The South Korean Candlelight Protest Movement: A Roundtable Discussion on the Past, Present and Future of Social Movements in South Korea
The South Korean Candlelight Protest Movement: A Roundtable Discussion on the Past, Present and Future of Social Movements in South Korea
Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 8:00 PM (EST) via Zoom
*Register in advance: https://tinyurl.com/CandlelightForum
Through a roundtable discussion on the Candlelight Protest Movement (2016-2017), this event investigates the possibilities and grounds for transformative politics and the conditions for and limits of revolutionary change in a democracy. Drawing from their essays in the Journal of Asian Studies Forum “South Korean Candlelight Protest Movement” (forthcoming in Feb-March 2022), Jennifer Jihye Chun, Ju Hui Judy Han, Albert L. Park and Hyun Ok Park, in particular, share their views on the Candlelight Protest Movement and the present and future course of political change and social transformation in South Korea.
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