Ahead of the centenary of Japan’s forcible annexation of Korea in 1910, the Northeast Asian History Foundation holds an international symposium on "Reexamining the Legal Validity of Japan''s Annexation of Korea from the Perspectives of International Law" at the Conference Room on June 22 (Mon).
Renowned experts from Korea, Japan, the United States and France are expected to participate in the event to reexamine the legal validity of Japan''s forced annexation of Korea in 1910 from the perspectives of history, diplomacy and international law.
The symposium consists of three sessions and a comprehensive discussion/debate and each session features following presenters and theme.
Session 1
YI Taejin (Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University): Illegality of the 1905 Protectorate Treaty - The Dark Cover-Up
WADA Haruki (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo): King Gojong''s Policy for a Neutral Korea and the Russia-Japan Rivalry
Grotte Pascal (Professor, Department of French Language & Literature, Ewha Womans University): Diplomatic Process of the Japan-Korea Annexation
Session 2
Edward SHULTZ (Interim Dean and Professor, The School of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa): An Act of War - The U. S. Seizure of Hawai''i
ARAI Shinichi (Professor Emeritus, Ibaraki University): "Protectorate" in Modern East Asian History - Japan''s Annexation of Korea and the Twenty-One Demands to China
LEE Keungwan (Professor, Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University): Reexamination of Japan''s Annexation of Korea from the Perspectiveof International Law
Session 3
KIM, Changrok (Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kyungpook National University): 1910 Treaty from the Perspective of Legal History
SASAGAWA Norikatsu (Professor, School of Law, Meiji University): Problems with the International Legal System vis-à-vis the Seikanron
PARK Paekeun (Professor, Graduate School of Law, Pusan National University): Protocol and Process of the Treaty-Making from the Perspective of Intertemporales Recht - Assessing the (In)Validity of "the Annexation Treaty"
Attachment(s): Papers
