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The IACS Conference returns to South Korea after successful editions in Surabaya, Singapore, Dhaka, Shanghai, Bangalore, Tokyo and Taipei. The IACS So- ciety, which initiates the conferences, is proud to partner with Sunkonghoe University, which also hosts the IACS Con- sortium of Institutions, to organise “Worlding: Asia after/beyond Globalization”, between July 28 and July 30, 2017. Our colleagues at Sunkunghoe have done a brilliant job of putting this event together, and you’ll see evidence of their painstaking attention to detail in all the arrangements for the Conference. I look forward to meeting you all - old friends Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. and new. Have a wonderful stay in Seoul, and stay connected to the Inter-Asia network. On this hot summer day, I would like to express my utmost thankfulness to all of you who came from all over the world Warm wishes, to take part in 2012 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Conference. Tejaswini Niranjana | Chair, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society It is particularly meaningful to have this year’s IACS Conference in Seoul since it is the thirtieth anniversary of the June Democratic Uprising and the Great Labor Struggle, which abolished the authoritarian regime in 1987. As if mirroring the past, Korea today is on the path to creating a new political society as a result of six months of peaceful candlelight protest. We are living in a world that is going through a profound disintegration of the postwar global political order. United States’ position as the world leader is in decline, whereas China is not prepared to be the heir of the throne yet. The world is de-centered and multi-centering. However, it is doubtful whether this new multi-centering world order would effectively handle the problems of colonialism, the Cold War and globalization. In this respect, we need to pay at- tention to the claims of anti-G20 protests in Hamburg earlier this month. They are clear evidence of routinization of cross-bordering alter-globalization movements from below. In this conjuncture of the crisis of global capitalism and the emerging possibility of anti-capitalist affective politics, it is crucial to call upon an inter-Asia perspective. An inter-Asia perspective would allow us to grasp the dynamics of region-making, as Asia as a region is always being constructed and renewed through overlaps and intersections of Good morning, traffics and movements between the familiar and unfamiliar. Various occupy movements in Asia in recent years such as the Sunflower Movement in Taiwan, Umbrella Movement Chairperson Tejaswini Niranjana, Honored Guests, and Ladies and Gentlemen; May I take this opportunity to welcome in Hong Kong, and Candlelight Protest in Korea have created new political spaces, language and agenda. I am excited you all to Sungkonghoe University; and congratulate the opening of 2017 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Conference. As to anticipate exchange and sharing of those experiences between Asian people, and their development into cultural the president of this university, I am particularly privileged to host such a prestigious academic event. creativity. I have no doubt that this cross-Asian traffic of affective politics will be the very site of production of a true Sungkonghoe University means University of the Protestant Episcopal Church. It began its life as a small divinity col- Asian identity, and new civilization-inducing alter-globalization from below. lege called St. Michael Seminary in 1914. Since then, we have come a long way to establish ourselves as one of the The main theme of this year’s IACS Conference is “Worlding: Asia beyond/after globalization.” For decades, we have foremost universities in human rights and peace education in Korea. been troubled by various problems capitalist globalization has generated and imposed upon us including refugees Asia has always been close to the heart of Sungkonghoe University. It is best manifested in our visions for the future. and asylum seekers, labor migration, polarization of wealth, discrimination of race, gender and sexual minorities, and On our website, you will find that we have long tried to build a network of NGOs and civil societies in Asia; and focused ecological destruction. We have challenged and made interventions into those problems, and promoted multicultural, on developing Asia experts through industry-university cooperation with Asian business corporations. multi-ethnic, and polysemous cosmopolitanism. Today, we came here together to seek out the possibilities of a new Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Conference would be a landmark in our history of engagement with Asia. I heard more than world against capitalist globalization. I am eager to hear and engage in passionate and productive debates for next 500 people from 34 countries took part in this year’s event. It is by far the largest academic conference ever staged three days. in Sungkonghoe University. Now truly global in its reach and influence, it find it apt and timely that the main theme of Although people power just opened up a brand new era of democratic politics in Korea, I am still feeling heavy with this year’s IACS Conference is worlding. the geopolitical concerns such as THAAD missile disputes and North Korean nuclear problems. These are two major I am intrigued by this neologism. I am excited to hear what kinds of novel and inventive ideas this new conceptual and immediate obstacles to our vision of worlding inter-Asia. The persisting Cold War in Asia should be one of the innovation would initiate. One of the central concerns of our time is Asia’s place in the emerging post-global world. main objects of our investigation and political action. Thankfully, Asian history is replete with attempts and projects As they say, 21st century will be Asia’s century. I expect a lot of productive and stimulating debates and exchange of to achieve peace and equality. I find them still inspirational for our struggle to subvert capitalist globalization, disaster ideas during three days of IACS Conference at Sungkonghoe University. capitalism and the Cold War. I sincerely hope you to join our journey to overcome those historical troubles. Before I finish, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society, Institute for East Asian Studies, and all the people who made this event possible. I sincerely wish the event a great success, and all the guests and participants a most rewarding and enjoyable time in Seoul. Thank you. Paik Won Dam PhD. Lee Jeong Ku | President of SungKongHoe University Director, Institute for East Asian Studies 4 • IACS Conference 2017 Welcome Message • 5 2017 IACS CONFERENCE PROGRAM Day 1 FRI, 28 JULY 08:30-09:00 REGISTRATION + MORNING TEA (Venue: Migael-gwan) 09:00-09:30 WELCOME TO THE CONFERENCE (Venue: IcheonHwan-gwan) [KEYNOTE SPEECH] “A new Consideration on ‘Worlding’ as a Competition of the Dominant and Alternative Globalizations in the Modern Period” 09:30-10:30 CHO HEE-YEON (former Prof. Division of Social Science of SKHU / current Superintendent of Education of Seoul Education Office / (Venue: IcheonHwan-gwan) [PLENARY SESSION 01] “Worlding Inter-Asia” 10:30-12:30 TEJASWINI NIRANJANA (Lingnan University), GAIK CHENG KHOO (The University of Nottingham), ROB WILSON (University of California, Santa Cruz), SOYOUNG KIM (Korea National University of Arts), MEAGHAN MORRIS (University of Sydney), EARL JACKSON JR. (Chiao Tung University) / (Venue: IcheonHwan-gwan) 12:30-13:30 LUNCH TIME (Migael-gwan) PARALLEL SESSIONS | M (Migael-gwan) SY (SeungYeon-gwan) SC (SaeCheonNyeon-gwan) IC (IcheonHwan-gwan) SESSION TIME M301 M205 M402 M403 M404 M406 M407 SY503 SY504 SY505 SY506 SC7204 SC7205 SY502 SY501 SY507 SY508 13 Cog- nitively 11 Goodbye 58 37 Behind 26 Asian Estranged Industri- Re-World- 5 Decenter- 68 A Trilogy 44 Negoti- the scenes 23 Repre- Mgrants- Litera- alization? ing Public ing Global- 14 Cross- of Spatio- ating with 87 In Search of nation- sentations Threat, De- ture That Entrepre- Parallel Memory: 88 Migration ization: To- cultural temporal Chinese for a New branding: 146 Trans- of Gender pendency, 91 Queering Bridges of neurship, 13:30- 73 Genre Art, Cinema and Identity wards New Reimagining Imaginaries: 93 Film and Nationalism Direction for Asian lating on Chinese Ambiva- the Quo- Narrative, Creativity Worlds and Archive Politics in Practices of of Korean The City, Places 15:00 in East the “InterA- pop’s Cultures Television lence, and tidian Form, and and in postwar Ansan City CineTrans- TV Shows in The Fes- Asian sia” Method
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