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IN THIS ISSUE: Director’s Foreword Professor Hyaeweol Choi Director’s Foreword 1 This year has been a particularly productive and 2014-2015 ANU 2 rewarding one. For some time now many col- Korea Institute leagues in Southeast Asian studies and East Asian Events studies at ANU have been engaged in conversa- tion, seeking out innovative ideas to pursue for Transnational 9 research collaborations. One of the broader intel- Humanities for lectual concerns in those conversations had to do Korean Studies with the growing discontent with the concept of Update from Core 13 "area studies," a framework seen as an outmoded product of the Cold War that is too centered on Korean Studies the "traits" of a country. We have also been in- Scholars trigued by the unprecedented pace of globalisa- tion in recent decades, which has made it impos- New Faculty 14 Members sible to ignore the dynamic flow of ideas, people, capital and materials across borders and the impact of that flow on the local cultures. Out of this ground- ANU Korea Institute 14 work have come events and scholarly activities designed to emphasise deep Postdoctoral Fellow knowledge of a place and people but also pay attention to the dynamic flow of Visiting Fellow 15 ideas, people and materials that defies conventional territorial boundaries. That outlook was represented in three international conferences that the ANU Korea Institute held this year: 1) “Latent Histories, Manifest Impacts: In- ANU-Hanyang 15 terplay between Korea and Southeast Asia” in cooperation with the Southeast University Exchange Asia Institute; 2) “Grassroots Regionalisation and the Frontiers of the Humani- ties in East Asia: Korea as a Hub” under the stewardship of Professor Tessa Postgraduate 16 Morris-Suzuki, and 3) “East Asia Forum: The Long Shadow of the San Francis- Students co Peace Treaty: East Asia from Post-War Settlement to Twenty-First Century Tensions and Beyond,” in cooperation with the ANU Japan Institute, the ANU Learning and 20 China Institute and the Australian Centre on China in the World. These high- Teaching: Exchange to South Korea profile conferences attracted a great deal of attention and inspired a lot of lively discussion, and we will continue to make a concerted effort to facilitate Academic 23 this kind of inter-regional dialogue and academic investigation. Achievements We would like to warmly welcome Dr Jong-sung You and Dr Chungshik Moon. Upcoming Events 28 Dr You’s area of expertise is political science, while Dr Moon’s is international relations. We are also very happy to announce that Dr Ksenia Chizhova will join us in August 2015 as the new Postdoctoral Fellow of the ANU Korea Insti- tute.

On behalf of the ANU Korea Institute I want to thank the Academy of Korean Studies for its generous grant, which has made it possible for us to hold high- quality conferences and speaker series as well as support our postgraduate students. I am also grateful to many colleagues in various regional institutes for their exceptional collegiality and intellectual partnership.

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Latent Histories, Manifest Impacts: Interplay between Korea and Southeast Asia

The ANU Korea Institute together with the ANU Southeast Asia Institute held the International Con- ference “Latent Histories, Manifest Impacts: Interplay between Korea and Southeast Asia” on 26 and 27 February 2015 at the Australian National University. The conference aimed to offer in-depth analyses of the history of contact and the increasingly significant ties between Korea and Southeast Asia in a wide range of areas, including historical connections and divergent developments in civil society, politics, sta- tus in the global economy, religious encounters, gender dynamics and the creative industries.

Across the two days eighteen invited speakers from Australia, Korea, Singapore and Malaysia gave a number of diverse lectures related to the conference theme. Panel 1 was titled ‘Regional Politics and (In)Justice.’ Professor Paul Hutchcroft from the Australian National University compared the highly divergent legacies that came forth from the leadership of three Asian dictators: South Ko- rea’s Park Chung Hee (1961-1979), Indonesia’s Suharto (1965-1998), and the Philippines’ Ferdi- nand Marcos (1965-1986). He particularly emphasised how the three authoritarian leaders were shaped by their historical context and how institutional inheritances affected what could be accom- plished during their regimes. Dr Bo Kyeong Seo from the Australian National University examined how conflicts of “democracy after democratization” are played out in Korea and Thailand. She suggested that the comparison between these two countries’ democratization process is productive for re-analysing and demystifying “Thai-ness,” a hegemonic construction of particularity. Rather than setting Korea up as an advanced democratic model, she outlined ways in which languages of democratic politics can be translated and expanded across historical and cultural differences. Dr Jong-Sung You from the Australian National University explored how inequality increases corruption via electoral clientelism, bureaucratic patronage, and elite capture of policy process through a comparative historical analysis of three countries that shared similar conditions at the time of in- dependence South Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines.

