[KS] CFP: The Politics of Public Space in Korea

Saeyoung Park spark34 at jhu.edu
Fri Aug 19 12:34:52 EDT 2011


Dear esteemed members of this list:
> 
> Below is the CFP for our conference on the politics of public space in Korea.
> I would like to emphasize that it is a multi-disciplinary conference that is
> open to work situated in the early modern and modern time periods.
> 
> Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Saeyoung Park
> saeyoung at sas.upenn.edu
> 
> 
> --
> 
> CFP: Comparative Perspectives: the Politics of Public Space in Korea
>  
> Date: November 11-12, 2011           
> Location: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
>  
> One distinctive feature of postwar South Korean society has been its citizens¹
> propensity for Œtaking to the streets¹ to appropriate, contest or offer
> alternative narratives of the nation.  From individuals tagging graffiti to
> mass candlelight vigils, from popular remembrances of the Korean War to ritual
> observances at monuments, the so-called Œpublic space¹ has been fertile ground
> for Koreans to present their visions of the past, present, and future. 
>  
> This conference provides an opportunity to reassess and reconfigure existing
> frameworks regarding public action (by individuals and groups) by inviting
> papers that advance our understanding of the role of public space in Korean
> society and culture. 
>  
> Social sciences and humanities scholars that are interested in Korea or in
> Korea in the region are welcome to submit papers situated in contemporary or
> historical time periods. Interested participants are encouraged to draw from
> and discuss recent innovations in their respective fields with respect to
> time, space and identity formation in public spaces. 
>  
>  We encourage submissions that address at least one of the following themes:
> 
> ·      Œpublic¹ and Œprivate¹
> 
> ·      memorialization and ritual
> 
> ·      identity and temporality
> 
> ·      security and stability
> 
> ·      socio-structural transformation
> 
> ·      institutional actors
> 
>  
> Papers that depart from classic state-society dichotomies are particularly
> welcome.
>  
> This conference is made possible with funding from the Academy of Korean
> Studies, as well as the generous support of the James Joo-Jin Kim Korean
> Studies Program at the U. of Pennsylvania.  The organizers are Nicholas
> Harkness (Harvard U.) and Saeyoung Park (U. of Pennsylvania).
>  
> Please submit paper proposals (max 250 words) by 16 September 2011 to Saeyoung
> Park (saeyoung at sas.upenn.edu). Notification of acceptance will be sent on
> September 19. Selected presenters will submit 12-15 page papers by October
> 18.  All papers are pre-circulated.  We especially welcome papers by junior
> faculty and advanced graduate students.
>  
> For questions or to submit abstracts, please direct your queries to:
>  
> Saeyoung Park
> saeyoung at sas.upenn.edu
>  

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