<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Penn State Institute for Korean Studies</font></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">\u201cWaving a Korean Flag: Between Hallyu, Fandom, and Nationalism\u201d</font></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Thursday, February 26 | 7:00\u20138:00 p.m. (online)</font></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Register here:</font></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><a href="https://psu.zoom.us/meeting/register/1tcvV0IKSbmWj4_RZPXcBA#/registration">https://psu.zoom.us/meeting/register/1tcvV0IKSbmWj4_RZPXcBA#/registration</a></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Talk Description</b>: </font><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px">This talk suggests a rethinking of the empirical focus of Hallyu fandom studies on a geographical logic of \u201cHallyu in place X.\u201d Rather than understanding non-Korean Hallyu fans as representatives of their respective nations, I ask: \u201cHow do fans themselves use nation and nationalism to rationalize their motivations and identification routes?\u201d To answer this question, I look at the configuration between Hallyu, fandom, and nationalism, in what I call fan nationalism\u2014that is, when fans choose to wave a Korean flag to act as ambassadors, patriots, or political activists for the sake of their local communities, global issues, or even Korea itself. Akin to other long-distance nationalisms, fans negotiate their social position vis-ą-vis their fandom, being emotionally invested in building their social capital and constructing transnational imagined communities beyond their existing geographical and national belongings. Such attempts at theorizing fan nationalism strive to shed brighter light on fans\u2019 engagement and fascination with Korea\u2019s underdog status.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13.5px"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13.5px"><b>Irina Lyan</b> is an assistant professor and the head of the Korean</span><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13.5px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Studies Program at the Department of Asian Studies, the Hebrew</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13.5px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">University of Jerusalem. She is a sociologist who explores South</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13.5px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Korea\u2019s national images, imagery, and imagination, and their</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13.5px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">impact on its economic miracle, also known as the \u201cMiracle on the</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13.5px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">River Han,\u201d and its cultural miracle, also known as \u201cthe Korean</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13.5px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Wave\u201d or Hallyu. Irina's academic papers have appeared both in</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13.5px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">leading critical management studies journals such as</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13.5px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><i>Organization, Culture and Organization, </i>and <i>Critical Perspectives</i></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13.5px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><i>on International Business</i>; and in cultural and media studies</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13.5px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">outlets such as <i>International Journal of Communication, Pacific</i></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13.5px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><i>Affairs, </i>and <i>Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture</i></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13.5px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><i>Review.</i></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13.5px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><i><br></i></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13.5px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><br></p><p style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Jooyeon Rhee</span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature</span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Director of Undergraduate Study, Asian Studies Dept.</span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Director of Penn State Institute for Korean Studies</span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">230 Old Coaly Way</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt">326A Pond Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University</span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">University Park, PA 16802 </span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,120,215)"><u><a href="mailto:jxr5820@psu.edu" style="color:rgb(0,120,215);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">jxr5820@psu.edu</a></u></span></p></div>