In panel 2, ‘Cross-Regional Flow of People, Ideas and Tastes,’ Dr Gaik Cheng Khoo from the Uni- versity of Nottingham Malaysia Campus explored the expansion of Korean restaurants and foods in Malaysia. Associate Professor Minjung Kim from Kangwon National University documented some “unnoticed” histories between the Philippines and Korea since the early 1900s and introduced the life stories of Korean women who married Filipinos during the Korean War. She suggested that their life stories serve as “a missing link” in understanding the history and configuration of the Ko- rean community in the Philippines. Assistant Professor Jiyoung Song from Singapore Management University examined the evolution in international commercial marriage migration from Southeast Asia to South Korea from a Complexity Theory (CT) framework.

In panel 3, ‘Deep Historical Connections,’ Professor Hung-Guk Cho from Pusan National University dealt with the contact between Joseon and the kingdom of Majapahit between the late fourteenth century and the early fifteenth century. He examined the trade that the ancient kingdom in Indo- nesia conducted with East Asia in this period, particularly the trade that the Chinese merchants in Java were engaged in the South China Sea and the East China Sea. Professor Robert Cribb from the Australian National University spoke on the Korean soldiers in the Japanese army in wartime Southeast Asia. He drew on records assembled for the trial of a single Korean soldier, who went by the Japanese name of Kumoi Eiji, in one of the Allied military courts in order to give greater depth to our understanding of Koreans in the Japanese army in wartime Southeast Asia. Dr David

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Kim from the Australian National University explored Korean medieval folktales in the Vietnamese Royal narrative in the thirteenth century Goryeo.

In panel 4, ‘The Politics of Trade, Migration and Aid,’ Professor Sang Kook Lee from Yonsei Univer- sity examined how new political and refugee policy environments have had an impact on Burmese refugees in Korea. Professor Hee-Ryang Ra from Pukyong National University explored the struc- tures and characteristics of the ASEAN+3 intra-regional trade through an analysis of intra-regional trade share, intra-regional trade intensity index, and regional trade introversion index of ASEAN+3 in terms of primary goods, intermediate goods (processed goods, and parts & compo- nents), and final goods (capital goods and consumption goods). Mr Nikhilesh Bhattacharyya from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade reviewed the factors that have motivated the Korean government to rapidly scale up foreign aid to South-East Asia.

The International Conference “Latent Histories, Manifest Impacts: Interplay between Korea and Southeast Asia” was a highly successful and thought provoking collaboration between the ANU Korea Institute and the ANU Southeast Asia Institute. The International Conference was made possible by generous support provided by the Academy of Korean Studies, the ANU Korea Insti- tute, the ANU Southeast Asia Institute as the ANU Research School of Asia and the Pacific.

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Grassroots Regionalisation and the Frontiers of the Humanities in East Asia: Korea as a Hub The International Conference “Grassroots Regionalisation and the Frontiers of the Humanities in East Asia: Korea as a Hub” was held at the Australian National University on 9 and 10 March 2015. This formed part of the 2014-2015 theme under the Academy of Korean Studies institutional grant awarded to the Korean Institute in 2011. The conference explored the work of a range of vibrant East Asian grassroots social movements, and examined the ways in which these movements are helping to forge links across the boundaries of the region.

Dr Lee Eunkyung from the Hope Institute in Seoul presented an overview of major social innova- tion projects in Korea, Japan, China and Thailand, and explained how the Hope Institute, by gath- ering and disseminating information on these projects, is helping diverse grassroots groups to learn from one another. A moving presentation by Professor ChoHan Haejoang and Ms Kim Heeok from the Haja Centre showed how their centre stimulates the creativity of young Koreans through educational and social entrepreneurship programs. The Seoul-based Haja Centre provides alterna- tive education for high school aged students, including travel programs which allow the students to interact with young people in Thailand, Burma and elsewhere. Students are also encouraged to create their own employment by establishing small enterprises which use the creative skills they have learnt in the Haja School.

Professor Lee Sooim, head of the Ahn Jung-geun East Asia Peace Research Centre at Ryukoku Uni- versity in Kyoto spoke about the legacy of Ahn Jung-geun’s vision of peace, and about the way in which this vision is being sustained at Ryukoku University. The university is home to several piec- es of calligraphy created by Ahn and presented to a Japanese Buddhist chaplain whom he be- friended during his time in prison in Lushun - a wonderful symbol of the personal connections which can transcend political antagonisms.

