The Seoul Conference 2014 
with Professor Ulrich Beck

Public Lecture Tues. July 8, 2014 (13:30 - 17:00)

Theme “Emancipatory Catastrophism: What does it mean to Climate Change and Risk Society?”

Venue : International Conference Hall, Korea Press Center                    

Organized by Joongmin Foundation for Social Theory, Center for Social Sciences of Seoul National University, National Assembly Forum on Climate Change, Climate Change Center  

Sponsored by ERC Fund, Korean Sociological Association                

Time                   Session                                                                                                         

13:30 - 14:00      Registration       

14:00 - 14:15      Opening & Congratulatory Remark            
Moderator Sung-Kook Kim (Professor Emeritus, Pusan University)

                          - Sung-Gon Kim (Co-chair, National Assembly Forum on Climate Change / Member of the National Assembly)          

                          - Jang Moo Lee (Chairman of the Board, Climate Change Center)          

14:15 - 14:25      VIP Photo         

14:25 - 14:45      Introduction

                          Sang-Jin Han (Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University)

▶       How to Interpret Prof. Beck’s Message of Emancipatory Catastrophism

14:45 - 15:30      Public lecture    

                          Ulrich Beck (Professor, the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

▶       Emancipatory Catastrophism: What does it mean to Climate Change and Risk Society?

15:30 - 16:00      Designated dialogue       

                          - YUI Kiyomitsu (Professor Department of Sociology, Kobe University, Japan)   

                          - CHEN yulin (Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University, China) 

                          - Hong Chansook (Research Associate Professor, Seoul National University, Korea)

16:00 - 17:00        Free discussion