IC MEMO / ICOMAM

“The history of the Second World War and the reception of War and Nazi-Crimes in the post war societies – Asia and Europe in comparison”

Program:

Monday, October 4

10.00 a.m. Opening Ceremony:
Wulff E. Brebeck, Chairman IC MEMO, Director District Museum Paderborn
Guy Wilson, Chairman ICOMAM

10.30 p.m. Lecture:
Nazi-Past and WWII, History and Memorial Museums in Germany and Europe
Thomas Lutz, Vice-Chairman of IC MEMO, Head of the Memorial Museums Department, Topography of Terror Foundation, Berlin (Germany)

11.30 a.m. Lecture:
Memorial Museums in Japan: From the Capital Tokyo to Cold War Island, Okinawa
Professor Julie Higashi, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
Chair: Wulff E. Brebeck

12.30 a.m. Lunch

2.00 p.m. Hiroshima as a Symbol, Hiroshima as a Reality
Professor Chieko Kitagawa Otsuru, Faculty of Law, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan
Chair: Professor Julie Higashi

3.30 p.m. Coffee Break

4.00 p.m. Dealing with the Nazi-past in a Nazi-regime Occupied Country – the example of the Memorial Museum Theresienstadt,
Dr. Jan Munk, Director, Memorial Museum Theresienstadt

5.00 p.m. Discussion
Chair: Thomas Lutz

6.00 p.m. End of the session

Tuesday, October 5

10.00 a.m. Lecture:
Dealing with the Second World War and State Crimes in Korea –an Overview
Dr. RHIE Dong-Hee

11.00 a.m. Coffee Break

11.30 a.m. Presentations:
Sites and Institutions Dealing with War and Repression in Korea:
- The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan; Mrs. YOON Mi-Hyang, Secretary General
- Korean House for International Solidarity, Pastor LEE Hae-Dong

Closing Discussion
Chair: Thomas Lutz

1.00 p.m. Lunch

2.00 p.m. Intangible Heritage in the work of IC MEMO and ICOMAM
Introduction: Wulff E. Brebeck
Art Against Death. The intangible heritage of the culture in the Terezín Ghetto.
Dr. Vojtech Blodig, Memorial Museum Theresienstadt
Mess of Peace – The armed man: the power of music, Guy Wilson

3.30 p.m. Coffee Break

4.00 p.m. Intengible Heritage of Relevance to Memorial Museums
Joseph O'Reilly, Founding Director, International Human Rights Museum Initiative (IHRMI)

Closing Discussion
Chair: Wulff E. Brebeck

6.00 p.m. End of the session

Wednesday, October 6

9.00 a.m. Membership meetings: Separate: IC MEMO and ICOMAM

12.30 p.m. Excursion: The April 19th1960 National Cemetery and Museum

2.30 p.m. Excursion: Seodaemun (Prison) History Hall and Museum

5.00 p.m. Excursion: The War Memorial of Korea
Memorial Hall, War History Room, and Korean War
(1950-1953) Rooms

6.30 p.m. Dinner (Hosted by the President and Director of the War Memorial of Korea)

Thursday, October 7

H Excursion Day Special Program:
“War Memorial and Panmunjeom Tour” for all ICOM members and their families

10.00 a.m. Excursion: War Memorial Museum and the DMZ

10.00 a.m. ROK Armed Forces Ceremony (including Honor Guard Demonstration & Traditional Sword Training Demonstration), The War Memorial of Korea <Korean War(1950-1953) Room>

1.00 p.m. Lunch at Panmunjeon

2.00 p.m. Panmunjeom <JSA(Joint Security Area) in the Demilitarized Zone(DMZ)> Tour

4.30 p.m. Dora Oservatory near the Panmunjeom

6.30 p.m. End of the tour event


Korean Contact Persons:

IC MEMO: Mr. KIM, Yong-nam, Sr. Curator, the War Memorial of Korea
Tel: +82-(0)2-709-3087 Fax: +82-(0)2-709-3072 Email:
curator110@hanmail.net

ICOMAM: Mr. KANG, Chang-kook, Curator, the War Memorial of Korea
Tel: +82-(0)2-709-3075 Fax: +82-(0)2-709-3072 Email:
5335kang@hanmail.net


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