In his conference presentation, Australian National University Associate Professor Simon Avenell highlighted cross-border responses to the challenges of environmental pollution. Discussing the rise of environmental movements in Japan from the 1960s onwards, Professor Avenell showed how transborder links to various countries in Asia and beyond played a central part in the development of these movements. The problem of military bases, too, can become a focus for action across national boundaries. A panel presented by two ANU doctoral students, Takahashi Shinno- suke and Lina Koleilat, showed how anti-base activists in Okinawa and Jeju are sharing ideas and creating relationships of mutual support.

Meanwhile, migration is creating networks which span the East Asian region. Associate Professor Hyun Mooam from Hokkaido University traced the remarkable story of the interconnection of Japa- nese and Koreans left behind in Sakhalin after the end of the Asia-Pacific War. Many of the Japa- nese women who remained in Sakhalin married Korean husbands, forming complex webs of con- nection and identity linking Japan, Korea and Russia. Dr Bronwen Dalton from the University of Technology, Sydney, and Professor Chung Byung-Ho from Hanyang University explored the varied ways in which North Korean refugees are generating the invisible human connections which Pro- fessor Chung has termed “penetrant transnationalism”. Dr Dalton highlighted the little-known presence of North Korean refugees in Australia, while Professor Chung examined the multiple border crossings that link North and South Korea to a growing worldwide North Korean diaspora.

Several presentations from the conference will be included in a book being edited by Professor Tessa Morris-Suzuki and Dr Soh Eujeong. We wish to express our deepest gratitude to the Acade- my of Korean Studies for the generous grant that made this conference possible.

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Inter-Institute East Asia Forum The Long Shadow of the San Francisco Peace Treaty: East Asia from Post-War Set- tlement to Twenty-First Century Tensions – and Beyond

The first Inter-Institute East Asia Forum titled “The Long Shadow of the San Francisco Peace Trea- ty: East Asia from Post-War Settlement to Twenty-First Century Tensions – and Beyond” was held at the Australian National University from 15 to 17 April 2015. The Forum, comprising of a two- day workshop and three public lectures was a collaboration between the ANU Korea Institute, the ANU Japan Institute and the ANU China Institute.

This year marks the seventieth anniversary of the end of the Pacific War. A conflict which should have receded into history but continues to cast a long shadow over the Asia-Pacific. The unresolved legacies of that conflict, in particular territorial disputes, far from being overcome have re- emerged in recent years to ignite rising international tensions in East Asia. The disputes touch on such territories as the Takeshima/Dokto Islands, the Senkaku/Diaoyutai Islands and island groups in the South China Sea. Apart from territorial disputes, rival nationalist discourses related to questions of historical responsibility increasingly inflame passions in a region of crucial strategic im- portance to Australia. Dr Monica Kim from New York University, Professor Kimie Hara from Reni- son University College and Professor Zhihua Shen from East China Normal University were each invited to act as keynote speakers for the Forum.

The two-day workshop probed the historical origins of contemporary regional tensions in East Asia by re-examining the San Francisco Peace Treaty of 1952, and by considering the long-term legacies of the treaty and of the broader postwar political settlement for East Asia today. Dr Kim, Pro- fessor Shen, and Professor Hara each gave a short 30 minute lecture. This was followed by discussion of the key issues arising in each of the lectures by all those who attended the Workshop.

In addition to the Workshop, the invited speakers Dr Kim, Professor Hara and Professor Shen, each gave a public lecture. Dr Monica Kim’s lecture was titled “The Crucible of Humanitarian War- fare: The Interrogation Rooms of the Korean War.” Through a microhistory of military interrogation rooms, Dr Kim addressed a key paradox of the post-1945 global order: if the claims to sovereignty increased on the world stage of politics during an era of formal decolonisation, why have wars waged under the labels of “intervention” and “occupation” multiplied exponentially on this very same world stage? She examined the Korean War – the war that was not a war but a “police action” - as a formative event in the invention of current day “wars of intervention.” Dr Kim suggested that even though it is the 1953 ceasefire that maintains the fragile peace on the Korean peninsula, scholars have dismissed the very controversy that delayed the signing of the ceasefire for eighteen months during the war - the issue of prisoner of war repatriation. Dr Kim contended that the POW debate heralded a crisis in the “laws of war” and their assumed notions of sovereignty when faced with formal decolonization, legacies of which are still with us today in the de- bates over drones, surveillance, and extraordinary rendition.

