In 2012, the Korean government introduced “East Asian History” to the high school curriculum as an elective course. In this first year, about one-fourth of the high schools are teaching East Asian history, and an increasing number of schools are expected to teach this subject in the future. This growth reflects the needs of the times, which require cultivating leaders with a broader understanding of East Asia. This session will provide a forum to identify the historical strata of East Asian discourses and uncover new understandings of East Asian history that fit the current era, which seeks new directions for education in East Asian history. The session will first discuss how to teach East Asian history by focusing on the dynamics of the awareness and knowledge exchange regarding East Asia among Korea, China, and Japan. The session will then discuss current issues in and tasks for education in East Asian history through an introduction to the study of Korean education in East Asian history by AHN Byung Woo, the author of the Korean textbook on East Asian history.

- Chairperson
CHUNG, Jae-jeong (President, Northeast Asian History Foundation

- Keynote Presentations
YU, Yongtae (Professor, Seoul National University)
PAN, Kuang-che (Researcher, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica)
MIYAKE, Akimasa (Professor, Chiba University)
AHN, Byung Woo (Professor, Hanshin University

- Rapporteur
PARK, Jangbae (Research Fellow, Northeast Asian History Foundation)