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Beyond Nationalism: The Ongoing History of the “Comfort Women” and Gender Politics

Carol Gluck

The Politics of Memory in the BTS Fandom to Resist Historical Revisionism

Lee Jeeheng

Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust and Afterward

This article foregrounds the long-overlooked sexual violence perpetrated against Jewish women during the Holocaust. It calls for fuller integration of survivors’ testimonies of sexual violence into our understanding of Holocaust history and prompts recognition of the ongoing reality of conflict-related sexual violence today.

Rochelle G. Saidel

A “Comfort Woman” Who Has Yet to Return Home, a Memory That Has Yet to Be Mourned: The Name Bae Bong-gi

Is it still possible to remember Bae Bong-gi’s life and mourn her death beyond the adversarial structure between nations?

Kim Shin Hyun-gyung

Here and now, what is the “issue” of Comfort Women for the Japanese military?

Now that a considerable amount of time has passed since the issue of the Japanese military “Comfort Women” was publicized, what are the questions young researchers are asking here?

Editorial Team of Webzine <Kyeol>

Women’s Solidarity in Our Troubled Times of Gendered Violence and War

Rada Iveković

The 2011 Constitutional Court’s Decision on the Unconstitutionality of Omission Marks the Turning Point for the “Comfort Women” Issue <Part 1>

Panel: Nam Kijeong (Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University)/ Cho Yanghyeon (Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security)/ Cho Sihyeon (The Center of Historical Truth and Justice)

Editorial Team of Webzine <Kyeol>

“Stop Using Women’s Bodies as Battlefields!”

Iryna Dovhan, head of SEMA Ukraine, condemns the severe violence and suffering endured by countless women during the Ukraine-Russia war, which has persisted for over a decade.

Iryna Dovhan

Online interview between Jeong Yeong-hwan & Pak Noja The issue of the 'comfort women’ that needs to be viewed from a post-division perspective DAY 2

Written by Jeong Yeong-hwan, Professor at Meiji Gakuin University, and Pak Noja, Professor at the University of Oslo

Jeong Yeong-hwan

미국 버지니아주 the Fairfax 카운티에 있는 위안부 평화공원에 설치된 기림비 (출처: Mary McCarthy 제공)

The supranational nature of the 'comfort women' issue and the ‘glocalization’ of memories, Part 2

Written by Shin Ki-young, Professor at Ochanomizu University, Japan

Shin Ki-young

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