The Northeast Asian History Foundation holds the “International Lecture Meeting Commemorating the 90th Anniversary of the March 1st Movement - “Significance of 1919 in World History” on March 9, 2009 (Monday) at the Conference Room of the Korean Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI).
The main objectives of this symposium are: revisiting the great significance of 1919—the year when the March 1 Independence Movement was waged against Japanese colonial rule and when a new world order was getting into shape right after World War I—in world history from a macroscopic point of view; reviewing the implications of the year in today’s world; and seeking to develop forward-looking relations in the Northeast Asian region.
To this end, leading researchers not just from Korea, China and Japan but also from the United States will take part in the symposium as presenters and discussants. The presentation by Professor Thomas Knock of Southern Methodist University, in particular, is very meaningful in that he brings a global touch to research on the March 1 Independence Movement, which has so far been carried out predominantly by the three Northeast Asian countries concerned with the issue.

Key Presenters and Discussants

• Kim Hee-gon (Korea – Professor at Andong National University & director of the Andong Independence Movement Memorial) – Implications of the March 1 Independence Movement and the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
  [Discussant: Park Chan-seung (Professor at Hanyang University)]
• Geng Yunzhi (China – Researcher at the Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) – Modern History of China and the Role of the May 4 Movement
  [Discussant: Baek Young-seo (Professor at Yonsei University)]
• Matsuo Takayoshi (Japan – Honorary professor at Kyoto University) – Taisho Democracy and the March 1 Independence Movement
  [Discussant: Choi Deok-soo (Professor at Korea University)]
• Thomas Knock (United States – Professor at Southern Methodist University) – Past and Present of Woodrow Wilson’s Internationalism: 1919-2009
  [Discussant: Gwon Yong-rip (Professor at Kyungsung University)]
• Kim Yong-goo (Korea – Director of the Hallym Academy of Sciences, Hallym University) – Historical Implications of the Versailles System and the Korean Peninsula
  [Discussant: Lee Geun-wook (Professor at Sogang University)]