[KS] Nordic Korean Studies Days 2019 in Copenhagen

[Barbara Wall]

Dear List Members,

we (researchers in Korean Studies from Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark)
are organizing the first *Nordic Korean Studies Days*, which will take
place in Copenhagen from *March 11-15*. While seminars are only open to
registered students, the following talks are open to the public. The grand
finale will be *Prof. Seungsook Moon's* talk on Friday titled "Globalization
and Local Agency in the Deployment of the THAAD System in South Korea”
. Everybody
is welcome!

(By the way, spring is just around the corner in Copenhagen. ^^)


*Nordic Korean Studies Days 2019*

*Public Talks*

*Monday (March 11)*

12:30-13:30 “Current Day Pseudo Historiography of Early Korea and Counter
Critiques” by Andrew Logie (Assistant Professor, University of Helsinki)

16:30-17:30 “Political Leadership on the Korean Peninsula: Consolidation of
Democracy in South Korea” by Gabriel Jonsson (Senior Lecturer, Stockholm
University)

*Tuesday (March 12) *

12:30-13:30 “Folklore and Folklore Studies in North Korea” by Sonja
Häussler (Professor, Stockholm University)

16:30-17:30 “North Korea: A Country under (Socialist?) Construction” by
Sabine Burghart (University Lecturer, University of Turku)

*Wednesday (March 13)*

12:30-13:30 “The Individual and the Community in Korea” by Antti Leppänen
(Researcher, University of Turku)

*Thursday (March 14)*

12:30-13:30 “A New Approach to Transmedia Storytelling: The Story Universe
of *The Journey to the West* as Case Study” by Barbara Wall (Assistant
Professor, University of Copenhagen)

16:30-17:30 “Communist Movement in Colonial Korea as a Cultural Phenomenon”
by Vladimir Tikhonov (Professor, University of Oslo)

*Friday (March 15)*

9:00-10:00 “The (Too Hot to Be) Cold War in Korea by Sungju Park-Kang
(Adjunct Professor, University of Turku)

14:00-15:30 “Globalization and Local Agency in the Deployment of the THAAD
(Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) System in South Korea” by Seungsook
Moon (Professor, Currently Resident Director of Vassar College, London)


Please don't hesitate to contact Barbara Wall (barbara.wall at hum.ku.dk) for
any questions.


Kind regards,

Barbara Wall


*Barbara Wall *
Assistant Professor Korean Studies

Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
University of Copenhagen

Karen Blixens Plads 8

DK-2300 Copenhagen S

DENMARK

Phone: +45 93 56 56 16 <+45%2035%2032%2089%2006>

Mail: barbara.wall at hum.ku.dk

www.tors.ku.dk
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