“The Ramsay attack is counterproductive”… Yonsei University Professor Hanyang University Controversy Controversy

Input 2021.02.21 01:50

Professor Mark Ramsayer of Harvard University, who was controversial with the pretense of “comfort women,” was published in the US media, which seems to be in fact advocating for professors at Yonsei University and Hanyang University.

Joe Phillips, associate professor at Yonsei University Underwood International University, and Joseph Lee, associate professor at Hanyang University’s Political Science and Diplomacy, jointly contributed an article titled “Comfort Women and Academic Freedom” to the diplomatic journal of the United States on the 18th (local time).

In their contributions, they wrote, “The recent debate about Harvard University professor’s writings shows how limited the space for discussion and debate has been,” he wrote with the intention of advocating Professor Ramsey’s argument.

“Attacking Ramsey’s academic integrity because of his personal connection with Japan is counterproductive and sounds like xenophobic,” he said. “It is homogeneous to accuse him of lacking Korean perspective in his writings. It was based on’view’.

“In South Korea, limiting the study and discussion of comfort women has increased due to social and political collective thinking,” they wrote. “These are otherwise worthy of passionate public discussion.”

They also referred to Professor Park Yoo-ha of Sejong University, who caused controversy with the publication of the’Comfort Women of the Empire’ in 2013. You will be prosecuted by the authorities.”

The two professors cited Soh Jeong-hee’s book’Comfort Women: Sexual Violence Between Korea and Japan and Records After Colonization’ published in 2008, saying, “Activists groups selectively delete information that does not fit their story, and “I encourage you.”

They said, “The willingness of many comfort women survivors and the deceased survivors to accept compensation from Japan is well known and under discussion.” “In 2015, 35 people from the 1 billion yen fund raised by Japan in accordance with the agreement of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye “I accepted the payment.”

At the end of their contributions, these professors said, “Our purpose is not to support Professor Ramsey’s writing, but to demand empirical research and analysis, not withdrawal and apology as South Korean scholars and residents.”

Previously, Professor Lee made a remark on comfort women during class in 2019, but received some students’ problems and requests for apology. There was also a signing campaign to condemn his remarks on campus.