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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Please note that this CFP has been revised to more specifically encourage proposals from Korean studies scholars in multiple disciplines and with the deadline extended to June 15, 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">(Un)Defining Korean Architecture: Modernity, Stories, and Transformation</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">The 3rd annual Korean Studies Symposium at the University at Buffalo (UB), State University of New York, will take place on October 18-19, 2024. The event is organized by the <a href="https://www.buffalo.edu/asiainstitute.html"><span style="color:#0760B7">Asia
Research Institute</span></a> and the <a href="https://archplan.buffalo.edu/"><span style="color:#0760B7">School of Architecture and Planning</span></a> at UB.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Korea has undergone a period during which its identity has many times been validated by the Western gaze and frequently portrayed through idealized images, many of which are architectural features, such
as Hanok, palaces, and temples. While these references have been relied upon to affirm Korea’s cultural identity, it’s also true that Korea’s diverse constellations—in particular those of its cosmopolitan cities—are continually modified, edited, and updated
by a globalized population. The global success of Korean popular culture since the 1990s, including music, media, art, and film, evidences that the inclination to align with Western culture is not critical, nor is a Korean identity rooted in traditional values
the only way to communicate with a global audience. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">While theoretical architectural production is still suffering from a “hangover mode” reliant on Western modernism, contemporary Koreans edit, add, modify, and improvise the street and building elevations.
Regardless of the architect’s and planner’s intent, spaces are revisited, reframed, and ritualized. The streets appear to be inundated with inexpensive commodities, signage, advertisements, and colorful walls. However, they transcend mere commodification,
offering glimpses into the users' narratives of their work, desires, hopes, dreams, and rituals. To delve into, document, categorize, and analyze these narratives of the “city made by people,” it may be necessary to reevaluate the Western modernist dismissal
of “ornament,” alongside other entrenched modernist categories such as "surface," "appearance," and "perception.”</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">The symposium, (Un)Defining Korean Architecture: Modernity, Stories and Transformation, aims to engage with robust conversations about the identity of Korea and the stories of its cities through the lens
of art and architecture and invites papers and creative projects to expand this inquiry. This symposium will feature three keynote speakers from diverse fields, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><a href="https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/person/peter-rowe/"><span lang="EN" style="color:#0760B7">Peter
Rowe</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"> at Harvard University, Artist </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><a href="https://www.kukjegallery.com/artists/view?seq=179"><span lang="EN" style="color:#0760B7">Yeondoo
Jung</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">, and </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><a href="https://fhhhfriends.com/"><span lang="EN" style="color:#0760B7">FHHH Friends</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"> (Architect),
to discuss diverse perspectives on art, architecture, and city in contemporary Korea.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Submission Details:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">The symposium welcomes research papers and creative projects (e.g., visual essays, short films, and visual art). We encourage contributions from Korean studies scholars in various disciplines—including, for example,
history, geography, sociology, communication, media study, language and literature—that provide context or depth to the architecture, design, and urban planning components of the symposium. To apply, please submit an abstract/description of your work of up
to 350 words, along with a brief CV (preferably 2 pages), no later than June 15, 2024, via <a href="https://airtable.com/appF8ECR1YKB4tau7/shr31kfPj6oWBBvRl"><span style="color:#0760B7">this Airtable form</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">All presenters of accepted papers/projects will receive notification by June 30, 2024, and will be provided with further instructions about final submission requirements and presentations. L</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">ocal
hotel accommodations and meals during the symposium will be provided to all presenters. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Contact: </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Please email <a href="mailto:AsiaInstitute@buffalo.edu"><span style="color:#0760B7">AsiaInstitute@buffalo.edu</span></a> with
any questions about the symposium.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Symposium Organizers:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Jin Young Song, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo, State University of New York<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Nojin Kwak, Vice Provost for International Education and Professor of Communication, University at Buffalo, State University of New York<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Main Sponsors:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Asia Research Institute, University at Buffalo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">School of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Academy of Korean Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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