-Co-hosted by the Institute of East Asian Studies at UC Berkeley and the Research Institute of Korean Studies at Korea University 2009 Berkeley-KU Forum on East Asian Cultural Studies

The Institute of East Asian Studies at University of California, Berkeley and the Institute of Korean Culture at Korea University hold a biannual series of academic forums on the studies of East Asian cultures. The first planning workshop will take place in Seoul on the campus of Korea University from June 24th-26th in 2009. Approximately thirty scholars in East Asian Studies from Asia, Europe, and the United States will take up issues concerning “East Asian Studies” as they have been practiced in research and taught in institutions of higher learning in the second half of the 20th century and reflect upon their assumptions, achievements, influence, transmission, institutionalization, and limitations. With the advent of the 21st century culture has emerged to become an even more critical arena in the fashioning of value and society in intra-Asian as well as cross-Pacific contexts. New perspectives on culture will promise to shed new light on established views of history, culture, and societies.

“Towards a New Paradigm in East Asian Cultural Studies” June 24–26, 2009 Global Conference Room, (B109) Centennial Memorial Hall, Korea University

Edward Baker, Hanyang University James Millward, Georgetown University Joel Bradshaw, University of Hawaii at Manoa Cuong Nguyen, George Mason University Robert Buswell, University of California, Los Alfonso Ojeda, Complutense University of Madrid Angeles Jörg Plassen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum Patricia Crosby, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Ro Young-chan, Geoge Mason University Pamela Crossley, Dartmouth College Ruth Rogaski, Vanderbilt University Yizhuang Ding, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Naoki Sakai, Cornell University Madeleine Yue Dong, University of Washington Janet Theiss, University of Utah Han Seunghyun, Academia Sinica Jeffrey Wasserstrom, University of California, Irvine Kim Heung-kyu, Korea University Kenneth Wells, University of California, Berkeley Kim Kwangmin, University of Colorado at Boulder Kären Wigen, Stanford University Lewis Lancaster, University of California, Berkeley Marcia Yonemoto, University of Colorado at Lee Seung-joon, National University of Singapore Boulder Lee Sung-si, Waseda University Reinhard Zoellner, University of Bonn John Lie, University of California, Berkeley Lim Jie-Hyun, Hanyang University

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HK Korean Cultural Research Group, Research Institute of Korean Studies (RIKS), Korea University 2009 Berkeley-KU Forum on East Asian Cultural Studies June 24–26, 2009 Global Conference Room(B109), Centennial Memorial Hall, Korea University

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:30-10:00 Opening Ceremony Welcome Remarks (Han Sung Joo, Former President of Korea University) Keynote Speech (Robert E. Buswell, President of AAS) 10:00-12:00 Panel 1 Kären Wigen (Stanford University): “Local Studies/Global Themes: Engaging Scale in Asian Studies” John Lie (UC Berkeley): “Korean Studies, Asian Studies, Global Studies” Sakai Naoki (Cornell University): “From Area Studies to Transnational Studies: Notes Towards the Definition of ‘Area’” 12:00-13:30 Lunch : LG-POSCO Hall, Ahn Young-il Hall 13:30-17:10 Panel 2 & 3 Kim Heung-kyu (Korea University): “Imagination of Political Community and Collective Memories” Kenneth Wells (UC Berkeley): “Tensions Between Terminological Thinness and Historical Abundance in Modern Korean Historiography” Marcia Yonemoto (University of Utah): “Gender and the East Asian ‘Early Modern’” Janet Theiss (University of Colorado at Boulder): “How Global Perspectives Matter in East Asian Gender History” Ruth Rogaski (Vanderbilt University): “Cultures of Qi: Global Circulations of Medicine and Questions of Authenticity” 17:30-20:00 Garden Party: RIKS (Formerly IKC) Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:30-12:00 Panel 4 & Forum Committee Meeting Joel Bradshaw (UHP): “Current Prospects for Starting a New Journal” Patricia Crosby (UHP): “The State of Scholarly Book Publishing in North America” 12:00-14:00 Lunch : LG-POSCO Hall, Ahn Young-il Hall 14:00-17:00 Panel 5 & 6 Lewis Lancaster (UC Berkeley): “Buddhist Canons: Embodiments of Cultural and National Identity” Ro Young-chan (George Mason University): “Korean Worldview: a Cross-Cultural Analysis” James Millward (Georgetown University): “Chinese World Views and How the World Views Them: Inventing and Reinventing China” Pamela Crossley (Dartmouth College): “The Influence of Altaicism on the Development of Altaicism on East Asian Studies” Friday, June 26, 2009 10:00-12:00 Panel 7 Yizhuang Ding (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences): “Think of the Re-Construction of ‘Manzu’ Since 1950s” Jeffrey Wasserstrom (UC Irvine): “Run for the Borders: After the “China-Centered” Era in American Studies of China’s Past” Madeleine Yue Dong (University of Washington): “Reflections on Cultural History of Modern China” 12:00-14:00 Lunch : LG-POSCO Hall, Ahn Young-il Hall 14:00-17:00 Panel 8 & 9 Reinhard Zoellner (University of Bonn): “Bourdieu, Certeau, Barthes, Habermas. . . Discovering Space in East Asian Studies” Lee Sung-si (Waseda University): “Reflections on the ‘East Asian World Theory’ in Post- War Japan” Jörg Plassen (Ruhr-Universität Bochum): “Some Remarks on Theoretical Approaches to the Study of East Asian Buddhism in the West – The Case of Hua-yen Studies” Cuong Nguyen (George Mason University): “Wonch'uk and the Yogācāra's View on the Meaning of Religious Language” 17:00-18:00 General Discussion & Closing