Making Sites in Contemporary Korean Visual Culture

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International Conference Mobility, Creativity, and Collectivity: Making Sites in Contemporary Korean Visual Culture The Department of Asian Studies and The Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace The Hebrew University of Jerusalem May 24–26, 2016 Day 1: May 24, Tuesday Beit Maiersdorf, room 405 16:30 – 17:00 Recepon 17:00-17:15 Welcoming Remarks Dr. Nissim Otmazgin, Chair of the Dept. of Asian Studies, The Hebrew University 17:15 – 18:15 Keynote Speech Hong Kal, York University: Spectacle of the Public in Seoul Day 2: May 25, Wednesday Abba Eban Hall, Truman Instute 09:30 – 10:00 Registraon 10:00 – 10:30 Opening Remarks Menahem Blondheim, Academic Director, The Harry S. Truman Instute for the Advancement of Peace Dr. Jooyeon Rhee, Director of Korean Studies Program 10:45 – 12:00 Panel I An Image War: Visualizing Naonal Territory Chair: Nissim Otmazgin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Seunghyok Lee, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Dokdo-Takeshima Dispute and Naonal Historical Narraves: Visual Media’s Role in “Enlightening the Cizens” in South Korea and Japan Chinsoo Bae, Northeast Asian History Foundaon, Korea: Colonial Legacy and Contemporary Korean Visual Culture: The Case of Dokdo Sovereignty Issue 12:00 – 13:30 Lunch, Beit Maiersdorf 13:30 – 14:45 Panel II Wired Ways of Seeing: New Media, New Communicaon Chair: Jooyeon Rhee, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Je Yun Moon, University of London: From the Society of Text to the Society of Image: The Emergence of a New Communicaon Tacc in Internet Communies since the 1990s Haerin Shin, Vanderbilt University: Relocang the Emergence of Hallyu Entertainment: The Archetypal Funcon of South Korea’s Dramazed Ballard Music Videos in the Mid to Late 1990s 14:45 – 15:10 Coffee Break 15:10 – 16:40 Panel III Media and Community Building Chair: Ira Lyan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ekaterina Pokholkova, Moscow State Linguisc University, Russia: South Korean Commercial Adversements: Space for Social Adversing Inclusions Su Young Choi, University of Massachuses: Mobile Imageries of Immobile Sit-Ins: An Ethnographic Study of the An-765kV Transmission Tower Struggle of Miryang in South Korea Bora Chung, Yonsei Univeristy and Liora Sarfa, Tel Aviv University: Grief, Protest, and Material Creavity in the Commemoraon of Sewŏl’s Vicms 16:40 – 17:00 Coffee Break 17:00 – 18:15 Special Lecture Theodore June Yoo, Yonsei University: Visualizing the Enemy: Mohammad Kansu (aka Jeong Su-il) and the Queson of the ‘Other’ in South Korea Day 3: May 26, Thursday Abba Eban Hall, Truman Instue 09:00 – 10:10 IV Seoul, Its Past and the Present Chair: Wonhee Cho, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Maria V. Soldatova, Moscow State Linguisc University: Poec Lines in Urban Space as an Element of Social Adversing: Gwanghwamun Poetry Placard Barbara Wall, Hamburg University : The (Psycho)pathec Prince and the Tile Wall Picture of Chŏngjo’s Royal Procession to the City of Hwasŏng at the Ch’ŏnggye-ch’ŏn Stream 10:10 – 10:30 Coffee Break 10:30 – 12:30 Panel V Reading Contemporary South Korea’s Social Landscape through Visual Culture Chair: Theodore Jun Yoo, Yonsei University, Korea Yoo Seung-jin, Yonsei University, Korea: (Re)visualing Lee Man-Hee’s An-Communist Films during an Era of Censorship Moonim Baek, Yonsei University, Korea: Ethnicizing Masculinies in ROK Films Man-Gang Lee, Yonsei University, Korea: Shiſting Representaons of Korea’s Rural Landscape in Korean Television Dramas and Films Yingqiu Zhao, Yonsei University, Korea: Screening Nostalgia in Korean Television Dramas: Space, Place, and the Past 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch, Beit Maiersdorf 14:00 – 15:10 Panel VI Gender and Visual Culture Chair: Pablo Un, Shenkar School of Art and Design Heejung Shin, University of California, San Diego, USA: Western Princess Project Jooyeon Rhee, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Feeding the Hungry Eyes: The “Mokppang” Phenomenon in South Korea 15:10 – 15:30 Coffee Break 15:30 – 16:30 Roundtable Discussion Conference Sponsors: Academy of Korean Studies The Louis Frieberg Centre for East Asian Studies The Harry S. Truman Instute for the Advancement of Peace For details: [email protected]

