[KS] Korean Diaspora and the Arts (Conference Announcement)

[Ira Lyan]

*Korean Diaspora and the Arts*

 *CONFERENCE PROGRAM*

May 21-23, 2017

Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem


*May 21 Sunday*

Room 503, Beit Meirsdorf



*16:30-17:00    Opening Remarks*

Nissim Otmazgin, Chair of the Department of Asian Studies, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem /Academic Director, The Harry S. Truman Institute
for the Advancement of Peace



Jooyeon Rhee, Korean Studies Program Director, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem


*17:00-18:30    Keynote Speech*

Diasporic Dialogues: Rewriting a History of the Two Koreas in the Modern
World

Theodore Jun Yoo, Yonsei University, South Korea



*May 22 Monday*

*10:30-12:00    Panel I Korean Diaspora on Screen*

Chair: Guy Podoler, University of Haifa, Israel



The Representation of Youth in Postcolonial Zainichi Films

Saerom Bae, Yonsei University, South Korea



The Lost Children of Korea: *A Brand New Life* (2009) and* Treeless
Mountain* (2009)

Ji-yoon An, University of Cambridge, UK



A Story of Mr. Kim: Korean Canadians in Ins Choi’s Play *Kim’s Convenience*

Jooyeon Rhee, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel




*14:00-15:00    Panel II Performing Duality*

 Chair: Dima Mironenko, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel



Dual Diaspora: The Korean Diaspora in Manchukuo

Sumin Ahn, Yonsei University, South Korea



Performing and Transforming Trauma: Trauma and Performance Practices of a
North Korean Dance Troupe in South Korea

Iain Sands, Stockholm University, Sweden



*15:30-17:00    Panel III Korean Diaspora in Literature*

 Chair: Uri Kaplan, Seoul National University, South Korea



Recuperating Liminality: *Re Jane* as a Celebration of Diasporic Agency

Haerin Shin, Vanderbilt University, USA



Diasporic Consciousness of the Early Korean Immigrants in the States
Looking through Biographical Literature

Jinsil Kim, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, South Korea



The Reflective Subjectivity of Diaspora―the Narrator 'I' of Yi Yangji's
*Yuhui*

In-pyo Lee, Yonsei University, South Korea



*May 23 Tuesday*

Abba Eban Hall, Truman Institute



*09:00 – 10:50* *Panel IV  **”For Whom the Bell Tolls?”: Migration,
Diaspora and Border Crossing Phenomena in East Asia*

 Chair: Naomi Chi, Hokkaido University, Japan



Walking a Thousand Ri: Living as a Zainichi Korean in Japan

Naomi Chi, Hokkaido University, Japan



Experiences of the Korean Diaspora in Japan: Case Study of Zainichi Koreans
in Western Japan

Jihyun Kim, Kobe University, Japan



The Fine Line between a National and a Non-National: Case Study of the
Sakhalin Koreans

Hyein Han, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea



”To be or not to be a Diaspora?:” Reconstruction of the Self-identity of
North Korean Refugees

Shincheol Lee, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea


*11:20 – 12:20 Panel V Korean Students as Diaspora*

 Chair: Seunghyok Lee, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel



Korean Student Diaspora and Reintegration Challenges from Hostland to
Homeland: A Case Study of Korean Student Returnees from the Philippines

Sarah Domingo Lipura, Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippines



Welcome to Korea Day: Performing Nationalism by the Korean Student
Community and Hallyu Students in Israel

Ira Lyan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel




*14:00 – 15:00 Special Lecture on Jewish Diaspora and the Arts *

 Chair: Jooyeon Rhee, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel



Jewish Diaspora in Siberia: History and Architecture

Anna Berezina, The Center for Jewish Art, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Israel



*15:30 – 16:30 Panel VI On Diasporic Artists   *

 Chair: Liora Sarfati, Tel Aviv University, Israel



Diasporic Intimacy and Transindividuality in Artists Himan Sok and Ch'ae
Chun

Hijoo Son, Phillips Andover Academy, USA



Looking for National Identity Abroad: A Story of a Taekwondo Master from
North Korea

Evgenia Lachina, University of Haifa, Israel



 *17:00 – 18:00 Concluding Panel*

 Chair: Jooyeon Rhee, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Discussant: Theodore Jun Yoo, Yonsei University, South Korea



This conference is sponsored by:



Academy of Korean Studies

Louis Frieberg Center for East Asian Studies

The Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace

Korean Studies Forum in Israel


*Ira Lyan* | PhD Candidate, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology
Doctoral Fellow, The Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Irina.Lyan at mail.huji.ac.il <irina.lyan at mail.huji.ac.il>
huji.academia.edu/IrinaLyan
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