[KS] Monash Beyond Borders Korean Studies Seminar Series Seminar 6

[Sandy Nguyen]

Dear KS list members, so sorry for all the emails. Please also note the
following online event. Please register using the Google form and a ZOOM
link will be sent to you one day prior to the seminar. Hope to see you
there.

All the best,
Sandy.

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*Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH) presents:*



*Monash Beyond Borders Korean Studies Seminar Series 2024*



*Seminar 6*

*'**State of Criminality: Cinematic Depictions of 1970s and 1980s South
Korea**.**'*


Prof. Kyung Moon Hwang (ANU)



 Room G03, Learning & Teaching Building (LTB), Clayton VIC 3168 & Zoom

4th October, 2pm AEST


Abstract:

South Korean feature films set in the 1970s and 80s have tended to
highlight the criminality of the period, led by the authoritarian state
itself. The idea is that, as an increasingly brutal autocracy veering
toward fascist rule in the 1970s and 1980s, the South Korean military
dictatorships blurred if not decimated the line between legality and
illegality. In addition to highlighting the underworld, these films have
featured the instruments of state enforcement, such as the KCIA or police,
in order to accentuate the overlap between such actors and criminals. This
presentation demonstrates how such cinematic portrayals have sought to
historicise this era of South Korean military rule through the notion of
state criminality. It will do so through an analysis of the semiotics,
visual cues, and storylines of primarily two films set in the 1970s and
1980s, respectively: “The Drug King” (*Mayag-wang* [U Min-ho, 2018]) and
“Memories of Murder” (*Sarin ui chu-eok* [Bong Jun-ho, 2003]). These two
works are representative of South Korean historical films that establish
strong historical connections to the country’s history of developmentalist
dictatorships while implying the lingering presence of that past in
contemporary times.



*Bio: *Kyung Moon Hwang is Korea Foundation Professor in the School of
Culture, History, & Language at the Australian National University and
currently serves as Director of the ANU Korea Institute. He is the author
of *Fate and Freedom in Korean Historical Films* (2023), *A History of
Korea* (Third Edition, 2021), *Past Forward: Essays in Korean History*
(2019), *Rationalizing Korea: The Rise of the Modern State *(2015), and *Beyond
Birth: Social Status in the Emergence of Modern Korea* (2004). At ANU he
teaches courses on Korean history, society, culture, and language.

Register here <https://forms.gle/2A7sEzaZBB1kJoNT6> for a ZOOM link.

Please contact Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub Coordinator
Ms Sandy Nguyen for further details.Sandy.Nguyen1 at monash.edu
<Sandy.nguyen1 at monash.edu>


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Kind Regards,

Sandy Nguyen

*MUKSRH Coordinator*

Website: Monash Korean Studies Research Hub
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