[KS] BAKS 2006 Conference Programme

[James H. Grayson]

The British Association for Korean Studies 

invites any interested person to attend its 2006 Biennial Conference to be held
at Halifax Hall of The University of Sheffield from Wednesday 6 to Thursday 7
September, 2006.  The theme of the conference is 'Generations in Korea: Past,
Present and Future'.  A key speaker at the conference will be the British
author Margaret Drabble and one of the sessions will be devoted to a discussion
of the book 'The Red Queen'.

Anyone interested in attending should contact the Conference Organiser Prof.
James H. Grayson at j.h.grayson at sheffield.ac.uk to receive an application form
for attending the conference.

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BAKS 2006 Conference Programme


Wednesday, 6 September
2 – 5:45 PM – Registration

6 – 6:30  PM -  Reception

6:30 – 8 PM – Conference Dinner

8 – 9:30 – Opening Session
Margaret Drabble  - ‘The Writing of The Red Queen’.

Chair and Commentator -  Dr. Agnita Tennant


Thursday 7 September
7:30 - 8:45 AM – Breakfast

9 – 10:30 AM – Panel 1 
Chair -  Dr. Grace Koh
Han-rog Kang – ‘Sickness of the Spirit: Madness in Chosŏn Korea’.

Sowon Park –  ‘Metempsychosis and Chiasmatic Encounter:  On Margaret 
Drabble’s The Red Queen’.

Andrew Logie – ‘The Grey Man's fight for intellectual identity in early 
post-war Korea’.

10:30 – 11 AM – Refreshments


11 – 12:30 Panel 2
Chair – James Hoare

David Prendergast – ‘Ties that Bind: Ageing and Inter-generational Relations in
Korea’.

Son Key-young - 'A Millennium-Old Tale of Two Actors in Alliance Politics: An 
        Elite Norm of ‘Serving the Great’ and Grass-root Defiance in US-South 
        Korea Alliance'.

David Lee – ‘Seoul Status: The Rise of Kangnam and Its Implications for 
        Modern Korea’.

12:30 – 1:45  – Lunch

1:45 -  3:15  Panel 3
Chair – James H. Grayson 

Mihye Cho – ‘ Korean Cultural Policy in Paradigm Shift: from Preserving 
        National Culture to Creating Culture’.

Andrew Jackson – ‘Neither Here nor There: Positive Responses to Modernity in 
        South Korean Film’.

Aramchan Lee – ‘A Shift toward Masculinity in Korean Cinema since the 
       Economic Crisis of 1997’.


3:15 – 3:45 – Refreshments


3:45 – 5:00 Panel 4
Chair – John Swenson-Wright
Hyung-A Kim – ‘Evolution of Generational Change Within Korea’s Democracy  
        Movement: From the 6.3 Generation to the 386 Generation’.

Young-mi Kim – ‘Generational Change and Ideological Preferences in South 
        Korea’.

Alon Levkowitz – ‘Threat Perceptions in Korea: Generation or Political Change?’

5:00  Closing Session