[KS] CFP] Networked Hate in Asia Workshop (29-30 October, 2026)

[YOUNGHAN CHO]

Dear Organizers,

Could you circulate the information on a workshop in 29-30 October, 2026.
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*TransCurrentAsia (TCA) Forum*

*Networked Hate in Asia Workshop 2026*

2026 아시아 혐오 네트워크 워크숍

*Call for Participants*



*How does hate cross borders in digital Asia?*

Help build a network of researchers that responds to networks of hate.

*Dates*

Thursday 29 – Friday 30 October 2026

*Venue*

Seoul Campus, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

*Who*

① Southeast Asian PhD candidates and postdocs based in Korea

② Early-career researchers working on digital interactions among publics
across Asia

*Submit*

*Application (Free form): A4 2pages max, *English or Korean

*Deadline*

*Monday 5 October 2026, 17:00 KST*

*Support*

*Free registration (Food and drink provided)*

*Language*

*[English / Korean]*

*Apply*

taesik.kim at monash.edu

*Contact*

Prof. Kyungmook Kim (Waseda Univ.: kimkmok at waseda.jp)

Prof. Taesik Kim (Monash Univ. Malaysia: taesik.kim at monash.edu)

Prof. Younghan Cho (Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies: choy at hufs.ac.kr)

Prof. Younggil Chae (Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies: yg_chae at hufs.ac.kr)



Social media has become an integral part of everyday communication in the
digital age. At the same time, however, it has also become a platform
through which conflict, antagonism, and hate can spread and intensify.
Digital technologies afford extensive networked connectivity, multimodal
expression, and the rapid circulation and modification of content, making
it easier to simplify, categorise, exclude, and target particular
identities and groups through hateful discourse. As transnational networks
increasingly transcend national borders and emerging technologies such as
AI rapidly erode linguistic barriers, the scope of networked hate is
becoming increasingly difficult to contain.

*Recent hostile communication among social media users in South Korea and
Southeast *offers one example of this phenomenon. What began as cultural
conflict developed into forms of reciprocal hostility, with users mirroring
one another through similar logics and discourses. Images and texts that
can be easily modified, reproduced, and circulated in digital environments
further intensified these exchanges. Just as conflict and hostility have
long circulated through the complex historical, cultural, and geopolitical
relationships among Korea, China, and Japan, networked hate now accompanies
the expanding transnational exchanges between Northeast and Southeast Asia.
The recent hostility among publics in Korea and Southeast Asia is not
simply an isolated incident, but part of a broader transformation in how
conflict is produced and circulated through digital networks across Asia.

*About TransCurrentAsia (TCA)*

TransCurrentAsia (TCA) is a research forum established in 2024 by research
teams from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Waseda University, and
Monash University Malaysia. The forum seeks to identify and explore the
flows of interaction, exchange, and conflict that connect Northeast and
Southeast Asia, and to develop these issues as agendas for sustained
scholarly and public discussion.




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Professor in Korean Studies(Ph.D in Communication Studies)
Graduate School of International and Area Studies, Hankuk University of
Foreign Studies (Seoul, South Korea)
Homepage: https://hufs.academia.edu/YounghanCho
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