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Professor Hara’s lecture was titled “Continuing Legacies of the San Francisco System: Past, Pre- sent, and Future Options.” The Treaty of Peace with Japan, commonly known as the San Francisco Peace Treaty, was signed on 8 September 1951 in San Francisco, and came into force on 28 April 1952. This post-World War II settlement with Japan, prepared and signed against the backdrop of the intensifying Cold War, fell far short of settling outstanding issues at the end of the war or facil- itating a clean start for the “postwar” period in East Asia. Rather, various aspects of the settlement were left equivocal. The peace treaty, which largely determined Japan’s position in the postwar world, along with the US-Japan security treaty signed on the same day, left negative legacies of “unresolved problems,” and continue to significantly affect regional international political and security relations. Today, the countries and peoples of East Asia are still deeply divided by history, politics, and unsettled borders, even though they have become much closer in their economic, cultural, and other relations. Taking the “San Francisco System” as its conceptual grounding, Profes- sor Hara traced the origins and developments of these regional conflicts in the context of the post- World War international order and its transformation in East Asia. In light of their multilateral origins, particularly the unresolved territorial problems involving Japan and its neighbors, she explored ideas for multilateral settlements that could lead the region toward reconciliation through greater regional cooperation and community building.

Professor Shen’s lecture was titled “Undesired Outcomes: China’s Approach to Border Disputes during the Early Cold War.” Shen explored the evolution of China’s border policy through the 1950s and 1960s. Drawing on newly available archival sources and recent secondary literature, he argued that during the early Cold War, the PRC leadership lacked a clear sense of the concept of national sovereignty, and often attempted to use territorial negotiations with China’s neighbours to bargain for broader foreign policy objectives. He also examined the historical and political assumptions underlying Mao Zedong’s approach to border questions, suggesting that Mao combined longstanding imperial assumptions about universal emperorship with the modern, Marxist idea of a world revolution.

The first Inter-Institute East Asia Forum was a great success thanks to the hard work of each of the institutes, particularly Professor Hyaeweol Choi, Professor Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Associate Pro- fessor Simon Avenell, Professor Richard Rigby and Professor Geremie Barme.

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ANU-AKS Speaker Series

Title Speaker

North Korean Private Economy: Its origin, its present, Professor Andrei Lankov its future Kookmin University Thursday 21 August 2014

Being a Good Woman in North Korea Professor Seok Hyang Kim Thursday 21 August 2014 Ewha Womens University

From Manchuria to the Korean Peninsula: The Scottish Dr David Kim Impact in Late Nineteenth Century Korea Australian National University Monday 8 September 2014

Transnational Advocacy Networks and their Influence Ms Younghye Whitney on Social Movements in South Korea Australian National University Monday 22 September 2014

Heaven Across the Water: Migration and Memory of Mr Markus Bell North Korea’s Zainichi Returnees Australian National University Friday 14 November 2014

Against the tide of forgetting: practicing reconciliation Yoshihiko Tonohira in Japan Wednesday 26 November 2014 Friday 28 November 2014

Non-governmental politics: Why and how do Japanese Professor Kyungmook Kim NGOs engage in / on North Korea Chukyo University Friday 27 March 2015

Declining freedom of expression in South Korea Dr Jong-Sung You Tuesday 31 March, 2015 Australian National University

The Crucible of Humanitarian Warfare: The Interroga- Dr Monica Kim tion Rooms of the Korean War New York University Wednesday 15 April 2015

Autumn Hearts: Literati Identity Politics in The Record Mr Orion Lethbridge of the Citadel of Sorrows Australian National University Monday 4 May 2015

Engaging North Korea Professor Stephan Haggard Thursday 7 May 2015 University of California, San Diego

The Formation of Korean Diasporic Social Activism and Mr Chris H. Park Trans-Pacific Political Imaginary in the 1960s and 1970s Australian National University Wednesday 13 May 2015

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Transnational Humanities in Korean Studies Project

The Transnational Humanities in Korean Studies Project was launched in 2011 with generous support from the Academy of Korean Studies. The goal of the project is to enhance and transform humanities research and teaching in the field of Korean Studies through theme-based and transnational approaches. Through the development of an online media library, individual research projects, publications, our regular ANU-AKS speaker series and conferences, we are committed to reaching out to both the academic community and the general public. The ANU Korea Institute envisions a future direction in Korean Studies that transcends the conventional scope of ‘area studies’ by emphasizing Korean history, culture and people as a vital part of and key nexus in global history. The following pages of this newsletter summaries our recent progress with this project.

