Korea University Graduate Student Conference in Asian Studies
in conjunction with the 2017 AAS-in-ASIA Conference
Date Friday, June, 23rd 09:00-19:00
Venue Woo Dang Hall, Korea University
Hosting Organizations
BK21, Department of Korean History, Korea University
BK21, Department of Korean Language and literature, Korea University
BK21, Department of Chinese & Japanese Language and literature, Korea University
Sponsors
International Research Center for Korean Language and Culture, Korea University
Research Institute of Korean Studies, Korea University
Center for Korean History, Korea University
Session Ⅰ: East Asian History
09:00-09:15
Opening Remarks Woo Dang Hall, Room 110
Lee Jin Han (Director, BK21, Department of Korean History, Korea University)
09:15-10:45
[Panel 1] Beyond Traditional East Asian World Order: From Ancient to Modern period
Discussant: Martina Deuchler(Professor Emeritus, SOAS University of London)
Domination through Symbolic Power: Analysis of the Relationship between Koguryŏ and the Chinese Commanderies in the First Century B.C.
JongRok Lee (Ph.D Candidate, Korea University)
Ukanju and the Changing Political Order of Northeastern Asia in the 17th Century
LEE, MENG-HENG (Ph.D Student, National Taiwan University)
A Neglected Voice: Britain’s Response to the Question of Korean Independence, 1903-5
Euysuk Kwon (Ph.D Candidate, The University of Sheffield)
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30
[Panel 2] Between Strong and Weak: East Asian Interactions in early 20th Century
Discussant: Kyu Hyun Kim(Associate Professor, UC Davis)
The Spanish Influenza 1918-1920: The Politics of Producing Scientific Knowledge
Juhee Kang (M.A Student, Harvard University)
American women missionaries and Chinese women in their eyes: a case study of Laura M. White
Tin Kei WONG (Ph.D Candidate, The University of Queensland)
Historical and Folkloristic Accounts on Ullambana Rituals(盂蘭盆齋) under Colonial Rule(1910-45)
Yoojin Choe (Ph.D Student, Korea University)
12:30-13:30 Lunch (Cafeteria, International Studies Hall, Korea University)
13:30-15:00
[Panel 3] Diffusion, Convergence, Collision: New Interpretation of Korean History and Culture (in Global Perspectives)
Discussant: Leighanne Yuh (Assistant Professor, Korea University)
New Historical Materials of Paekche from perspective of Ancient East Asia
Dongmin Lim (Ph.D Student, Korea University)
Redefining the “Transmission” of Buddhism to Early Korea
Elizabeth Lee (Ph.D Candidate, New York University)
Regional rhythms : networking identities in local Korean hip-hop scenes in relation to the mainstream music industry
Amos Farooqi (Master of Arts, Korea University)
Under Attack: Fraternal Criticism, Global Discourse, and the Development of North Korean Ideology
Thomas Stock (Ph.D Candidate, University of California, Los Angeles)
15:00-15:15 Break
15:15-16:45
[Panel 4] Marginal Groups in Worldwide: Visions from Sexuality, Nationality and Diaspora
Discussant: Ju Hui Judy Han(Assistant Professor, University of Toronto)
Transforming the Korean Refugee Policy: Role of local and transnational civil society networks
Won Geun Choi (Ph.D Candidate, University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Liminal Legality and Postnational Membership in the Making of Sexual Citizenship in Contemporary Singapore
Minwoo Jung (Ph.D Student, University of Southern California)
Frontier as Future, Periphery as Past: Exploring Korean-ness among the Koryo-in
Zachary M. Adamz (Ph.D Student, University of Texas at Austin)
The Legacy of Koryŏ (918-1392) Women's Life and Status
Park Youngsuk (Ph.D Candidate, Academy of Korean Studies)
16:45-17:00 Break
17:00-18:30
[Panel 5] Policy and Development: Portraits of Contemporary Korea in Global Context
Discussant: Howard Kahm(Assistant Professor, Yonsei University)
From Crisis to Opportunity: North Korea's Inner Propaganda and Social Policy in the Korean War
Jooho Lee (Ph.D Candidate, Korea University)
“My Inspection Journey”: US Prison Tours and Post-Korean War Comparative Penology
James D. Hillmer (Ph.D Candidate, University of California, Los Angeles)
