2009 Institute for Social Sciences International Conference Program

 

 International Comparison of Ideas and Strategies on Alterglobalization Movements

*Date: 9:30am ~ 6:00pm, May 29, Friday, 2009

*Site: 10th floor Conference Room, Rinnai Building, Seoul, Korea



Registration: 9:30am - 10:00am

Opening Remarks: 10:00am - 10:10am

                   


¡áSESSION 1: International Comparison of Ideas and Strategies on Alterglobalization                 Movements   10:10am - 12:10pm

Presider: Jin-Sang Jeong (Gyeongsang National University. Korea)

10:10am ~ 11:10am  Chang-Keun Kim (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)

¡°21st Century Socialism in Venezuela and Endogenous Development Strategy¡±

Discussant: Gyu-Yeop Choe (New Community Institute, Korean Democratic Labor                                   Party, Korea )

11:10am ~ 12:10pm  Young-Soo Kim (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)

¡°Social Europe and the European Trade Union Confederation¡±

Discussant: Seung-Hyeob Lee (Korean Labor Education Institute, Korea)



¡á Lunch Break: 12:10pm ~ 1:10pm


  

¡áSESSION 2: Varieties of Experiences and Varieties of Approaches in                                Alterglobalization Movements   1:10pm - 3:40pm

Presider: Hee-Yeon Cho (SungKongHoe University, Korea)

1:10pm - 2:00pm Martin Hart-Landsberg (Lewis and Clark College, USA)

¡°Challenges and Possibilities: Learning from ALBA and the Bank of the South¡±

Discussant: Hyeng-Joon Park (Corea Institute for New Society, Korea)

2:00pm - 2:50pm Dae-Oup Jang (SOAS-University of London, UK)

¡°Beyond Politics of Multitude: Social-Labor Movement and Alternative Globalization in East Asia¡±

Discussant: Young-Pyo Seo (SungKongHoe University, Korea)

2:50pm - 3:40pm Patrick Bond (University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa)

¡°Realistic Neoliberalism: A View from South Africa¡±

Discussant: Sibok Chang (Mokpo National University, Korea)



¡á Coffee Break: 3:40pm - 4:00pm



¡áSESSION 3: World Economic Crisis and Marxian Alternatives in Alterglobalization                 Movements   4:00pm - 6:00pm

Presider: Soo-Haeng Kim (SungKongHoe University, Korea)

4:00pm - 5:00pm Michael Krätke(Lancaster University, UK)

¡°The Third Great Crisis in the History of Capitalism: A Challenge for Marxist Thought¡±

Discussant: 

5:00pm - 6:00pm Gerard Dumenil(University of Paris X:Nanterre, France)

¡°Class Confrontation in the Crisis of the Early 21st Century¡±

Discussant: Jeong-Joo Kim (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)


 

 

 

 

               2008 Institute for Social Sciences International Conference Program

 

Ideas and Strategies in the Alterglobalization Movements

 

9:30AM - 17:40PM

May 23, Friday, 2008

5th floor Conference Room, Korean Federation of Public Service

and Transportation Workers Unions Building

Seoul, Korea

 

Registration: 9:30am-9:50am

 

Opening Remark: 9:50am-10:00am

Sang-Hwan Jang (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)

 

¡á Session 1: Ideas, Organizations and Strategies of Alterglobalization Movements 10:00am - 12:10pm

 

Presider: Seungho Kim (Cyber Labor University in Memory of Jun Tae-il, Korea)  

 

10:00am-11:00am Seongjin Jeong (Gyeongsang National University, Korea), Eui-Dong Kim(Gyeongsang National University, Korea), Chang-Keun Kim (Gyeongsang National University, Korea), and Sibok Chang (Gyeongsang National University, Korea), ¡°Ideas of Alterglobalization Movements¡±

Discussant: Nam Young Chung (Kyungwon University, Korea), No-wan Kwack (University of Seoul, Korea)

 

11:00am-12:10pm Jin-Sang Jeong (Gyeongsang National University, Korea), Sang-Hwan Jang (Gyeongsang National University, Korea), Young-Soo Kim (Gyeongsang National University, Korea), Jeong-Ju Kim (Gyeongsang National University, Korea), and Seung-Hyeob Lee (Korea Labor Education Institute, Korea), ¡°Organizations and Strategies of Alterglobalization Movements¡±

Discussant: Hee-Yeon Cho (SungKongHoe University, Korea), Il-bung Choi (All together, Korea)

 

¡á Lunch Break: 12:10pm-13:10pm

 

¡á Session 2: Alterglobalization Movements: International Experiences 1:10pm-5:40pm

 

Presider: Soohaeng Kim (Academy for Social Science, Korea)

 

1:10pm-2:00pm George Katsiaficas (Wentworth Institute of Technology, USA and Chonnam National University)

¡°1968 and Alterglobalization Movements¡±

Discussant: Young-Su Won (Center for Democracy and Social Movement of SungKongHoe University, Korea)

 

2:00pm-2:50pm Dae-oup Jang (Centre of Asia Studies of University of Hong Kong).

