<div dir="ltr"><div><span class="gmail-il">Dear</span> <span class="gmail-il">Korean</span> <span class="gmail-il">Studies</span> members,<div><br></div><div>I would like to announce the forthcoming talk at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Monash University has been holding seminars on various topics related to <span class="gmail-il">Korean</span> <span class="gmail-il">Studies</span>, and our last talk series for this semester is going to be held next week as an online seminar. Please see the details below:</div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Monash University <span class="gmail-il">Korean</span> <span class="gmail-il">Studies</span> Research Hub is proud to present: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Melbourne Metropolitan <span class="gmail-il">Korean</span> <span class="gmail-il">Studies</span> Seminar Series </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Talk 8: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Prof. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap">Kyung Hyun Kim (UC Irvine) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap"><u>Wednesday, September 15, 12-1 PM AEST</u></b></p></div><div><br></div></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-7d8e357c-7fff-678d-d051-539b3e174007"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4">The Virtual Feast: Mukbang, Con-Man Comedy, and Blackness in Parasite (2019)</font></span></p></span><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-0cd80132-7fff-e005-c1de-fa4104a64d3d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Abstract</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This talk will focus on </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Parasite </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(dir. Bong Joon-ho, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kisaengch’ung</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) and probe the reasons why it had become one of the most successful films ever made outside Hollywood. This crime thriller successfully switches out predictable melodramatic codes usually reserved for blockbuster films for comedic conventions of wordplay, con-artist schemes, and food drama. Kim will argue that these themes not only problematize the division between real and fake and serve as a larger subject of the tension between haves and have-nots but also allow us to look at how food has lost its social or even cultural significance and has instead assumed a perverse, negative, and almost undesirable association with gluttony and psychological depression in the era of </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">mukbang</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (eatcast). How the cynicism raised in the film compares against some of the code-switching themes in Hollywood comedies featuring African American stars will be probed.  The talk will also explore the career of writer/director Bong Joon-ho and contextualize </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Parasite </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">within the Korean Cinema of the new millennium. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bio</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Prof. Kyung Hyun Kim</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is a creative writer, a scholar, and a film producer, who is currently a professor in the Department of East Asian Studies, UC Irvine. He has worked with internationally renowned directors such as Hong Sang-soo, Lee Chang-dong and Marty Scorsese, and also with American film producers Jason Blum and Steven Schneider. Prof. Kim is author of </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Virtual Hallyu: Korean Cinema of the Global Era</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hegemonic Mimicry: Korean Popular Culture of 21</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super">st</span></span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Century</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, all of them published by Duke University Press, and a Korean-language novel entitled </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In Search of Lost G </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ireo beorin G-reul chajaso</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, 2014) about a Korean mother combing through the US in search of her missing son during his junior year in a Massachusetts prep school.  He has coproduced and co-scripted two award-winning feature films </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Never Forever</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (2007, Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Main Competition) and </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Housemaid</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (2010, Cannes Film Festival Main Competition), and his co-scripted film screenplay, </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Origins of a Detective </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Hyeongsa eui kiwon),</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">won the cash prize (US$ 30,000) by being selected for the 2019 Best Film Development Project by the Korean Film Commission. He has also written </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msxfxVfFgsE&t=4s" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Mask Debate</span></a><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">his first theatre screenplay, which premiered in February 2021 through </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">UCI’s Illuminations: Chancellor’s Initiative in Arts and Drama</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> YouTube channel.</span></p></span><img src="cid:ii_kt9bf0f30" alt="image.png" width="183" height="276"><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap">Please register here for your attendance: </span><br></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><u><a href="https://forms.gle/7mhbWuCsf1K94YkZA">https://forms.gle/7mhbWuCsf1K94YkZA</a><br></u></font></div><div><br></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For any questions regarding this event, please contact: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ms Soyeon Kim (</span><a href="mailto:Soyeon.kim@monash.edu" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Soyeon.kim@monash.edu</a>)<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Yours sincerely, </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><i style="font-size:large">Soyeon Kim</i><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>PhD candidate/ Teaching associate / AKS research officer  </div><div>School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics</div><div>Monash University</div><div>Clayton, Victoria, 3800</div><div>Australia</div><div><br></div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:Soyeon.Kim@monash.edu" target="_blank">Soyeon.Kim@monash.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div>