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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">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
30, 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">(Un)Defining Korean Architecture: Modernity, Stories, and Transformation</span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">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-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">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-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">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-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">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-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><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-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"> at Harvard University, Artist </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><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-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">, and </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://fhhhfriends.com/"><span lang="EN" style="color:#0760B7">FHHH
Friends</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"> (Architect), to discuss diverse perspectives on art, architecture, and city in contemporary Korea.</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">Submission Details:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">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 <b>June 30, 2024</b>, 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-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">All presenters of accepted papers/projects will receive notification by July 15, 2024, and will be provided with further instructions about final submission requirements and presentations.
L</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">ocal hotel accommodations and meals during the symposium will be provided to all presenters. </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">Contact: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">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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<b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">Symposium Organizers:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">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-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">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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<b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">Main Sponsors:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">Asia Research Institute, University at Buffalo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">School of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">Academy of Korean Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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