<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Apologies KS list members. This is the updated version of the seminar deatils. Please disregard the previous email. Thank you and so sorry for the trouble.<br><br><br><div id="gmail-:wq" class="gmail-Ar gmail-Au gmail-Ao" style="display:block"><div id="gmail-:wm" class="gmail-Am gmail-Al editable gmail-LW-avf gmail-tS-tW gmail-tS-tY" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" tabindex="1" style="direction:ltr;min-height:376px" aria-controls=":z6"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear KS list members, please note the following event. You can attend in person or remotely. If attending remotely please register using the Google form and a ZOOM link will be sent to you one day prior to the seminar. Hope to see you there.<br><br>All the best,<br>Sandy<u></u><u></u></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH) presents:</span></b><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Monash Beyond Borders Korean Studies Seminar Series</span></b><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Seminar 4</span></b><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="arial, sans-serif">‘<span id="m_-1331893400900233939gmail-docs-internal-guid-5ec18a01-7fff-cd13-aad0-371408a71adc"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">K-pop Fandom’s Role in Shaping Knowledge of Gender and Sexuality among LGBTQ+ Fans</span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Dr Thomas Baudinette (</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Macquarie University</span>)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Monash University (Clayton Campus)</span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">321 LTB (Learning & Teaching Building)</span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">19 Ancora Imparo Wy, Clayton VIC 3168</span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">3rd October 3pm</span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><b><u><font face="arial, sans-serif">Bio</font></u></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Dr Thomas Baudinette is Senior Lecturer in Japanese and International Studies at Macquarie University. His first book is </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Regimes of Desire: Young Gay Men, Media, and Masculinity in Tokyo</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (University of Michigan Press, 2021). His second book is </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Boys Love Media in Thailand: Celebrity, Fans, and Transnational Asian Queer Popular Culture</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Bloomsbury, 2023). </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="m_-1331893400900233939gmail-docs-internal-guid-5bc12bd2-7fff-148b-42d9-95409346977b"></span><b><u><br></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><b><u><font face="arial, sans-serif">Abstract</font></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="m_-1331893400900233939gmail-docs-internal-guid-6af60355-7fff-d2c7-f840-c56bdddbccec"></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The global impact of the Korean Wave has motivated a wealth of scholarship to critically investigate how fans draw upon K-pop to make sense of their gendered identities and sexual desires. Despite this flourishing previous literature, the experiences of LGBTQ+ fans of K-pop remain under-explored and under-theorized, a gap I fill within this presentation. Through an analytical approach sensitive to the affective discourses produced by fans, I establish that Anglophone K-pop fandom operates as a “queer space” that normalizes queer sexuality and gendered performance through the production of feelings of security, attraction, and relief. Significantly, I demonstrate that K-pop fandom provides a safe space for LGBTQ+ fans to navigate their mental health during times of intense hardship, such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Further, my analysis of 17 LGBTQ+ fans’ discourses uncovers the seminal role that both the primarily visual nature of K-pop and the performances of the idols who sit at the genre’s heart play in producing queer knowledge. In particular, I reveal that the playful gendered performances of K-pop idols facilitate fans’ queering of heteropatriarchal and heteronormative ideologies and therefore represent a key resource that such fans deploy to articulate their own queer identities and experiences. I conclude the presentation by reflecting on how Anglophone LGBTQ+ fans negotiate their recognition of the fact that the K-pop industry represents one of the central mechanisms whereby the culture industries support the promotion of heteropatriarchy and heteronormativity in the South Korean context. I insist that a queer theory of the Korean Wave must always already be grounded in international fans’ reflexive engagement with this fundamental paradox. In developing a queer theory of the Korean Wave, I posit that the global spread of K-pop into a diverse number of receptive cultures around the world helps unlock the genre’s queer potentials. </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><b><u><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Register <a href="https://forms.gle/g3nWGUuoXrDNpt3P9" target="_blank">here</a> for a ZOOM link.</span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Please contact Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub Coordinator<br>Ms Sandy Nguyen for further details.</span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Sandy.nguyen1@monash.edu" target="_blank">Sandy.Nguyen1@monash.edu</a> </font></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 22 Sept 2023 at 11:47, Sandy Nguyen <<a href="mailto:sandy.nguyen1@monash.edu">sandy.nguyen1@monash.