[KS] 5/19 Yonsei-KF Korean Studies Forum with Updated Bio and Abstract Info (Hyuk-Rae Kim, Yonsei University)

Yonsei-KF Korean Studies Forum kimhall at yonsei.ac.kr
Fri May 15 01:08:23 EDT 2009


You are invited to attend the 91st Yonsei-KF Korean Studies Forum with Ms.
Jane Kim. Her bio and abstract can be found at the end of this notice.

Title: "The Second An Chungk'un of Korea and the Politics of Making a
National Hero"
Speaker: Jane Kim, PhD Candidate, University of California, Los Angeles
Date: Tuesday, May 19th
Time: 6 pm
Location: Room 702, New Millennium Hall, Yonsei University campus
No RSVP required. For directions, please refer to
http://gsis.yonsei.ac.kr/html/content.asp?code=001007.

Questions? Contact kimhall at yonsei.ac.kr or at 010-4800-4895

Our last forum of the semester will be on June 2. The presenter will be
Mi-Ryong Shim, a PhD candidate at Columbia University. She will be
presenting the paper, "On Kang Kyong-ae and Her Act of Writing."

We hope to see you on the 19th of May.

Sincerely,

Hyuk-Rae Kim
hyukrae at yonsei.ac.kr
Professor of Korean Studies
Graduate School of International Studies
Yonsei University

JANE KIM is a Ph.D Candidate in Korean History at the University of
California at Los Angeles.   She received her BA in Poli Sci and History at
University of Toronto and also received her MA degree at the same
university.  She is currently in Korea as Korea Foundation Field Research
Fellow.

ABSTRACT   This paper examines a killing that took place in Sorok
Leprosarium in June 20th of 1942, when one of the patients attacked and
killed the director of the leprosarium.  The perpetrator was a 27 years old
male patient named Yi Ch’unsang.  Before coming to the island, he served a
one-year sentence at the Sôdaemun Prison for petty theft.  The director of
the leprosarium whom Yi killed was named Suho Masato was known as one of the
more prominent colonial bureaucrats in Korea.  In my paper, I analyze the
discourse surrounding the act, in particular, focusing on the attempt to
‘nationalize’ Yi’s killing of Suho as part of national independence
movement.  The argument of this paper is that claiming this act as ‘national
history’ and Yi as ‘national hero’ worthy of An Chungkûn not only belies
historical uncertainties but also prevents from scrutinizing the
post-colonial history of leprosy control in Korea.
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