[KS] conference at Korea University - June 21

[Henry Em]

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*"Crossing National and Disciplinary Boundaries in Korean and Japanese
Studies"*


what:          recent scholarship in Korean and Japanese Studies that
transgress established boundaries in interesting ways.


when:          Thursday, June 21, 2007

where:         Centennial Hall, Korea University

sponsors:    Asiatic Research Center Korea University and The National
Research Council for Economics, Humanities, and Social Sciences



conference organizer:  Henry Em, Korea University



*Program*



(10:00 - 10:45)

Opening Remarks:    Choi Jang Jip, Director, Asea munje yon'guso

Welcome:                  Han Sung-Joo, President, Korea University

Keynote Address:     Kim Uchang, Professor Emeritus, Korea University

         "Crossing Boundaries:  Dangers, Fears, Historical Truths"



Session I:    Imperial Ideology and Colonial Korea
(10:45 - 12:30)

chair:  Henry Em, Associate Professor, Dept. of Korean History, Korea
University



presenters:

   Helen Lee, Assistant Professor, Dept. of African and Asian Languages and
Literatures, University of Florida.

   "Dying as Daughter of the Empire"


   Jun Uchida, Assistant Professor, Dept. of History, Stanford University

   "Between Fascism and Colonialism: Japan's Naisen Ittai Policy and Mass
Mobilization in Wartime Korea"



discussants:

   Roger Janelli, Professor Emeritus, Folklore and Ethnomusicology, East
Asian Languages & Cultures, Indiana University


   Jung, Keun-Sik, Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Seoul National University



Session II:    Korean Narratives and the Hegemony of the West

(14:00 - 16:30)



chair:  Kwon Heok-Tae, Department of Japanese Studies, Sungkonghoe
University



presenters:

   Henry Em, Associate Professor, Dept. of Korean History, Korea University

   "Sovereignty and Modern Korean Historiography"


   Theodore Hughes, Assistant Professor, Dept. of East Asian Lang. &
Cultures, Columbia University

   "Death, Target, Virtuality: Cold War Memories of North Koreans and the
Korean War"


   Youngju Ryu, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Asian Lang. & Cultures,
University of Michigan (from July)

   "Refractory Fictions: Countering the "Novel" in Modern Korea"



discussants:

   Han, Suk Jung, Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Dong-A University


   Cho Chulwon, Professor, Dept. of English Lang. & Literature, and
Director, American Studies Institute, Seoul National University



   Jin-kyung Lee, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Literature, University of
California San Diego





Session III:    Colonialism, Modernity, and Memory

(16:15 - 18:30)


chair:    Roger Janelli, Professor Emeritus, Folklore and Ethnomusicology,
East Asian Languages & Cultures, Indiana University



presenters:

   Jun Yoo, Assistant Professor, Dept. of History, University of Hawaii

   "The New Woman and the Politics of Gender in Colonial Korea"


   Alexis Dudden, Associate Professor, Dept. of History, and Director of the
Program in Humanitarian Studies, University of Connecticut (from July)

   "Modern History. Old Islands."



discussants:

   Jung, Tae-Hern, Professor, Dept. of Korean History, Korea University


   Kwon Heok-Tae, Department of Japanese Studies, Sungkonghoe University


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Henry Em
Associate Professor
Department of Korean History
Korea University
Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu,
Seoul 136-701,  Korea

cell:  010-3561-5228
[country code 82]-10-3561-5228

office:  02-3290-2031
[country code 82] 2-3290-2031
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