early Pioneers of Korean                                     Christianity”

4:10-4:30 Matthew Wright, Doctoral Candidate, Korean History, UCLA
              Response & Discussion

4:30-5:00 Discussion and Closing

Presenters and Discussants:

Cost : Free and open to the public; RSVP required

Sponsor(s): Center for Korean Studies