Mokpo National University Hosts Academic Event on "Reexamining the History of the Mokpo Independence Movement"

Reexamining the Little-Known Reality of the Mokpo Region Independence Movement History

The Department of History at National Mokpo University (President Song Ha-cheol), together with the Mokpo Cultural Center (Director Kim Jeong-gi), announced on the 22nd that they will hold an academic event titled "Re-examining the History of the Mokpo Independence Movement" on the 27th at 1:30 PM in the multipurpose room of the Mokpo Cultural Center.

Sponsored by Jeollanam-do Province and Mokpo City, this academic event was organized to shed new light on the anti-Japanese independence movement history in the Mokpo region.

The detailed topics are diverse, including the Independence Manse Movement, women's movement, labor movement, student movement, and activities of socialist organizations. The event will feature a keynote speech, four thematic presentations, and an expert panel discussion.

Academic Event Poster on the Theme of Reexamining the History of the Mokpo Independence Movement
Photo by Mokpo National University

The keynote speech will be delivered by Professor Choi Seong-hwan of the Department of History at Mokpo University, on "The Development and Characteristics of the Mokpo April 8, 1919 Independence Manse Movement."

For the thematic presentations, An So-yeon (Researcher at Honam Cultural Contents Research Institute) will discuss "The Development Process and Nature of the Mokpo Women's Movement in the 1920s," Lee Seong-woon (Research Fellow at Korea Island Promotion Institute) will present on "The Development and Characteristics of the Mokpo Labor Movement during the Japanese Colonial Period," Park Oh-seong (History Teacher at Moksang High School) will cover "The Development and Nature of the Anti-Japanese Student Movement at Mokpo Public Commercial School in 1929," and Tak Hyun-jin (Researcher at Mokpo University Library and Culture Research Institute) will speak on "The Anti-Japanese Movement and Characteristics of Socialist Organizations in the Mokpo Region in the 1930s."

The chair of the designated discussion will be historian Ko Seok-gyu, Director of the Jeonnam Talent Lifelong Education Promotion Institute. Panelists include Kim Guk-hwa, Researcher at the Independence Hall; Yang Won-cheol, Researcher at the Korea National University of Education Museum of Education; Jin Ji-yeon, Researcher at the Mokpo Democratic Citizen Research Institute; and Kim Sang-wook, Director of the Korea Disaster Research Institute.

This academic event is expected to serve as an important opportunity to re-examine the reality of the independence movement history in the Mokpo region, which has been little known until now, and to reveal the activities of related figures.

It is especially significant in that it clarifies that various fields of anti-Japanese national movements were carried out throughout the Japanese colonial period in Mokpo, a city that had a strong image as an exploitation port.

The Department of History at National Mokpo University and the Mokpo Cultural Center signed a memorandum of understanding in 2020 to mutually cooperate in local history research and the discovery of historical content. They have jointly conducted related academic events and published research results, including the joint publication of "Modern Facilities of the Port City Mokpo" in 2021.

This academic event is also held as part of the city and county historical and cultural resource discovery project, and based on new research results, a publication titled "History of the Mokpo Anti-Japanese Independence Movement" is planned.

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