The Literature of Liberation Space: A Conference on Korean Literature 1945-1950
October 31-November 1, 2008
Husky Union Building (HUB), Room 310
Registration
Conference Schedule
Library Exhibit and Reception
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Registration is recommended but not mandatory. To register, please email your name and affiliation to Young Sook Lim at uwcks@u.washington.edu or call (206) 543-4873.
| Conference Schedule
Thursday, October 30 |
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| 5:00-6:30 pm | Film: "용광로" (Yongkwangno / The Crucible), 1949 Allen Library Auditorium |
| Friday, October 31 | |
| 8:30-9:00 am | Coffee and Donuts |
| 9:00-11:00 am | Session I: The Discource of Liberation Space |
| On the Concept of Liberation Space Clark Sorensen, Korea Studies, University of Washington |
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| Contextualizing Korean Liberation Space in World Literature David McCann, Korean Literature, Harvard University |
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| 11:00 am-12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 12:15-2:15 pm | Session II: New Imaginaries |
| A Journey Through Time and Across Empires: Yi T'ae-jun's Post-Colonial Imagination Janet Poole, East Asian Studies, University of Toronto |
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| "Liberation Space" Travelogues: Dividing Korea into the Global Cold War Order Theodore Hughes, Korean Literature, Columbia University |
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| 2:15-2:30 pm | Break |
| 2:30-5:00 pm | Session III: Classical Literature in Liberation Space |
| Telling History with Literature Jiwon Shin, East Asian Languages and Culture, University of California, Berkeley |
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| Rewriting the "Real" Text: Park T'aewon's Hong Kil-Tong Chon Leif Olsen, Asian Studies, University of British Columbia |
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| Searching for the "Chosŏnness:" How to Read Chong Chi-Yong's Mountain Poems Wook-jin Jeong, Asian Languages and Literature, University of Washington |
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| 5:30-6:30 pm | Exhibit & Reception: UW East Asia Library Liberation Space Collection Allen Library Lobby (Exhibit) East Asia Library Reading Room (Reception) |
| Saturday, November 1 | |
| 8:30-9:00 am | Coffee and Donuts |
| 9:00-11:00 am | Session IV: (Title TBD) |
| On Writing Well in Korean: Literary Style Manuals from "Liberation Space" Ross King, Asian Studies, University of British Columbia |
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| Literature Written for Children in Liberation Space Dafna Zur, Asian Studies, University of British Columbia |
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| 11:00 am-12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 12:15-2:15 pm | Session V: Examples from Left and Right |
| Mongnŏmi maŭl ŭi kae: Stories of Haebang konggan by Hwang Sun-wŏn Bruce Fulton, Asian Studies, University of British Columbia |
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| Red Love and Socialist Modernity in the Creation of North Korea Ruth Barraclough, Asian Studies, Australian National University |
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| 2:15-2:30 pm | Break |
| 2:30-4:30 pm | Session VI: Liberation Space: Its Significance for Korean Literature |
| Title TBD Peter Lee, Korean Literature, University of California, Los Angeles |
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| Title TBD Young Min Kwon, Korean Literature, Seoul National University |
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| 4:30-5:00 pm | Concluding Remarks |
In celebration of "The Literature of Liberation Space" conference, you are cordially invited to attend the opening reception of the exhibit,
Voices from Liberation Space,
on Friday, October 31, 2008, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
George Beckmann Reading Room
East Asia Library
The exhibit will be feature in the Allen Library North Lobby from October 31, 2008 - December 31, 2008.
To RSVP, please call Hyokyoung Yi at (206) 543-6603 or email eal-event@lib.washington.edu.
Sponsored by the University of Washington Center for Korea Studies,
the Academy of Korean Studies,
the University of Washington East Asia Library,
and the University of Washington Department of Asian Languages & Literature
| Center for Korea Studies | |
| Box 353650 | |
| Seattle, WA 98195 | |
| 206.543.4873 | |
| ► | uwcks@u.washington.edu |