[KS] Penn State IKS talk by Ira Lyan, 2/26, 7-8 PM, Online

[Jooyeon Rhee]

Penn State Institute for Korean Studies


“Waving a Korean Flag: Between Hallyu, Fandom, and Nationalism”


Thursday, February 26 | 7:00–8:00 p.m. (online)

Register here:

https://psu.zoom.us/meeting/register/1tcvV0IKSbmWj4_RZPXcBA#/registration


*Talk Description*: This talk suggests a rethinking of the empirical focus
of Hallyu fandom studies on a geographical logic of “Hallyu in place X.”
Rather than understanding non-Korean Hallyu fans as representatives of
their respective nations, I ask: “How do fans themselves use nation and
nationalism to rationalize their motivations and identification routes?” To
answer this question, I look at the configuration between Hallyu, fandom,
and nationalism, in what I call fan nationalism—that is, when fans choose
to wave a Korean flag to act as ambassadors, patriots, or political
activists for the sake of their local communities, global issues, or even
Korea itself. Akin to other long-distance nationalisms, fans negotiate
their social position vis-à-vis their fandom, being emotionally invested in
building their social capital and constructing transnational imagined
communities beyond their existing geographical and national belongings.
Such attempts at theorizing fan nationalism strive to shed brighter light
on fans’ engagement and fascination with Korea’s underdog status.


*Irina Lyan* is an assistant professor and the head of the Korean

Studies Program at the Department of Asian Studies, the Hebrew

University of Jerusalem. She is a sociologist who explores South

Korea’s national images, imagery, and imagination, and their

impact on its economic miracle, also known as the “Miracle on the

River Han,” and its cultural miracle, also known as “the Korean

Wave” or Hallyu. Irina's academic papers have appeared both in

leading critical management studies journals such as

*Organization, Culture and Organization, *and *Critical Perspectives*

*on International Business*; and in cultural and media studies

outlets such as *International Journal of Communication, Pacific*

*Affairs, *and *Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture*

*Review.*



Jooyeon Rhee

Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature

Director of Undergraduate Study, Asian Studies Dept.

Director of Penn State Institute for Korean Studies

230 Old Coaly Way, 326A Pond Laboratory,  Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802

*jxr5820 at psu.edu <jxr5820 at psu.edu>*
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