[KS] 3rd International Conference of NextGen Korean Studies Scholars

[Do-Hee Morsman]

2015 NEKST conference
University of Michigan
May 8-9, 2015

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

Michael Robinson (Indiana University)
"Looking Forward, Looking Backward: Korean Studies, Area Studies, and the
New Academy"

PANELS:

POLITICS AND IDEOLOGY IN A DIVIDED KOREA

   - Young Oh Jung (East Asian Studies, University of Toronto) "The
   Normalization of Universal Male Conscription in South Korean Society and
   the State Regulation of Draft Evasion and Conscientious Objection:
   1950-1993"
   - Keehyun Ryu (History, Seoul National University) "The Organization and
   Activities of the Korea-Soviet Cultural Association: 1945~1950"
   - Donghyun Woo (History, Seoul National University) "The Soviet Korean
   in the Early History of North Korea, 1945-1948: Historiography and Sources"

Discussant: Michael Robinson (Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures,
Indiana University)

THE MUNDANE AND THE SPECTACULAR: VISUAL AND LITERARY REPRESENTATIONS

   - Jaeeun Park (Sociology, Université Lyon 2) "Sociological Portraits of
   the Middle Classes of Seoul in Wan-suh Park’s Novels"
   - Sophie Bowman (Korean Literature, Ewha Womans University) "Castle or
   Chicken Coup? Apartments as Experienced by Housewives in Korean Fiction"
   - Saena Ryu Dozier (Asian Languages and Literatures, University of
   Minnesota) "Spectacle as a Poetic Cinematic Language in Blockbuster Sagŭk"
   - Boyoung Chang (Art History, Rutgers University) "Constructing a new
   national identity: Contemporary Korean photography since the late 1980s"

Discussant: Youngju Ryu (Associate Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures,
University of Michigan)

GENDER AND CLASS IN WAR-TIME KOREA

   - Yuri Doolan (History, Northwestern University) "Before Yoon Geum Yi: A
   History of Camptown Women’s Social Movements, 1945-1992"
   - Sunho Ko (East Asian Studies, University of Toronto) "Will to Relief:
   Slash-and-burn Farmers and Colonial Elites in Wartime Colonial Korea,
   1937-1945"
   - Yunji Park (East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Southern
   California) "Avant-garde Après Girl and the Aspiration for a New World in
   1950s South Korea"
   - Kyunghee Han (Korean Literature, Seoul National University) "A Study
   on the Representations of War in O Chŏng-hŭi’s Novels"

Discussant: Christopher Hill (Assistant Professor, Asian Languages and
Cultures, University of Michigan)

BORDER-CROSSINGS AND THE KOREAN DIASPORA

   - Stephen Cho Suh (Sociology, University of Minnesota Twin Cities)
   "Nostalgic for the Unfamiliar: Korean Americans in South Korea"
   - Miya Qiong Xie (Comparative Literature, Harvard University)
   "Translation in Transculturation: Translations of Kim Tong-in’s “The Red
   Mountain” and the Position of Korean People in Manchukuo"
   - Naeyun Lee (Sociology, University of Chicago) "From Mono to Dual
   Nationality: Reshaping the Legal Boundaries of Citizenship in Korea and
   Japan"
   - Zhang Muyun (History, Tsinghua University) "1945-1949: the Living
   Status of Korean Diaspora in Northeast China"

Discussants: Jaeeun Kim (Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of
Michigan), Young Chae Seo (Professor, College of Humanities, Seoul National
University)

ROUNDTABLE:
Studying “Chosŏn” as “NextGen” Humanities Scholars: The Terms of Inquiries
Participants:
Songhwa Chae (Korean Literature, Seoul National University)
Eunji Lee (Korean Literature, Seoul National University)
Kyung Hwa Lee (Archeology & Art History, Seoul National University)
Haeim Lee (Philosophy, Seoul National University)
Chair: Ki-in Chong (Korean Literature, Seoul National University)

See attached for more details.
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