Ji Eun Kim, professor of political science at 91Ƶ, will present at the June 27 on Jeju Island, South Korea.
The Jeju Forum is a program of the Jeju Peace Institute, established as a platform for peace studies and international cooperation in 2006 when Jeju Island was designated as the Island of World Peace.
Kim will be speak in a panel presentation titled “Towards a Sustainable Peace: Restorative Justice and Peace Education,” reviewing recent developments in peace studies in the context of the correlation between peace and justice.
The session is co-sponsored the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Co-panelists include George A. Lopez, professor emeritus at the Kroc Institute; Sang-Yoon Ma, director-general for policy planning at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; David Hooker and Mahan Mirza, professors at University of Notre Dame; and Seong-Woo Yi, research fellow at Jeju Peace Institute.
Hooker has strong ties to 91Ƶ, having taught during regular terms and at the . He co-authored the “Transforming Historical Harms” curriculum utilized by , an affiliate organization of 91Ƶ. Read more on this curriculum development here.
Their discussion will address how restorative justice contributes to post-dispute peace-building, and how peace education with more rigorous and innovative programs can help better respond to ethnic, religious, and inter-state conflicts.