Transcript of Making Sites in Contemporary Korean Visual Culture

International Conference

Mobility, Creativity, and Collectivity: Making Sites in Contemporary Korean Visual CultureThe Department of Asian Studies and The Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of PeaceThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem

May 24–26, 2016Day 1: May 24, Tuesday Beit Maiersdorf, room 40516:30 – 17:00 Reception17:00-17:15 Welcoming RemarksDr. Nissim Otmazgin, Chair of the Dept. of Asian Studies, The Hebrew University17:15 – 18:15 Keynote Speech Hong Kal, York University: Spectacle of the Public in Seoul

Day 2: May 25, Wednesday Abba Eban Hall, Truman Institute

09:30 – 10:00 Registration 10:00 – 10:30 Opening RemarksMenahem Blondheim, Academic Director, The Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of PeaceDr. Jooyeon Rhee, Director of Korean Studies Program10:45 – 12:00 Panel I An Image War: Visualizing National Territory Chair: Nissim Otmazgin, The Hebrew University of JerusalemSeunghyok Lee, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Dokdo-Takeshima Dispute and National Historical Narratives: Visual Media’s Role in “Enlightening the Citizens” in South Korea and JapanChinsoo Bae, Northeast Asian History Foundation, Korea: Colonial Legacy and Contemporary Korean Visual Culture: The Case of Dokdo Sovereignty Issue12:00 – 13:30 Lunch, Beit Maiersdorf13:30 – 14:45 Panel II Wired Ways of Seeing: New Media, New CommunicationChair: Jooyeon Rhee, The Hebrew University of JerusalemJe Yun Moon, University of London: From the Society of Text to the Society of Image: The Emergence of a New Communication Tactic in Internet Communities since the 1990sHaerin Shin, Vanderbilt University: Relocating the Emergence of Hallyu Entertainment: The Archetypal Function of South Korea’s Dramatized Ballard Music Videos in the Mid to Late 1990s14:45 – 15:10 Coffee Break15:10 – 16:40 Panel III Media and Community BuildingChair: Ira Lyan, The Hebrew University of JerusalemEkaterina Pokholkova, Moscow State Linguistic University, Russia: South Korean Commercial Advertisements: Space for Social Advertising InclusionsSu Young Choi, University of Massachusetts: Mobile Imageries of Immobile Sit-Ins: An Ethnographic Study of the Anti-765kV Transmission Tower Struggle of Miryang in South KoreaBora Chung, Yonsei Univeristy and Liora Sarfati, Tel Aviv University: Grief, Protest, and Material Creativity in the Commemoration of Sewŏl’s Victims 16:40 – 17:00 Coffee Break17:00 – 18:15 Special LectureTheodore June Yoo, Yonsei University: Visualizing the Enemy: Mohammad Kansu (aka Jeong Su-il) and the Question of the ‘Other’ in South Korea

Day 3: May 26, Thursday Abba Eban Hall, Truman Institue09:00 – 10:10 IV Seoul, Its Past and the PresentChair: Wonhee Cho, The Hebrew University of JerusalemMaria V. Soldatova, Moscow State Linguistic University: Poetic Lines in Urban Space as an Element of Social Advertising: Gwanghwamun Poetry PlacardBarbara Wall, Hamburg University : The (Psycho)pathetic Prince and the Tile Wall Picture of Chŏngjo’s Royal Procession to the City of Hwasŏng at the Ch’ŏnggye-ch’ŏn Stream10:10 – 10:30 Coffee Break10:30 – 12:30 Panel V Reading Contemporary South Korea’s Social Landscape through Visual CultureChair: Theodore Jun Yoo, Yonsei University, KoreaYoo Seung-jin, Yonsei University, Korea: (Re)visualing Lee Man-Hee’s Anti-Communist Films during an Era of CensorshipMoonim Baek, Yonsei University, Korea: Ethnicizing Masculinities in ROK FilmsMan-Gang Lee, Yonsei University, Korea: Shifting Representations of Korea’s Rural Landscape in Korean Television Dramas and FilmsYingqiu Zhao, Yonsei University, Korea: Screening Nostalgia in Korean Television Dramas: Space, Place, and the Past12:30 – 14:00 Lunch, Beit Maiersdorf14:00 – 15:10 Panel VI Gender and Visual CultureChair: Pablo Utin, Shenkar School of Art and DesignHeejung Shin, University of California, San Diego, USA: Western Princess ProjectJooyeon Rhee, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Feeding the Hungry Eyes: The “Mokppang” Phenomenon in South Korea15:10 – 15:30 Coffee Break15:30 – 16:30 Roundtable Discussion

Conference Sponsors: Academy of Korean Studies

The Louis Frieberg Centre for East Asian Studies The Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace

For details: [email protected]