Events

[Special Lecture]
CHI Myong Kwan (池明観) “The Development of Trust in East Asia: On Korea-Japan Relations,” a talk in honor of EALAI’s founding

Date：November 15 (Tue) , 2005 16:30-18:00
Place：The University of Tokyo Komaba I Campus/ interdiscipline exchange Hall

Introduction of lecturer：
CHI Myong Kwan (池明観)
Born in 1924. He was a major religious and philosophy in Soul University. Under the dictatorship by president Park-chung Hee, Chi was the editor of chief of monthly journal “Sasang-gye” to gather the intellectual and cultured persons who made the movement of democratization.
After the to study abroad to Union Theological Seminary in United states, he came to Japan in 1972. He studied in The University of Tokyo, and became to Professor of Tokyo Women’s University till he go back to Korea in 1993. In Korea, he made the important posts, for example the chairman of Japan-Korea Joint Historical Research Organization, chairman an advisory committee of Korea- Japan cross-cultural exchange, the president of Institute of Japanese studies, the Hallym Academy of Science Hallym University, and it makes the foundation of exchange of Japan and Korea.
In August 2003, he published that the underground communication named “Communication from Korea” sent by “student T.K” (May 1973-march 1988) was anonymous international co-project by him.

【Mainly books】
“The History of Korea culture (韓国文化史)” Koma book, 1979
“Jeogori and Armour (チョゴリと鎧)” Taro Jiro Sha, 1989
“Religion live in the present age –with Hanna Allent (現代に生きる思想−ハンナ・アレントと共に−)” Shinkyo Shuppan Sha, 1989
“What is Human heritance (人間的遺産とは何か)” Iwanami Shoten, 1994
“The road to Korea’s democracy (韓国民主化への道)” Iwanami Shinsho, 1995
”The story of Korean History (ものがたり朝鮮の歴史)” Akashi Syoten, 1998
“The term of student T.K and Now –the road to peace and coexistence in East Asia (T．K生の時代と「いま」−東アジアの平和と共存への道−)” Ichiyo Sha, 2004
“Abroad to cross a boundary line – autobiography of CHI Myong Kwan (境界線を超える旅−池明観自伝−)” Iwanami Shoten, 2005