Dr. Martin Chung is a Hong Kong-based political scientist and historian of conflict and peace in contemporary Europe and East Asia. His major publications include Repentance for the Holocaust: Lessons from Jewish Thought for Confronting the German Past (Cornell University Press 2017) and Reconciling with the Past: Resources and Obstacles in a Global Perspective (Routledge paperback 2018, co-edited with Annika Frieberg). His articles have appeared in Parliamentary Affairs, International Journal of Transitional Justice, British Politics, Jahrbuch des Dubnow-Instituts and Jahrbuch für Politik und Geschichte. Among other subjects, he teaches peace studies, religion and politics, and comparative regionalism at Hong Kong Baptist University. He holds a PhD from the University of Hong Kong and is a graduate of Yad Vashem and Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute.
Chung is completing his Habilitation, ‘Secularism and Sectarianism: From Political Violence to Unstable Peace in Northern Ireland.
Dr. Martin Chung (Hong-Kong) am 22. Juni in Bonn Comparative Reconciliation Studies in the East Asian Context
On June 22nd the Bonn Center for Reconciliation Studies invites to join the presentation of Dr. Martin Chung from Hong Kong.
This talk is based on the speaker's decade-long engagement with comparative reconciliation research in the region and argues for rethinking the utility of the conceptual fixation on "reconciliation". By examining the adjacent concepts of xiezui/shazai/sajoe 謝罪 in the Sino-Japanese-Korean relational triad and chanhui 懺悔 in intra-Chinese coming to terms with the past, their classical roots and contemporary application in the international as well as domestic political arenas, the presentation will attempt to demonstrate the peculiar difficulties hindering political reconciliation in the region in relation to these concepts and the promising potentials of conceptual openness in comparative research.
Thursday, 22. June 2023
Heussallee 18-24, Conference Room
18:30 - 20:00 Uhr
Registration: vforum@uni-bonn.de
Please register to participate. There will be a possibility to join via zoom. To gain access to the meeting please contact vfrom@uni-bonn.de.
Thursday, 22. June 2023
Heussallee 18-24, Conference Room
18:30 - 20:00 Uhr
Registration: vforum@uni-bonn.de
Please register to participate. There will be a possibility to join via zoom. To gain access to the meeting please contact vfrom@uni-bonn.de.