Online Media Library (http://pictori.net)

Korea-related media are often hidden in libraries and private collection all over the world. Stu- dents and academics, as well as the general public often have to browse the web endlessly to find a particular map of Korea, or even an image of a known building. Not only is it sometimes hard to find a particular image, but its use in an academic publication is not always authorised or unnec- essarily costly. As such, in late 2011 as part of a generous grant from the Academy of Korean Studies, the ANU’s Korea Institute created an online media library. The online media library allows users to share and browse images, both old and recent, while allowing those who upload images to indicate to what degree they wish to protect them from being used by others. Photographs, digital scans of transparent slides and of flat items such as posters, postcards and maps are all very welcome.

Over the past year, Dr Roald Maliangkaij has continued to build the online media library. Many changes have been made to the website in order to follow up on very helpful comments from the Academy of Korean Studies and the international Korean studies community. It is hoped that the number of contributors will continue to grow, and that they will add feedback and share images, both old and contemporary. If you would like to contribute to the online media library please contact the ANU Korea Institute.

Images are from the collection of R. Maliangkaij

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Research Projects

Hyaeweol Choi

Professor Hyaeweol Choi continues her ongoing project, entitled “Beyond Domestic Borders: Transnational Mobility in the Making of Modern Korea, 1920-1945,” funded by the Australian Research Council. She visited seven university archives in the United States from late September to early No- vember 2014, tracing the histories of Korean women and men who studied in the United States in the early part of the twentieth century. During her trip, she also gave two public lectures related to this research, one at the University of Southern California and the other at Columbia University. Following her fieldwork in the United States, she was invited to conduct a master class at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile on 12 November 2014.

The book that Choi co-edited with Margaret Jolly, entitled Divine Domestici- ties: Christian Paradoxes in Asia and the Pacific, was published in December 2014 by the ANU Press. This anthology was based on the international conference held at ANU in August 2012 with funding from the Academy of Korean Studies and the Australian Research Council Laureate Fel- lowship. She contributed a chapter, “Missionary Home as a Pulpit: Domestic Paradoxes in Early Twentieth-Century Korea,” as well as an introductory chapter for the book with Jolly, “Paradoxes of Domesticity: Missionary Encounters in the Making of Christian Homes in Asia and the Pacific.”

In 2014 a dialogue undertaken between Choi and Tessa Morris-Suzuki on “social humanities” was also published in a book entitled Conversations in Public Humanities. Choi also contributed a short essay, “South Korean ‘alpha girls’ and workplace bias,” to the East Asia Forum: Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific on 7 August 2014.

Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Professor Tessa Morris-Suzuki spent six weeks conducting fieldwork in South Korea from September-October 2014. She visited the Haja Center, where she gave a keynote address and a lecture for the 2014 Seoul Youth Creativity Summit. She also presented invited papers at Hanyang Universi- ty and Sungkonghoe University, made a research visit to Seongmisan ur- ban village, and collected further material for her ARC discovery project on the Korean War in regional context and her Academy of Korean Studies funded project on grassroots regionalisation in East Asia.

Her book To the Diamond Mountains was published in Korean translation (with a new introduction) by Hyunsil Publishing Company in February 2015. Interviews related to Tessa’s research was also published in the Hankook Ilbo on 1 October 2014, and the in the Hangyeoreh Sinmun on 10 February 2015.

Morris-Suzuki also organised the highly successful international conference “Grassroots Regionali- zation and the Frontiers of the Humanities in East Asia: Korea as a Hub” in March 2015.

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Research Projects

Roald Maliangkaij

In 2014-2015, Dr Roald Maliangkaij dedicated much of his time to editing and co-authoring a volume on K-pop. After much coaching and copyediting, the book eventually came out in September 2014 (Routledge). K-Pop – The international rise of the Korean pop music industry comprises analyses of K -pop fandom across the world. Because the publisher had concerns about the commercial ramifications of having “fandom” in the title, the word was eventually dropped, which Maliangkaij and co-editor JungBong Choi felt could make the volume appear to focus on K-pop in general. The volume nevertheless led to many calls for interviews on K-pop fandom, from major news and Asian pop-related websites in Australasia and the US, and the radio (SBS Australia). It also led to a SBS TV interview on the curious Kore- an phenomenon of “mŏk-pang”, the various YouTube-like “eating porn” viewing channels. One of the chapters in the volume finalised the work that Maliangkaij and Professor Geng Song had worked on under the AKS project title "The Man in the Middle: The Korean Wave and Masculinities in China”. This project sought to examine changes in the ideal of male beauty in China, and the various practical and sociological factors that drive it. Arguing against the treatment of China as a monolith, it compared the adoption of notions of beauty in Hong Kong with that in Yanji, a major city in the northern province of Jilin that is home to a majority of Korean Chinese. On the basis of extensive fieldwork and surveys, the study con- cluded that there were significant differences in the ideal male beauty image across the vast Chi- nese continent, and that the notion of beauty was very much a practical, social construct.

