[KS] Korea in Global Time and Space: A Symposium (May 3, 2024)

[Eugene Park]

Dear colleagues,

The University of Nevada, Reno will be hosting "Korea in Global Time and Space: A Symposium" on May 3, 2024. This is an in-person-only event open to the public. For more information, please see the details below or the attachment.

Yours,

Gene
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Eugene Y. Park  朴英鎭
Professor of History
Chair, Committee on Korean Studies
University of Nevada, Reno
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Korea in Global Time and Space: A Symposium

May 3, 2024
1–5:30 p.m.
Wells Fargo Auditorium (MIKC 124)
University of Nevada, Reno


1:00–1:20 p.m.          Welcome Remarks
•     Brian Sandoval (President, UNR)
Introduced by: Casilde Isabelli (Dean, College of Liberal Arts, UNR)
•     Youngwan Kim (Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Los Angeles)
Introduced by: Daniel Enrique Perez (Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,
College of Liberal Arts, UNR)

1:20–2:00 p.m.          Keynote Lecture
•     John B. Duncan (Professor Emeritus, UCLA)
“Korean Studies: Past, Present, and Future”
Moderator: Eugene Y. Park (Professor, UNR)

2:00–3:00 p.m.          Panel 1: Korean History in Context
•     Don Baker (Professor, University of British Columbia)
“Korea’s Impact on East Asian and World History”
•     Peter Kwon (Assistant Professor, University at Albany)
“The Militarized Rise of South Korea in the Global Political Economy”
Moderator & discussant: Dennis Dworkin (Professor, UNR)

3:00–3:15 p.m.          Break

3:15–4:15 p.m.    Panel 2: Environment, (Non)Human Actors, and Their Lives in Korea
•     Eugene Y. Park (Professor, UNR)
“Korea’s Wild Cats: An Environmental History”
•     Inhwan Ko (Assistant Professor, UNR)
“One Sun, Two Farms: South Korea’s Experience in Solar Energy Development”
Moderator & discussant: Hugh Shapiro (Associate Professor, UNR)

4:15–5:15 p.m.          Panel 3: Korean Identity in the Contemporary Art in America
•     Sangmi Yoo (Professor, Texas Tech University)
“Dazzle Camouflage and Saekdong”
•     Eunkang Koh (Associate Professor, UNR)
“Beauty of Minhwa and Haehak in My Art”
Moderator & discussant: Brett Van Hoesen (Associate Professor, UNR)

5:15–5:30 p.m.          Closing Remarks
•     Gi W. Yun (Dean, Reynolds School of Journalism, UNR)


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