[KS] Rob Wilson Lecture, June 27, Kyung Hee

John Eperjesi john.eperjesi at gmail.com
Thu May 31 01:23:46 EDT 2012


Here is the correct location for the Wilson lecture:

College of Humanities/Social Science, 문과대 305

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 9:11 PM, John Eperjesi <john.eperjesi at gmail.com>wrote:

> I think folks on this list located in Seoul will be interested in this
> very special guest lecture:
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> Rob Wilson, Professor of Literature, UC Santa Cruz:
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> *“Waking to Global Capitalism in Seoul: Situating Korean Studies in the
> World.” *
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> This talk will explore linkages between American studies and Korean
> studies in the context of globalization.
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> When: June 27th, 4:30 pm
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> Where: Kyung Hee University, Seoul Campus, Moon 302
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> Rob Wilson first came to Korea as a Fulbright Professor of American
> Literature at Korea University in 1982.  Following that visit, he
> published a collection of poems entitled *Waking in Seoul* (U of Hawaii
> P, 1988), which was co-published by Mineumsa Press in Seoul.  Some of
> these poems were translated into Korean by Hwang Tong-gyu in Segye Munhak.
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> In 2004 Wilson was a Visiting Research Professor in the Department of
> Cinema Studies, Korea National University of the Arts.  Following that
> visit, he published, “Korean Cinema on the Road to Globalization” (*Inter-Asia
> Cultural Studies*, 2009).
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> Rob Wilson is the author and co-editor of many important books that bridge
> the fields of American Studies, Asia Pacific Studies, Globalization
> Studies, and Cultural Studies:
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> -*American Sublime* (U of Wisconsin P, 1991)
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> -*Reimagining the American Pacific* (Duke UP, 2000)
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> -*Be Always Converting, Be Always Converted: An American Poetics*(Harvard UP, 2009)
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> -*Beat Attitudes* (New Pacific Press, 2010).
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> Wilson also co-edited:
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>  -*Global/Local: Cultural Production and the Transnational Imaginary*(Duke UP, 1996)
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> -*Asia/Pacific as Space of Cultural Production* (Duke UP, 1996)
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> -*The Worlding Project: Doing Cultural Studies in an Era of Globalization*(North Atlantic Books, 2007).
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> Wilson serves on the Advisory Editorial Board of *boundary* 2, *Chaminade
> Literary Review*, *Comparative American Studies*, *Cultural Studies*, *Inter-Asia
> Cultural Studies*.
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