Since finishing the K-pop volume, Maliangkaij has spent much of his time on making final revi- sions to a monograph on the preservation of folksongs in Korea, and finally has a few publishers in his visor. Meanwhile, he continues to prepare a monograph on the Kim Sisters, and to collect related materials, he spent two weeks at the National Archives in Washington, photographing de- classified US army reports on military entertainment in the 1950s. In July 2015, Maliangkaij will guest edit an issue of the peer-reviewed cultural studies journal Situations (Yonsei University), which will focus on modern art buying and collecting across Asia, in particular vinyl art such as that created by recycled designer toy artist Roti Project.

Research Project - New Book Publications

Thanks to the generous funding provided by the Academy of Korean Studies Professor Hyaeweol Choi and Dr Roald Mali- angkaij have each published a book based on their research projects:

Choi, Hyaeweol and Margaret Jolly, eds. Divine Domestici- ties: Christian Paradoxes in Asia and the Pacific. Canberra: ANU Press, 2014.

Choi, JungBong and Roald Maliangkaij, ed,. K-pop: The international rise of the Korean music industry. Oxfordshire: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.

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Research Projects

Geng Song

Preliminary results of the joint project (with Dr Roald Maliangkaij) on the “Korean Wave” and Chinese masculinities was published as a book chapter titled “A Sound Wave of Effeminacy: K-pop and the Male Beauty Ideal in China” in K-pop – The International Rise of the Korean Music Industry co- edited by JungBong Choi and Roald Maliangkaij (Routledge, 2014). The influence of Korean pop culture on Chinese masculinities is also discussed in Song’s new book Men and Masculinities in Contemporary China that he co-authored with Derek Hird (Brill, 2014). In another book chapter published in 2015, “Imaging the Other: Foreigners on the Chinese TV Screen,” in Chinese Television in the Twenty-first Century: Entertaining the Nation co-edited by Ruoyun Bai and Geng Song (Routledge, 2015), Song discuss- es the image of Korean women in Chinese TV dramas. In all these works, Song argues that images of the “Korean Wave” represent an anxious pursuit of “Asian modernity” in a globalized world and are closely linked to Chinese audience’s perception of their own gen- dered national identity.

In May 2015 Song was invited to deliver a keynote speech at the Mediating Transnational East Asian Masculinities Symposium held at the University of Westminster in London. He is currently proposing a book series on transnational Asian masculinities for Hong Kong University Press and will act as co-editor for this series.

Ruth Barraclough

In 2015 Dr Ruth Barraclough will publish her book Red Love Across The Pacific with Palgrave. The book, co-edited with Paula Rabinowitz and Heather Bowen-Struyk, examines the Red Love vogue that swept across the Asia-Pacific in the 1920s and 1930s as a combined form of political and sexual revolution for both women and men, gay and straight, and follows its trajectory during the twentieth century. Red Love expressed a desire for a new society where love itself would be radically reconfigured. Exam- ining film, literature, biography and the censor's archive, this book analyses the transnational trade in representation of new, radical, often working-class forms of desire as well as the institutions that emerged to sup- press them in Australia, Korea, Japan, China, Russia, and North America. Crossing not only the Pacific but also the great divide of the pre- and post- Cold War, this book offers compelling case studies of sexual and political revolutionaries whose excavated stories transform our understanding of the twentieth century's sexual and political history.

This book was supported by the Academy Of Korean Studies grant for Transnational Humanities in Korean Studies Project at the Australian National University. The participants met in workshops in Canberra and Las Vegas at the Modernist Studies Association Meeting.

Barraclough is continuing research and writing her book Korea’s Early Communist Women. She has been contracted by Oxford University Press to write a research article on Factory Girl Litera- ture Around the Globe as part of Oxford’s Research Encyclopaedia. In July 2015 she will meet with the co-editors of a new Anthology of Korean Literature from the American Empire at a workshop at KAIST.

