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Panel | From Gwangju to Khartoum: Feminist Legacies of Uprisings
With Jeong Kyung-woon, Reem Abbas, Huiyeon Choi
31 October 2020
11am-12.30pm Khartoum / 6-7.30pm Gwangju time
Join: https://zoom.us/j/94492111061
(ZOOM ID: 944 9211 1061)
KR-EN Simultaneous Interpretation
Rooted in feminist values of liberation and justice, this panel seeks to highlight women’s contribution in social movements. Specialized in oral histories of modern and contemporary history of Korea, academic Jeong Kyung-woon reflects on the testimonies of women who participated in the Gwangju 5.18 Uprising, especially how the memory of their struggles has unfolded. Journalist Reem Abbas discusses the pivotal role of women in civil society and the recent political reforms in Sudan, as well as her commitment to chronicle gender issues, press freedom, and human rights in her home country. Activist Huiyeon Choi offers a contemporary reading of the feminist strategies in South Korea through street broadcasting, student and labor movements, and advocacy tools for gender equality.
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Female Students on the Street in Gwangju (1980), Photo by Lee Chang-seong, Provided by May 18 Memorial Foundation
Jeong Kyung-woon is a professor at Graduate School of Culture, Chonnam National University. She graduated from Chonnam National University, and holds BA, MA, and Ph.D. in Korean Language and Literature. She is teaching about Mythology, Semiotics, and Culture and Arts Education. Her studies and researches have been focused on oral life history about the modern and contemporary history of Korea, and issues about female participants in the May 18 Democratic Uprising in Gwangju. Her interests span Neoliberalism, communities, commons, youth cultures, and alternative cultural movements. She published “Lives of Gwangju Women and May 18 Democratic Uprising”, “Borders of Communities,” among many others.
Reem Abbas is a journalist, blogger, writer and researcher. Her blog on human rights, culture and politics in Sudan won the 2011 Blogher International Activist Award. Her writings and socio-political commentary were published in numerous publications. She also spent years working with Sudanese refugees in Egypt and published a profile on a young refugee musician in the book “Voices in Refuge: Stories from Sudanese Refugees in Cairo” published by the American University in Cairo Press. She is currently working on a book on the cultural scene and the Sudanese revolution in collaboration with Andariya, a cultural platform based in the region.
Huiyeon Choi is currently the representative of Gwangju Women Link and a feminist, working under the name ‘Mongsil,’ and has been an active member of women’s organizations and an activist for over twenty years. Choi mainly engages in anti-sexual discrimination, anti-sexual violence, and educational activities involving sex and gender issues. She is also an amateur actor in a small theater group. Currently, Choi is focusing on presenting opinions on local issues based on a gender perspective and learning to build a theoretical foundation with women’s studies as a feminist activist.