Description
A 4-day, international, multi-disciplinary event examining the concept of adoptees' origin deprivation – the loss of genetic identity, natal ancestry, and familial kinship - from a variety of perspectives, both academic and NGO-led. The Korean Adoptee Adoption Research Network (KAARN) is a lead partner, with support from Professor Emily Hipchen, Brown University, US. Participants and speakers are drawn from the fields of law, literature, gender studies, philosophy, history, social welfare, and intercultural studies. They hail from South Korea, Canada, Sweden, Australia, Ireland, the UK, and the U.S.| Period | 22 May 2023 → 25 May 2025 |
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| Event type | Conference |
| Location | BelfastShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |
Keywords
- Adoption
- Identity
- symposium
- MULTI DISCIPLINARY
- RIGHTS
- LAW REFORM
- HUMANITIES
Documents & Links
Related content
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Activities
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Adoption UK: Health Intelligence and Adoption
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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AdoptNI (External organisation)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of board
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KEYNOTE TALK AND SEMINAR 'THE RIGHT TO ORIGIN'
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
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Adoption as War Crime
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Focus Group: (Local Authorities in England/Wales) on retaining the records of adopted and care-experienced people – additional retention guidance for public bodies
Activity: Consultancy types › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
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Kyung-Eun Lee
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting of external, non-academic visitor
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Marcio Vilar
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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Human rights in adoption law
Activity: Consultancy types › CPD delivery/organisation of courses for externals (in kind)
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Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture 10th Biennial Conference [2026]
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Invited contribution (as Country Expert) to the CHIP (UNICEF) assessment of Ireland’s domestic adoption system ('Developing a best practice framework and reform roadmap to enable the Government of Ireland to reform its domestic adoption system to ensure better outcomes for all parties involved, especially the child')
Activity: Consultancy types › Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
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Research output
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Key note talk - Identity: A (Human) Right to Ancestry and Genetic Origin
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Special Issue - Introduction: origin deprivation, adoptee rights, and the need for truth recovery and redressive law reform
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review