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Current Issue The supranational nature of the 'comfort women' issue and the ‘glocalization’ of memories, Part 1

Written by Shin Ki-young, Professor at Ochanomizu University, Japan

Shin Ki-young

미국 버지니아주 the Fairfax 카운티에 있는 위안부 평화공원에 설치된 기림비 (출처: Mary McCarthy 제공)

Current Issue The supranational nature of the 'comfort women' issue and the ‘glocalization’ of memories, Part 2

Written by Shin Ki-young, Professor at Ochanomizu University, Japan

Shin Ki-young

Other Right-wing or Conscientious?

Takashi Machida

Culture The Twilight of Testimony

Kim Soom’s novel “One Left”(Hyundae Munhak) is a work that announces a new turning point in the era of testimony. worldview formed ahead of these final moments, and can it present us with meaningful realistic possibilities not only in literary terms but also social and historical ones?

Park Hye-jin

Culture From Asking to Listening, from Singular to Plural: The Transformability of “Comfort Women” Narrative Norms in Kim Soom’s “One Left”

In some way or another, testimony literature must provide its own answer to the question of what to represent and how. So what was the answer found by Kim Soom's novel "One Left" (Hyundae Munhak, 2016)?

Kwon-Kim Hyun-young

Culture Now/here, the inside and outside of the 'comfort women' films (Part 1)

Written by Son Hee-jung, Yonsei University Institute of Gender Studies

Son Hee-jung

Culture An Answer Possible Only in This Moment

Exploring the “Comfort Women” through Miji Ih’s three-part project Münder and the exhibition Mangshitori

Miji Ih

Current Issue Beyond Nationalism: The Ongoing History of the “Comfort Women” and Gender Politics

Carol Gluck

Culture Earth Is Not Flat - the Movie “Denial” Review

The movie “Denial” (Mick Jackson, 2017)

Heo Yoon

Activism Navigating Memory Wars: A Research Journey Through the Politics of "Comfort Women" Commemoration

The spread of “Comfort Women” memorials across different cities and countries offers insights into both possibilities and the limits of memory activism, especially in an era when the world continues to confront the legacies of colonialism, racism, and historical injustice.

Dr. Daniel Schumacher

Activism My Mother Is More Than A Comfort Woman: A Storybook of the Lolas from Their Daughters’ Perspectives

My Mother Is More Than A Comfort Woman is a storybook that presents the experiences of Filipino “Comfort Women” survivors through the eyes of their daughters and a granddaughter.

Naoko Okimoto (沖本直子)

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Current Issue The Politics of Memory in the BTS Fandom to Resist Historical Revisionism

Lee Jeeheng

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