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Update from Core Korean Studies Scholars

Hyung-A Kim

Hyung-A Kim, Associate Professor of Korean Politics, in the College of Asia and the Pacific, was one of the three founding members of the ANU Korea Institute. She negotiated the Endowment Fund with POSCO, BHP and Rio Tinto which enabled the Institute’s foundation. She also served as the Founding Director of Australia-Korea Leadership Forum from 2008 to 2009. Associate Professor Kim continues to play a leading role internationally and at the ANU, including most recently as “Distinguished Professor” at Yonsei University, teaching two semester courses to under-graduate and postgraduate students from March 2014 to February 2015.

Kim has been undertaking a three-year research project, commenced in 2012, which is tentatively entitled, Korean Skilled Workers: From Industrial Warriors to Labor Aristocracy, 1972-2012. This research project is the first to systematically examine the political and social trajectories of South Korea’s skilled workers over the past forty years from bulwarks of the developmental regime up until 1987, to militant union- ists after the Great Workers’ Struggle of 1987, to regular workers with almost guaranteed upward mobility versus non-regular workers in South Korean society today, portrayed by some as a “labour aristocracy.” Over the past three years, Kim has interviewed over thirty skilled workers and carried out two extensive surveys involving forty skilled workers who have over thirty years of work experience in heavy manufacturing companies, including Hyundai Heavy Industry, Hyun- dai Motors, Daewoo Heavy Industry, Hyundai Wia (formerly Kia Machine Tools) and Pungsan In- dustry. During her field trip to Korea in April 2015 Professor Kim also visited the Changwon and Ulsan in order to interview several skilled workers of Hyundai Wia and Daewoo Shipbuilding (located in Koje). This research project is scheduled to be published in 2016.

From 1 March 2014 to February 2015, Associate Professor Kim taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Sociology at Yonsei University during 2014 as the Depart- ment’s “Distinguished Professor.” Each course had about twenty students in their 3rd and 4th year of study and many were from the United States.

Fiona Yap

2014-2015 was a rewarding professional year for Associate Professor Fiona Yap that saw a flourishing of her ties to Korea. She received The Korea Foundation Field Research Fellowship (2014) and The East Asia Institute Fellowship (Korea) (2013-2014). She published two articles, one in the journal Government and Opposition and the other in the journal Asian Sur- vey.

Yap was also invited to give a number of invited presentations throughout the Asia Pacific, specifically at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Uppsala University and Peking University, the School of Public Affairs at Zhejiang University in China, the National Taiwan University in Taiwan and the East Asia Institute in Korea.

Yap’s professional accolades included receiving an International Women’s Day Award (2014) from the Australian National University for mentorship, research, education and advocacy. She was also appointed to the editorial board of Asian Survey (2015-present) and to the editorial board of 21st Century Political Science Review (2014-present).

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New Members

Jong-Sung You, Faculty member

Dr Jong-Sung You joined the Coral Bell School of Asia and Pacific Affairs in the ANU College of Asia and Pacific in September 2014. His research focuses on Korean politics, comparative politics and political economy. You ob- tained his PhD in Public Policy from Harvard University and taught at the University of California San Diego before joining the Australian National University. In January 2015, his book entitled Democracy, Inequality and Corruption: Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines Compared was published by Cambridge University Press. You’s current research on electoral campaign rules attempts to identify the causes and consequences of the stringent regulations in South Korea, in comparison with Japan’s restrictive rules and Taiwan’s liberal rules. The Academy of Korean Studies together with a Ko- rea Foundation’s field research fellowship has generously provided support for this research project.

Chungshik Moon, Faculty member

Dr Chungshik Moon joined the School of Politics and International Relations in the College of Arts and Social Sciences in 2015. Moon received his PhD in Political Science from Florida State University in 2014. His research is concerned with how domestic and international institutions affect govern- ments’ policy choices and outcomes, with a particular interest in the causes and effects of economic globalization and development, institutional perfor- mance in autocracies, and quantitative methodology. Moon’s current research examines the effects of IMF program on FDI inflows, the political consequence of FDI inflows in authoritarian regimes, and the effect of bilat- eral investment treaties on FDI inflows, among others. His publications appear in journals such as International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Con- flict Resolution, and Journal of East Asian Studies.