Grassroots Capitalism in Korea: Rationalizing the Pursuit of Individual Money-Making during the Park Chung Hee Era, 1961-1979
Jihyun Shin (Ph.D Student, University of British Columbia)
Remapping of East Asian Region as Ex-periphery
Irina Lyan (Ph.D Candidate, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
18:40-19:00 Closing Remarks Woo Dang Hall, Room 602
Jung, Tae-hern (Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Korea University
Professor, BK21, Department of Korean History, Korea University)
Session Ⅱ: Korean Literature, Language and Culture
09:00-09:15
Opening Remarks Woo Dang Hall, Room 102
Choe Ho-chol (Director, BK21, Department of Korean Language and Literature, Korea University)
09:15-10:45
[Panel 1] Modern Korean Literature : the Beginning of 20th Century
Discussant: Theodore Jun Yoo (Assistant Professor, Yonsei University)
Transitioning from the Transitional: Re-situating Sinsosŏl within Korean Literary History
HeeJin Lee (Ph.D Student, University of California, Los Angeles)
The Return Gaze in the Interactions Between Missionary Women in Korea and Korean Women, 1884-1910
Kyrie Vermette (Master of Arts, University of Toronto)
A Study on Adopting ‘Post’ and Modern Perception in Korean Early Modern Play : Dramaturgy of Lee Kwang-Su’s A Grief of a Housewife
Sujin Jung (Ph.D Student, Korea University)
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30
[Panel 2] Modern Korean Literature : Poems and Novels
Discussant: Susan Hwang (Assistant Professor, Indiana University)
They are All Bad, and They are All Good: Violence and Others in Mongsil ŏnni
Youn Soo Kim (Ph.D Student, Binghamton University
Toward the Queer Child(2) : Toward and Beyond the Queer Child in Kim Hyena’s Grand-Jeté and Kim E-hwan’s Your Metamorphosis
Allan C Simpson (Ph.D Student, SOAS University of London)
Prosification(Mise en prose) of Kim Jong-sam’s poetry
Bok-hui Kim (Ph.D Student, Korea University)
A Study on Ethical Subject of Son Chang-Sup’s Novel
Sang Hyuk Kim (Ph.D Student, Korea University)
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00
[Panel 3] Modern Korean Literature : Films, Translations, and Comparative Literature
Discussant: Jinsoo An (Assistant Professor,University of California, Berkeley)
Manifesting the Equaliberty: the short stories of Korean-Argentines
Jin-Aeng Choi (Ph.D Student, University of California, Los Angeles)
‘Global Noir’: Reflections on East Asian Modernity Through the Lens of Film Noir
Caleb Kelso-Marsh (Ph.D Student, The University of Western Australia)
Successor, Revolutionist and the Cross-border Idol: Moon Ye-bong and the Transformation of National Cinema in Korea
Song Xiaoqian (Ph.D Candidate, Ewha Womans University)
Deborah Smith’s view of translation and a comparison of Han Gang’s and Deborah Smith’s “The Vegetarian”
Jin Hur (Ph.D Student, Korea University)
15:00-15:15 Break
15:15-16:45
[Panel 4] Korean Classical Literature
Discussant: Adam Bohnet (Associate Professor, King's University College at University of Western Ontario)
Legitimacy and Identity in the Yongbiŏch’ŏn’ga: Political and Ideological Boundaries in Early Chosŏn and Modern Korea
Giovanni Volpe (Ph.D Student, Sapienza University of Rome)
Historical Studies and Traditional Hermeneutics in the Early Josen Period
Yoh Han Noh (Ph.D Student, Korea University)
Kingship and Law in Joseon
Song-hee Lee (Ph.D Candidate, Korea University)
The Significance of Men disguised in Women Story and Emotional Expansion In Changnanhoyeonlok
Tae Young Kim (Ph.D Student, Korea University)
16:45-17:00 Break
17:00-18:30
[Panel 5] Korean Language and Culture
Discussant: Jeffrey Holliday (Assistant Professor, Korea University)
Korean Language and Political Ideology: Different and Common Values
Natalia Kaverzina (Ph.D Student, Tomsk State University)
Literature and the Making of the Cultural Sphere in Post-Liberation North Korea
Ria Roy (M.A Student, Harvard University
The Study on the Use of the Hearer-honorification Endings in Present Day Korean
Eunjeong Park (Ph.D Student, Korea University)
A Study on the Perception of Korean Regional Dialects
Hyang Won Lee (Ph.D Candidate, Korea University)
18:40-19:00 Closing Remarks Woo Dang Hall, Room 602
