[KS] call for papers

[Henry H. Em]

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Conference Dates:  May 3, 2001 - May 6, 2001.  


     "Between Colonialism and Nationalism:  Soldiers, 
Bureaucrats, Artists and Intellectuals in Korea, 1931-1950"


                        Call for Papers

   While acknowledging the violent and unique aspects 
of Japanese colonialism in Korea (1910-1945) and the 
defensive and democratic aspects of Korean nationalism, 
this conference also questions the dichotomy that is 
assumed to exist between Japanese colonialism and 
Korean nationalism, and between Japanese colonialism 
and post-1945 intervention by Soviet and American forces 
in Korea.  Through critical, empirically based histories of 
intellectual and social developments in and around Korea 
between 1931 and 1950, we seek to add both depth and 
variation to terms like "colonial modernity," "colonial legacy," 
and "nationalist resistance."
   In examining the 1930s and 1940s, we seek to formulate 
new narrative strategies for writing the histories of individuals, 
institutions, and consciousness during these two decades 
of displacement, mobilization, and then civil war.  By 
examining the parallels and interaction between Japanese 
colonialism and Korean nationalism in the 1930s, and 
between colonial modernity and nation-state building efforts 
in post-1945 Korea, we seek a more critical understanding 
of the ideology and practice of colonialisms and nationalisms 
in Korea, Northeast Asia, and in Korean diasporic 
communities during this turbulent period.
   We expect that this conference will result in the publication 
of a volume of broad interest to scholars of Korea and East Asia.
This international conference will take place on the campus
of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, from May 3 through 
May 6, 2001.  The papers are to be completed one-month 
before the conference.  The conference chair will then 
distribute copies of the papers to the conference participants, 
and conference participants are expected to contribute to the 
discussion of all the papers.  By October 1, 2000, scholars 
interested in participating are invited to send a 300-word 
abstract of their current, unpublished research, along with a 
brief curriculum vitae, to: 

   Henry H. Em (conference chair)
   Dept. of Asian Languages and Cultures
   3070 Frieze Building
   University of Michigan
   Ann Arbor, MI.  48109-1285
   Tel:  (734) 763-3556   Fax: 734-647-0157
   Email:  henryem at umich.edu

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