BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:"Two Koreas\, Two Lives: From the Experiences of a North Korean Defector" \;Guest Speaker: \;Seoungryeol Kim\, Ph.D. Student in S ocial Science\, Maxwell School\, Syracuse University.At ten years old\, Se ongryeol Kim witnessed his first execution at a local market in his hometo wn in North Korea. These executions were part of his everyday life until h e escaped to South Korea\, just as had many thousands of North Koreans bef ore him. Life in South Korea\, while much improved\, had created many barr iers to integration. Seongryeol often faced discrimination by his South Ko rean peers for his background. Despite these challenges\, he achieved acad emic greatness and made his way to the United States with a Fulbright Scho larship to study Chinese-North Korean foreign relations as a PhD student h ere at the Maxwell School. Seongryeol Kim will discuss his upbringings in North and South Korea and how his experiences shaped his identity.Conversa tions in Conflict Studies is a weekly educational speaker series for stude nts\, faculty\, and the community. The series\, sponsored by PARCC\, draws its speakers from Syracuse University faculty\, national and internationa l scholars and activists\, and PhD students. Pizza is served. \;Be sur e to check out the full list of speakers.If you require accommodations\, p lease contact Deborah Toole \;by email \;or by phone at 315.443.23 67 at least one week prior to the event. \;  \; DTEND:20190307T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260516T045821Z DTSTART:20190307T173000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:PARCC Conversations in Conflict Studies~ Two Koreas\, Two Lives: F rom the Experiences of a North Korean Defector UID:RFCALITEM639144899015555427 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

"Two Koreas\, Two Lives: From the E xperiences of a North Korean Defector" \;Guest Speaker: \ ;Seoungryeol Kim\, Ph.D. Student in Social Science\, Maxw ell School\, Syracuse University.
At ten years old\, Seongryeol Kim wit nessed his first execution at a local market in his hometown in North Kore a. These executions were part of his everyday life until he escaped to Sou th Korea\, just as had many thousands of North Koreans before him. Life in South Korea\, while much improved\, had created many barriers to integrat ion. Seongryeol often faced discrimination by his South Korean peers for h is background. Despite these challenges\, he achieved academic greatness a nd made his way to the United States with a Fulbright Scholarship to study Chinese-North Korean foreign relations as a PhD student here at the Maxwe ll School. Seongryeol Kim will discuss his upbringings in North and South Korea and how his experiences shaped his identity.

Conversat ions in Conflict Studies is a weekly educational speaker series for studen ts\, faculty\, and the community. The series\, sponsored by PARCC\, draws its speakers from Syracuse University faculty\, national and international scholars and activists\, and PhD students. Pizza is served. \;Be sure to check out the full list of speakers.


If you require accommodations\, pleas e contact Deborah Toole \;by email \;or by phone at 315.443.2367 at least one week prior to the event.& nbsp\;  \;

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