Jung, Tae-hern (Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Korea University
Professor, BK21, Department of Korean History, Korea University)
Session Ⅲ: Japanese and Chinese Studies
09:00-09:15
Opening Remarks Woo Dang Hall, Room 202
Jung Byung-Ho (Director, BK21, Department of Chinese and Japanese Language and Literature, Korea University)
09:15-10:45
[Panel 1] Culture of Visuality and Sports
Seung-Ah Lee(Visiting Researcher, SNU Kyujanggak Institute, Seoul National University )
Godzilla in the Era of Post-3.11: Everything Happens in the Conference Room
Rio Katayama (Ph.D Student, University of Southern California)
The continuity and discontinuity of Korean liberation: focusing on the Dr. Lee’s sports activities
Jin Guoxian (Ph.D Candidate, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
A comparative study of awareness of juvenile law shown in the remake films of “Samayou Yaiba”
Nam Sang-hyon (Ph.D Student, Korea University)
A comparative study on traditional Archery of Korea and Japan Focus on Pyeonjeon(片箭) and Kudaya(管矢)
LEE HEON JUNG (Ph.D Candidate, Korea University)
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30
[Panel 2] East Asia Under Colonial Rule
Discussant: Han, Jung-Sun(Professor, Korea University)
The comparative analysis of <Minbao> and <Taekeukhakbo> and their role in the promotion of nationalism in Chosun and Qing
JIN XIANG (Ph.D Student, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
In between Treason and Patriotism: Yi Kwang-su and Yun Chi’ho’s Wartime Collaboration with the Japanese Empire
AhRan Ellie Bae (Ph.D Candidate, Rikkyo University)
From Assimilation to Resistance: Suffering Youths of Manchukuo under the Japanese Education
Qiunan Li (Ph.D Candidate, University of Sheffield)
The Asian Revival Project: Kōakai and the Emergence of Pan-Asianism in Japan and Korea, 1876-1894
Yung Hian Ng (M.A Candidate, Harvard University)
12:30-13:30 Lunch (Cafeteria, International Studies Hall, Korea University)
13:30-15:00
[Panel 3] Literature and Textual Interpretations
Discussant
Itoyama Akiko's 『NEET』 theory- Focusing on identity as NEET -
Lee Junghwa (Ph.D Student, Korea University)
A Study on the Difference between Li Bai’s Poems and Pastoral Poetry in Tang Dynasty
Jung, Myung-ki (Ph.D Candidate, Korea University)
Interpreting Dreams of Animals in Song Dynasty China
Kim Songjoo (Ph.D Candidate, Korea University)
A Study on Figuration and Configuration of Character in <Flowers in the Mirror> - Focusing on the 12 Flower Spirits in Foreign Countries
Ko, Myungju (Ph.D Candidate, Korea University)
15:00-15:15 Break
15:15-16:45
[Panel 4] Historical View Within China
Discussant
Wutai Mountain and Chinese South Asian Buddhist Relations
M. Sobhitha (Ph.D, University of Peradeniya)
Housing the people: Leon Hoa, standardization, and third world modernism
Yanfei Li (Ph.D Candidate, University of Toronto)
Elephants from Yunnan and Southeast Asia in Late Imperial China
Arina Mikhalevskaya (Ph.D Student, Yale University)
Sino-Foreign Interactions in Legal Perspective: The Northern Song Law on Cross-boundary Movements
Victor Fong (Ph.D Candidate, The Australian National University)
16:45-17:00 Break
17:00-18:30
[Panel 5] Politics, Ethnicity and History
Discussant: Paul S. Cha(Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong)
Nationalism and ethnicity: Korean-Chinese Intellectuals’ views on China’s multi-ethnic nationalism
Aihua Li (Ph.D Student, Leiden University)
Authoritarian Leaders and Winning Coalitions: A Comparative Study of Chiang Kai-Shek’s and Syngman Rhee’s Regimes in the 1950s
Wei, Lungta (Ph.D Candidate, National Taiwan University)
Geopolitical Games and Japan's Security Policy: with a Focus on the Security Policy of the Second Abe Administration
Kim, Seunghyun (Ph.D Student, Korea University)
The comfort women issue and Korean residents in Japan― Influence Kim Il-myun had on the issue―
LEE YOUNGHO (Ph.D Candidate, Korea University)
18:40-19:00 Closing Remarks Woo Dang Hall, Room 602
Jung, Tae-hern (Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Korea University
Professor, BK21, Department of Korean History, Korea University)