Hx East Asia Forums - April

Covid19 & Sincheonji; Mahmoud Khalil controversy & East Asia free speech

Covid-19 and Religious Freedom: Sincheonji sect in South Korea

Sponsored by Heterodox East Asia Community and HxA Western Washington University

WWU Professor Holly Folk shall discuss the controversial religious sect Sincheonji, whose members were blamed and prosecuted for the spread of Covid-19 in South Korea.

April 9 Wed | 9pm ET | 6pm PT (US)

April 10 Thurs | 10am KST (Korea)

Register: https://forms.gle/mFmpwbijznJq1oXh6

Mahmoud Khalil controversy and Implications for East Asia free speech

Shai Davidai (Columbia U), Jonathan Zimmerman (U Penn), Joseph Yi (Hanyang U, Seoul)

April 17 Thurs 830pm EST | 530pm PT (US)

April 18 Friday 930am (Korea)

Register: https://forms.gle/27LXoZQd2dgtKVab6

KOREA TIME

May 1 Thursday 10am: Engaging North Korea & travel ban on peace activist Christine Ahn

May 2 Friday 10am. Sejong University professor Park Yu-ha (Comfort Women of the Empire)

May 17 Sat 10am: Gay Christian teachers in Korea

May 22 Thurs 10am. Scholarly perspectives on Imperial Japan and Asia-Pacific War. Lee, Kang and Park

June 5 Thurs 10am Comfort Women Scholars: Mark Ramseyer.