¡°Social Movement Unionism and Struggles at Value-Fronts¡±

Discussant: Joo Moo Hyeon (Korea Employment Information Service, Korea)

 

2:50pm-3:40pm Richard Westra (Pukyoung National University, Korea)

¡°A Primer on the Commodity, Capital and Globalization with regards to De-commodification in Alter-globalization Movement Strategizing¡±

Discussant: Cho (SungKongHoe University, Korea)

 

¡á Coffee Break: 3:40pm-4:00pm

 

4:00pm-4:50pm Patrick Bond (University of KwaZulu, South Africa) and Ashwin Desai (University of KwaZulu, South Africa)

¡°We Are the Poors: Community Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa.¡±

Discussant: Young-Su Won (Center for Democracy and Social Movement of SungKongHoe University, Korea)

 

4:50pm-5:40pm David McNally (York University, Canada)

¡°Another World is Possible: Movements against Global Commodification¡±

Discussant: Choi Il-bung (All together, Korea)

 

¡á Conference Ends 5:40pm

 

 

2007 International conference
Alternative Economic Strategies for Socialism in the 21st Century
May 25, Friday, 2007 AM 9:00 - PM 6:00
Building of Social Science, 310 Gyeongsang National University

                         Session 1: Alternative Economic Strategies for Korea
¡à Sang-Hwan Jang (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)
   ¡Û Reproduction Crisis and Alternative Fiscal Policy

¡à Eui-Dong Kim (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)
   ¡Û Regulation of International Financial Speculation and Tobin Tax

¡à No-Wan Kwack (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)
   ¡Û Basic Income - Limit and Possibility

                         Session 2: Alternative Economic Strategies -                                   International Experiences
¡à Chang-Keun Kim (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)
   ¡Û Autonomia's Theory for Globalization: A Marxist Critique

¡à Martin Hart-Landsberg (Lewis and Clark College, USA)
   ¡Û Living Wage Movement: Challenges for a Reform Struggle

¡à Patrick Bond (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
  ¡Û Linking below, across and against: World Social Forum weaknesses, global governance gaps, and civil society¡¯s political, ideological and strategic dilemmas

                         Session 3: Models for Socialism in the 21st Century
¡à Seongjin Jeong (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)
   ¡Û Models of Participatory Planning for Socialism in the 21st Century 

¡à Richard Westra (Pukyoung National University)
   ¡Û Economic Life Beyond Capital? Models and Strategy for a Progressive Future in the 21st Century

2006 International conference
Theories and Practices of Alternative Economic System: Towards Socialism for the 21st Century
June 2, Friday, 2006 (AM 9:00 - PM 6:00)
Building of Social Science, 310 Gyeongsang National University

                         Session 1: Keynsian Model 
¡à Sang-Hwan Jang (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)
   ¡Û Assessment of Keynesian Model

¡à Eui-Dong Kim (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)
   ¡Û Swedish Model in Globalization Age: Conformity of Globalization and Neo-liberal socio-economic policy

¡à Patrick Bond (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
   ¡Û Decommodification as Antidote to Uneven and Combined Development in Post-Capitalist South Africa

                         Session 2: Market Socialism
¡à Moohyeon Joo (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)
   ¡Û Market Socialism: A Marxian Critique

¡à Chang-Keun Kim(Gyeongsang National University)
   ¡Û Exploration of Workers' Self-management in Yugoslavia

¡à Martin Hart-Landsberg (Lewis and Clark College, USA)
¡à Paul Burkett (Indiana State University, USA)
  ¡Û The Slippery Slope of Market Reform: A Critical Look at the Chinese Experience

                         Session 3: Marxian Socialism 
¡à Seongjin Jeong (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)
   ¡Û State Capitalism in the USSR: Marxian Explanation 

¡à Richard Westra (Pukyoung National University)
   ¡Û Eco-sustainability and Economic Viability: 
        Rethinking socialist institutional design for the 21st century

2005 International conference
Korean Economy: Marxist Perspectives
May 20, Friday, 2005(AM 9:30-PM 7:00)
Nammyung Hall 101, Gyeongsang National University

¡à Hiroshi Ohnishi (Kyoto University, Japan)
   ¡Û A Marxist=Neo-classical New Modelling of Capitalism

¡à Lefteris Tsoulfidis (University of Macedonia, Greece)
   ¡Û Marx and Keynes on the Falling Rate of Profit, Capital Accumulation and Crisis

¡à Dong-Min Rieu (Chungnam National University, Korea)
   ¡Û Estimating the Sectoral Rates of Surplus Value: Methodological Issues

¡à Alex Callinicos (The University of York, UK)
   ¡Û Imperialism and Global Political Economy

¡à Joseph Halevi (The University of Sydney, Australia) and
¡à Peter Kreisler (The University of New South Wales, Australia)
   ¡Û The Changing Patterns of Accumulation and Realization in East Asia since the
       1990s.

