<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">IASPM Research Seminar, “Complex Interiorities of Korean Pop Music: from the DMZ Sonic Wars to K-Pop Intimacy”</b><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) announces its monthly Research Seminar hosted by the IASPM-Korea branch.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Date: <b>Thursday, July 22</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Time: <b>1pm KST (UTC+9)</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Place: Zoom — Free online event but <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/iaspm-july-2021-research-seminar-complex-interiorities-of-korea-pop-music-tickets-162789711409" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">registration required</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/iaspm-july-2021-research-seminar-complex-interiorities-of-korea-pop-music-tickets-162789711409" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/iaspm-july-2021-research-seminar-complex-interiorities-of-korea-pop-music-tickets-162789711409</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Presentations:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b>Jeongin Lee</b> (Ph.D. student, University of Texas), “Performing Demilitarized Peace: The DMZ Peace Music Festival in the Post-Korean Sonic War”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b>Stephanie Choi</b> (Ph.D. UC-Santa Barbara), “Idol and Us: Valorizing Intimacy in the K-Pop Business”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Moderator: Pil Ho Kim (IASPM-Korea chair)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Abstracts are available at the registration page linked above. After 15-minute presentation from each speaker, we will have a 30-minute Q&A and floor discussion. English is the language used for the seminar. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Please join us to learn about cutting-edge research on Korean pop music. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Pil Ho Kim, Ph.D.<br><br>Assistant Professor of Korean<br>Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures<br>The Ohio State University<br>Office: Hagerty Hall 379 <br>Phone: +1-614-292-9601</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://u.osu.edu/kim.2736/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">http://u.osu.edu/kim.2736/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>