[KS] CFP-Energy in Asia (A conference sponsored by EnviroLab at the Claremont Colleges and UCLA), Feb 2023

[Albert Park]

CFPfor Energy in Asia

A conference at the University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles (UCLA)—Organized by EnviroLab at the Claremont Collegesand the Center for Korean Studies UCLA, February 23-24, 2023

Energy has been commonly viewed as a source ofpower for performing work. Through its many forms, such as chemical, thermal,electrical, and nuclear, energy has been a crucial component for various typesof production. In this capacity, energy has been an integral, material-basedresource for economic purposes and security. Beyond its value as a resource formaterial production, energy, from the premodern to the modern era, has assumedother meanings and been valued in different ways. In religious and spiritualtraditions, for example, energy has been defined as a source of creation, living,and healing. As an abstract force, energy has been seen as a spiritual elementthat influences, determines, and powers location, place, space, relationships,the workings of the human body, and the make-up of nature. In terms oflanguage, energy has been used as a metaphor or a colorful term to describehuman actions, emotions, and behavior. In these different forms, energy hasbeen long framed and defined through a variety of angles.

In whatever form it has existed, been employedor conceived of, energy cannot be understood without its connection to socialcontext, especially different forms of authority. Political, social, cultural,economic, philosophical, and religious systems have played a role in theformation and influence of energy as a material and discursive element andforce. The ways in which energy has been employed and defined have not onlyinfluenced geo-politics and international relations, but also gender relations,patterns and directions in design, paths for healthcare and well-being, andrelationships between humans and non-humans. In order to understand energy’srole and place in human and non-human life, it is necessary to interrogate therelationship between energy and context.

This conference specifically examines thedifferent meanings, values and uses of energy in Asia from the premodern to themodern era and the intersection between energy and context. It welcomes paperson energy from different periods of time, disciplines, including the sciences,and fields of study. It specifically invites paper submissions that explore thedeep linkages between energy and social formations and how those relationshipshave been mediated and influenced by processes and entities in political economy,medicine, science and technology, religion, philosophy, culture, or design. Bystudying energy in Asia from different angles, the conference expects tointerrogate the material and discursive aspects of energy, how those aspects haveoverlapped from the premodern to modern period to structure human and non-humanlife, and the relationship between energy, authority, and continuity/transformationsin society.

Please send an abstract of 500 words (maximum)of a potential paper and a one-page CV to Albert L. Park (Claremont McKennaCollege, The Claremont Colleges), albert.park at cmc.edu  and Namhee Lee (UCLA), namheeleeucla at gmail.com by October 12. Selectionswill be announced by October 22.

With support from EnviroLab at the ClaremontColleges, The Korea Foundation and UCLA’s Center for Korean Studies, travel andaccommodation expenses will be covered by the conference (three-night hotelstay, airfare, transportation, and meals during the conference).

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