[KS] Call for Papers: The 9th Korean Screen Cultures Conference (11-12 June 2020)

[Ji-yoon An]

Dear colleagues,


Please kindly circulate this call for papers for the 9th Korean Screen
Cultures Conference (KSCC 2020), hosted by the University of Tübingen,
Germany.


Kind regards,

Ji-yoon An


A Call for Papers

*The 9th Annual Korean Screen Cultures Conference (KSCC 2020)*

hosted by the University of Tübingen, Germany

*11-12 June 2020*



The University of Tübingen, Germany, is pleased to host the 9th Korean
Screen Cultures Conference, supported by the Korea Foundation. This follows
successful conferences previously held at: SOAS, University of London
(2012, 2013), Sheffield Hallam University (2014), University of Copenhagen
(2015), King’s College London (2016), Universität Hamburg (2017),
University of Helsinki (2018), and most recently University of Central
Lancashire (2019).



The conference aims to critically engage with some of the most important
and urgent issues that have affected and guided contemporary Korean screen
culture, in particular cinema, television, web comics, and music. We
welcome proposals for papers and panels on all aspects of Korean screen
culture, including but not limited to:

·      Korean cinema: North and South, past and present

·      Production, distribution, and reception of film

·      Diasporic Korean cinemas

·      Film as history, including questions of witnessing and historiography

·      Documentary and indie texts, production, exhibition

·      Korean film festivals

·      Female filmmakers

·      Changing thematic concerns in K-drama and its production practices

·      Korean TV formats beyond drama, such as variety shows

·      Questions of reception and appropriation of K-TV on global content
platforms, like Netflix

·      Korean online games, webtoons, Korean media arts

·      K-Pop music video form, narratives, and circulation

·      Korean adverts and public screens (on the subway, in the streets, in
waiting rooms etc.)

·      Transnational adaptations, co-productions, collaborations, and
various intermedia practices

·      Pedagogical considerations on using Korean screen media in teaching



Papers on other forms and interpretations of Korean screen culture will
also be considered.



*Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2020*

Applicants will be notified of the result by 15 February 2020.

A complete paper of 5,500-6,000 words should be sent by 1 June 2020.



*Proposal format:*

   - In your proposals—both for individual papers and panel
   proposals—please include your name, institutional affiliation, the title of
   the paper, an abstract of 350 words, and a 50-100 word biography of the
   author.
   - Please submit your proposal as a WORD doc file.
   - The file name should follow the format: "*KSCC2020 SURNAME abstract*"
   (e.g. KSCC2020 JACKSON abstract). In the case of a panel, please use the
   surname of the chief organiser followed by 'panel X,' with X being the
   number of participants (e.g. KSCC2020 KIM panel 3 abstract).



Please send the abstract as an email attachment to Dr Ji-yoon An, at:
kscc2020 at koreanistik.uni-tuebingen.de



All applicants will receive an email confirmation for receipt of their
abstract within 10 working days. If you do not receive confirmation, please
email.



Accommodation will be covered for all presenters. We are, however, only
able to provide limited travel support, with priority given to graduate
students. In your proposal, please indicate whether you would require
travel support.



For all enquiries, please contact Dr Ji-yoon An at:
ji-yoon.an at uni-tuebingen.de


For more on the KSCC, please see:
https://arts.monash.edu/languages-literatures-cultures-linguistics/korean-studies-research-hub/korean-screen-culture-conference-kscc/


KSCC 2020 is organised by a committee comprised of Dr Ji-yoon An
(University of Tübingen), Dr Mark Plaice (University of Central
Lancashire), Dr Andrew Logie (University of Helsinki), Dr Barbara Wall
(University of Copenhagen), and Dr Andrew Jackson (Monash University).

-- 
Ji-yoon An (Ph.D.)

Visiting Assistant Professor
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Department of Korean Studies
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