[KS] Strange Korean Parallels, 10-11 January 2019

Andrew Logie zatouichi at gmail.com
Fri Oct 26 10:05:55 EDT 2018


Dear all,

Following the call for proposals sent out in August, I am writing with an update on the Strange Korean Parallels conference. Below you can see a brief description, followed by the list of selected participants and their topics.

We would also like to inform that there is still budgetry potential to include a few extra participants.

In particular, it came to our attention that not a few colleagues were intrigued by the call and aims of the conference, but felt they might not be historian enough to be considered. If this was you, then we encourage you to think again! It goes without saying that the development of arts and socio-cultural phenomenon - areas on which many Koreanists are working - all have the potential to be framed in historical terms. For example, although a purely comparative literature topic may not be suitable, comparisons of the socio-historical context of given literary works or movements certainly would be. Comparative linguistics, no, but parallels in language history - yes! 

So, if upon viewing the list below, you realize you have the motivation to participate, we are opening a final deadline for 500-600 word abstracts until 4 November.

For further details and instructions please see attached the Strange Korean Parallels final call pdf. For questions, email: andrew.logie at helsinki.fi.

Sincerely
Andrew Logie


Strange Korean Parallels: an international conference
for comparative approaches to the history and archaeology of Korea
and Northeast Asia with other global regions
10 – 11 January 2019
University of Helsinki, Finland

Strange Korean Parallels is open to proposals pertaining to all areas of Korea’s past that contain a comparative approach with other global regions or localities. Broad areas include, but are not limited to: pre- and early history, micro and macro histories, social history, intellectual history, environmental history, historiography, popular and pseudo history, and finally digital humanities methodologies.

The primary aims of this first conference are to establish the foundations for comparative approaches to Korean history, to demonstrate the potential of such research, and to develop a shared research identity among scholars. In particular this conference seeks to bridge East–West divides, and welcomes scholars from Korea and all other countries and continents, to ensure a diverse representation from the outset of this project.

Participants and Topics
Remco Breuker (Leiden University)  “Structural Similarities Between the DPRK State and the Koryŏ State”
Ilsoo Cho (Harvard University) “Succeeding the Universal: Eurasian Parallels in Pre-modern Claims for Political Legitimacy”
George Kallander (Syracuse University)  “The Royal and Elite Hunt: Korea and Eurasia”
John S. Lee (University of Manchester)  “State Formation in the Age of Wood: Chosŏn State Forestry and its Implications for Rethinking Early Modern Eurasia”
Andrew Logie (University of Helsinki) “Puyŏ 夫餘 to Punam 扶南: parallels in historiography of early northern East Asia and mainland Southeast Asia”
Youngchan Oh (Ehwa Womans University / SOAS)  “Civilized or Colonialized?: Sinicization in Lelang Commandery and Romanization in Roman-Britian”
Sungju Park-Kang (University of Turku)  “Strange Neighbours under the North Star: Finland and Korea”

Anastasia Artemova (Higher School of Economic, Moscow) “Game of churches: switching “religion” as a part of dynastic change: Orthodox Christianity in USSR and Buddhism in Chosŏn Korea”
Sonja Gantzckow (Goethe University)  “Comparing the (In-)Comparable: Divergent Development of post-War South Korean and German Transnational Adoption”
Daria E. Grishina (Academy of Korean Studies)  “A comparative study of Peter the Great’s reforms of Muscovite Russia (1699-1725) and Kabo reforms of Late Joseon (1894―1895)”
Jing Hu (Leiden University) “The Social Challenge for Pre-Modern Professionals: A Comparative Study Between the Chungin Group and British Professional Middle Class”
Katri Kauhanen (University of Turku)  “Korean encounters with Cold War feminism”
Shyam Kumar Anand (Academy of Korean Studies)  “Role of Missionaries in Bringing Social Reforms in India and Korea: A Comparative Study”
Camilla Magamedova (Sungkyunkwan University)  “Toegye and Yulgok & Heidegger and Arendt: “Sincere reality” 誠實 and historical “disclosedness” (Erschlossenheit)”
Yeganeh Panahi Joo (Yonsei University)  “Historical parallels in Iranian and Korean architecture”    
Erin Jones Sauers (Korea University) “Diverse New Women Agents vs. the Patriarchal Machine: Fragmented Localized Discourses yet Parallel Societal Responses in the United States and Korea”
Patrick Vierthaler (Kyoto University)  “Contemporary History, Historical Revisionism and the Narration of a Painful Past State Violence, Ideological Divisions and Historical Legitimacy: Parallels in South Korea, Japan and Austria”



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