[KS] Conference Announcement: Cultural Geography of the Hallyu: Mapping the World through Korean Popular Culture

[Ira Lyan]

*Cultural Geography of the Hallyu: Mapping the World through Korean Popular
Culture *

*The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, May 13-15, 2014*

 *May 13, Tuesday*
Opening, Beit Maiersdorf, Room 502

*17:00-17:15 Greetings*

*Chair*: Gidi Shelach, The Head of Asian Studies Department, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem

 H.E. Kim Il-Soo, The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea

 Reuven Amitai, The Dean of Humanities Faculty, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem

 *17:15-18:30 Keynote Speech*

Hyangjin Lee, Rikkyo University, "The Korean Wave: Culture of Resistance
for Global Minorities"
*May 14, Wednesday* Conference Opening, The Truman Institute, Abba Eban Hall

*9:30-10:00 Gathering and Registration*

*10:00-10:30 Opening Session*

Chair: Jooyeon Rhee, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 Menahem Blondheim, Academic Director of the Truman Research Institute, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
10:30-12:00 Panel I: Remapping Hallyu in Local and Global Contexts

*Chair*: Galia Press-Barnathan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 Hye-Kyung Lee, King's College London, "The Korean Wave and Cultural Policy
in Korea"

Alon Levkowitz, Bar Ilan and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, "Can
Hallyu Heal the World? South Korean Popular Culture as Confidence Building
Measure (CBM)"

 Nissim Otmazgin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, "A New Cultural
Geography in East and Southeast Asia: Imagining a 'Region' through Popular
Culture"

*12:00-13:00 Lunch Break*



*13:30-15:00 Panel II: Mapping Intimacy through Hallyu*

Chair: Helena Grinshpun, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 Chikako Nagayama, McMaster University, "Women's Entitlement to Desire?
Japanese Feminists as Korean Wave Fans"

 Jung-Whan Marc de Jong, State University of New York/ F.I.T., "K-pop Boy
Bands, *Yaoi, *and Fandom: 'Fanservice' and 'Kinship' as Global Digital
Popular Culture Products"

Carmiele Wilkerson, Wittenberg University, "Romancing Latin America: The
Growing Popularity of Korean Culture in Spanish-Speaking Countries"

*15:00-15:30 Break*
15:30-16.30 Panel III: Cinematic Imagination of Korea and Koreanness

Chair: Tal Shenhav, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 Jooyeon Rhee, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, "Political Film or Film
Politics? The Cinematic Geography of Politics in Contemporary Korea"

 Pablo Utin, Tel Aviv University, "The Exchange: How Israeli Filmmakers
Re-imagine 'Koreaness'"

*16:30-17:00 Break*

*17:00-18:30 Special Lecture*

Chair: Pei-Ying Lin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 Janice Kim, York University, "The War and Popular Culture and Contemporary
Korea"
*May 15, Thursday*
9:30-10:30 Panel IV: Global Perceptions of Korea through Hallyu

*Chair*: Shalmit Bejarano, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 Millie Creighton, University of British Columbia, "Korea-Japan Relations
through the Hallyu Looking Glass"

 Valentina Marinescu, University of Bucharest, "Searching the Sameness and
Otherness through Hallyu in Balkans and Central Europe"

*10:30-11:00 Break*
11:00-12:30 Panel V: Mapping K-pop Audiences

Chair: Limor Shifman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 Keith Howard, SOAS, University of London, "Why Don't K-pop Fans Like
'Gangnam Style'?"

 Haekyung Um, University of Liverpool, "Imagining Korea and the World
through Kpop: A Study of UK Fandom"

 Sang-Yeon Loise Sung, University of Vienna, "Negotiating Power Dynamics of
K-pop Participatory Culture in Austria"

*12:30-13:30 Lunch Break*
14:00-15:30 Panel VI: The Location of Self and Otherness

Chair: Orna Naftali, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 Mary J. Ainslie, University of Nottingham, "Imagining East Asia in
Southeast Asia: A case study of the Reception of Korean TV Dramas amongst
Thai viewers"

 Yi-Hsuan Lai, King's College of London, "Border-crossing Korean Stars in
the 21st Century Media Industries in East Asia"

 Irina Lyan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, "Imagining 'Korea' by
Israeli Fans of Hallyu"

*15:30-16:00 Break*
16:00-17:30 Concluding Panel

Chair: Nissim Otmazgin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 Hyangjin Lee, Rikkyo University



*This conference is made possible thanks to the generous support of the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Embassy of Korea in Israel, The
Frieberg Center for East Asians Studies, The World Association of Hallyu
Studies and the Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace.*



*For details: *http://www.korean-studies.org.il/conference
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