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div role="list"><div role="listitem" aria-expanded="true"><div style="border-top-color:rgb(239,239,239);width:736.031px"><div><div id="m_-5020774544608433070gmail-:c3"><div><div style="width:664.05px"><div><div id="m_-5020774544608433070gmail-:bv"><div id="m_-5020774544608433070gmail-:b1"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear <span>KS</span> list members, please note the following event. You can attend in person or remotely. If attending remotely please register using the Google form and a ZOOM link will be sent to you one day prior to the seminar. Hope to see you there.<br><br>All the best,<br>Sandy<u></u><u></u></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH) presents:</span></b><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Monash Beyond Borders Korean Studies Seminar Series</span></b><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Seminar 4</span></b><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="arial, sans-serif">‘<span id="m_-5020774544608433070gmail-docs-internal-guid-5ec18a01-7fff-cd13-aad0-371408a71adc"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">K-pop Fandom’s Role in Shaping Knowledge of Gender and Sexuality among LGBTQ+ Fans</span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Dr Thomas Baudinette (</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Macquarie University</span>)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Monash University (Clayton Campus)</span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">G31 LTB (Learning & Teaching Building)</span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">19 Ancora Imparo Wy, Clayton VIC 3168</span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">20th September 4pm</span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><b><u><font face="arial, sans-serif">Bio</font></u></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr Thomas Baudinette is Senior Lecturer in Japanese and International Studies at Macquarie University. His first book is </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Regimes of Desire: Young Gay Men, Media, and Masculinity in Tokyo</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (University of Michigan Press, 2021). His second book is </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Boys Love Media in Thailand: Celebrity, Fans, and Transnational Asian Queer Popular Culture</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Bloomsbury, 2023). </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="m_-5020774544608433070gmail-docs-internal-guid-5bc12bd2-7fff-148b-42d9-95409346977b"></span><b><u><br></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><b><u><font face="arial, sans-serif">Abstract</font></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="m_-5020774544608433070gmail-docs-internal-guid-6af60355-7fff-d2c7-f840-c56bdddbccec"></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The global impact of the Korean Wave has motivated a wealth of scholarship to critically investigate how fans draw upon K-pop to make sense of their gendered identities and sexual desires. Despite this flourishing previous literature, the experiences of LGBTQ+ fans of K-pop remain under-explored and under-theorized, a gap I fill within this presentation. Through an analytical approach sensitive to the affective discourses produced by fans, I establish that Anglophone K-pop fandom operates as a “queer space” that normalizes queer sexuality and gendered performance through the production of feelings of security, attraction, and relief. Significantly, I demonstrate that K-pop fandom provides a safe space for LGBTQ+ fans to navigate their mental health during times of intense hardship, such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Further, my analysis of 17 LGBTQ+ fans’ discourses uncovers the seminal role that both the primarily visual nature of K-pop and the performances of the idols who sit at the genre’s heart play in producing queer knowledge. In particular, I reveal that the playful gendered performances of K-pop idols facilitate fans’ queering of heteropatriarchal and heteronormative ideologies and therefore represent a key resource that such fans deploy to articulate their own queer identities and experiences. I conclude the presentation by reflecting on how Anglophone LGBTQ+ fans negotiate their recognition of the fact that the K-pop industry represents one of the central mechanisms whereby the culture industries support the promotion of heteropatriarchy and heteronormativity in the South Korean context. I insist that a queer theory of the Korean Wave must always already be grounded in international fans’ reflexive engagement with this fundamental paradox. In developing a queer theory of the Korean Wave, I posit that the global spread of K-pop into a diverse number of receptive cultures around the world helps unlock the genre’s queer potentials. </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><b><u><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Register <a href="https://forms.gle/g3nWGUuoXrDNpt3P9" target="_blank">here</a> for a ZOOM link.</span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Please contact Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub Coordinator<br>Ms Sandy Nguyen for further details.</span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Sandy.nguyen1@monash.edu" target="_blank">Sandy.Nguyen1@monash.edu</a> </font></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"></div></div><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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