¡à Martin Hart-Landsberg (Lewis and Clark College, USA) and
¡à Paul Burkett (Indiana State University, USA)
   ¡Û China and the Dynamics of Transnational Capital Accumulation

¡à Richard Westra (Pukyoung National University)
   ¡Û State, Market, and Stages of Capitalism in South Korean Development

¡à Sang-Hwan Jang (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)
   ¡Û Land Reform and Capitalist Development in Korea

¡à Soohaeng Kim (Seoul National University, Korea) and
¡à Seung-Ho Park (Seoul National University, Korea)
   ¡Û A Critical Appraisal of Economic Achievements under the Park Jung Hee Regime

¡à Seongjin Jeong (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)
   ¡Û Trend of Marxian Ratios in Korea: 1970-2003

¡à Dae-oup Chang (Asia Monitor Resource Center, Hong Kong)
   ¡Û When Capital Becomes Society: The Recomposition of Capitalist Work and New
       Labour

2004 International conference
World Economy in the 21st Century: Marxist Perspectives

May 21, 2004(17:00-2218:00)
Nam Myeong Memorial Hall 101, Gyeongsang National University


¡à Fred Moseley (Mount Holyoke College)
   ¡Û The 'New Solution' to the Transformation Problem: A Sympathetic Critique

¡à Alfredo Saad-Filho (University of London)
   ¡Û Is Marx's Theory of Value Still Relevant?

¡à Chai-on Lee (Chonnam National University)
   ¡Û Currency Exchange Rates Determination in the Light of Marx's Labor Value Theory
¡à Alex Callinicos (The University of York)
   ¡Û Situating Neoliberalism

¡à Richard Westra (Pukyong National University)
   ¡Û Globalization: A New Beginning or Final Exit for Capitalism

¡à Fred Moseley (Mount Holyoke College)
   ¡Û Marxian Crisis Theory and the Current US Economy

¡à Alfredo Saad-Filho (University of London)
   ¡Û Political Economy of the Neoliberal Transition in Brazil

¡à Seongjin Jeong (Gyeongsang National University)
   ¡Û Trend of Capital Accumulation in Korea after 1997 Crisis

¡à Martin Hart-Landsberg (Lewis and Clark College)
   ¡Û International Conditions and South Korean Capital Accumulation, 1987-2003

2003 International conference
Neoliberal Restructuring and the Transformation of Industrial Relations in Korea: 1997-2001
February 21, 2003(10:20-17:00)

Nam Myeong Memorial Hall 101, Gyeongsang National University)


¡à Martin Hart-Landsberge
   ¡Û Neoliberalism: Myths and Reality

¡à Seong-Jin Jeong
   ¡Û Neoliberalism and Responses of Global Labor

¡à Toshio Aida
   ¡Û The Strategy of Keidanren for Japanese Spring Struggle

¡à John Rees
   ¡Û Neoliberalism and Workers' Struggles in Europe

¡à Soo-Tack Kang
   ¡Û Neoliberal Restructuring and Korean Workers' Social Consciousness

¡à Hyo-Rae Cho
   ¡Û Trade Union Leadership and Democracy in Metal Industry

¡à Jong-Lae Lee
   ¡Û Class Politics and Class Vote

2002 International conference
Workers' Responses to Neoliberalism: International Experiences
May 17, 2002(14:00-18:00)
Nam Myeong Memorial Hall 101, Gyeongsang National University

¡à Martin Hart-Landsberge
  ¡Û The Mexican Experience With Neoliberalism: Critical Lessons for Korea and Asia

¡à Hyo-Rae Cho
   ¡Û Neoliberalism and Dilemmas of Labor Moverment in Brazil

¡à Jong-Rae Lee
   ¡Û The Challenge of Neoliberalism and the Response of Labor

¡à Toshio Aida
   ¡Û The Unemployment Problem and Trade Union Movement in Japan

¡à SungKyun Lee
   ¡Û Neoliberal and Global Policies and the Working Class Movement: The Korean
       Case