[KS] Upcoming Talk: Experiencing the Korean War by Dr. Heonik Kwon, Dec. 8 at 8-9:30 PM (EST), 10-11:30 AM (KST)

[H. K.]

Dear all,



I am pleased to announce a talk *Experiencing the Korean War* by* Dr.
Heonik Kwon, *Senior Research Fellow in Social Science and Professor of
Social Anthropology at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, and author
of several prize-winning books on the Vietnam War and Cold War social
histories. His new book is *After the Korean War: An Intimate
History (Cambridge University Press, 2020). *

*When: **Tuesday, December 8th, 2020, 8 PM - 9:30 PM (EST) **10-11:30 AM
(KST) v**ia Zoom*


*Abstract: *What constitutes "experience" in the experience of war
continues to be a subject of debate in the social and cultural studies of
modern warfare, especially with reference to the 1914-1918 war, a
foundational episode of modern Europe and in the history of decolonization.
In this talk, professor Kwon will extend this debate to the theatre of the
Korean War, a pivotal episode of modern Koreas and in the history of the
postcolonial Cold War. The focus will be on the non-combatant experience of
the 1950-1953 war and on the interplay between traditional and modern
political subjectivities in the making of this historical experience. It
will also briefly consider this war experience in the broad context of the
70th anniversary of the Korean War in 2020 and in the diverging public
memories of this war in the two Koreas as well as between the United States
and China.



This event is presented by Education (KORE) at York University which is
supported by the Academy of Korean Studies.


This is a free event but *registration is required*. Upon registration, you
will receive a Zoom link.

Please register here:

https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUod-mvrT8uEtJ81FPe58vZZiuKYjV8XIOK


For more information: kore at yorku.ca || https://kore.info.yorku.ca/



Hong KAL

Associate professor

Department of Visual Art and Art History

York University, CANADA
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