Ksenia Chizhova, Postdoctoral fellow

Dr Ksenia Chizhova will join the ANU Korea Institute at the Australian Na- tional University in August 2015. Chizhova is a scholar of the history of emotions, history of the body, and women’s culture in pre-modern and early modern Korea. She has just completed her doctoral studies at Columbia University, where she defended a dissertation entitled “The Subject of Feel- ings: Fiction, Kinship, Emotion, and Women’s Culture in Korea, Late 17th— Early 20th Centuries.” This work centers on the massive body of lineage novels (kamun sosŏl) that circulated among women in lengthy, exquisitely made manuscripts that ran in tens and even hundreds of volumes. From the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century the lineage novel founded a discourse about the meaning and place of emotions in the patri- archal kinship society of Korea. Part of this dissertation also traces the con- tours of women’s calligraphic practice that together with the lineage novel founded an overlooked but important vernacular canon, which attests to the vibrant creative en- ergy of the inner quarters. During her one-year postdoctoral fellowship at the ANU, Chizhova will work on transforming her dissertation into a book. Specifically, she will work on a new chapter that will focus on the representations of bodily intimacy in the lineage novel, where minute bodily interactions, such as touch, caress, and gaze create a dense texture of intimacy that founds the domestic space. Chizhova is looking forward to participating in the ANU Korea Institute’s activities, teaching, and exploring Australia. After her postdoctoral fellowship, Chizhova will begin her position at Princeton University as Assistant Professor of Korean Literature.

Visitors to the ANU

Visiting Fellow

David Kim

Dr David W. Kim has been a visiting fellow in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific since 2014. Kim’s research interests include Asian history, modern Korea, colonialism, religion, and politics. In 2015 Kim’s edited book Re- ligious Transformation in Modern Asia: A Transnational Movement was published by Brill. In this book he also contributes two chapters entitled “The Scottish Impact in Late Nineteenth Century Korea,” and “Daesoonjinrihoe: a New Religious Movement in Korea.” Kim’s current research projects include “International Moral Association (IMA): A Chinese New Religious Movement in Modern Korea,” “New Religious Movements in Asian History,” “Australian Volunteerism in the Hermit Kingdom: The Socio-Cultural Re- naissance of Colonial Korea (1889-1941),” and “Syngman Rhee, Religion, and Korean Democracy in Modern History.”

ANU - Hanyang University Exchange

In 2014 the ANU entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Hanyang University to facilitate cooperation for the establishment of programs of exchange and collaboration. In July 2014 Mr Orion Lethbridge, a Master of Philosophy Candidate, from the Australian National University travelled to Hanyang University to undertake language training and research. In October 2014 Ms Yumi Ho, a Master of Arts Candidate from Hanyang University arrived at the ANU to undertake research. Yumi recalls her time at the ANU:

A new life began for me the day that I arrived in Canberra, and it can be summarized with several keywords: research project, research environment, seminars, meetings, travel, people, tea, and language exchange. I came to the ANU to continue my research on China’s food security policy. Over the 10 months that I was at the ANU I sought to understand the issues surrounding the purchase of overseas farmland by analysing books, articles, dissertations, and Chinese and Australian government documents. I received specialised guidance from my supervisor Professor Hyaeweol Choi, as well as other scholars in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. During my time at the ANU I also attended various seminars, workshops, and conferences. My intellectual curiosity was always sated, since the topics of these events were very diverse including gender, history, human rights, and politics. In addition to conducting research I also enjoyed spending time with my colleagues in the ANU Korea Institute. Narah Lee, Orion Lethbridge and I often met for tea and discussed life in Australia. It was during these times that I was able to reflect on what I was learning, and had learnt, and this was a big encouragement and motivation to me. Markus Bell and Orion Lethbridge also helped me with my English. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to study at the ANU. The experiences that I had have enriched my life. It has made me more positive and active, taught me the joys of research, and stimulated my desire to study. I would like to say thank you to all those people at the ANU that made my stay in Australia so memorable.

ANU Korea Institute Members

Postgraduate Students

Markus Bell

Mr Markus Bell is a PhD candidate in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. His doctoral research focuses on Zainichi Kore- an returnees. His research ethnographically explores the lives of individuals who have endured multiple forced migrations, in each place living on the fringes of society while concomitantly playing a vital economic, cultural and political role. From June 2013 until August 2014 Bell carried out fieldwork in Osaka, Japan. He meet with returnees from North Korea, NGO leaders, Zainichi Koreans and Japanese bureaucrats as he attempted to put together a cogent picture of the migration and settlement process for individuals who went to the DPRK some 50 years ago and their children who were born there. In Au- gust 2014 Bell spent a month in Geneva, Switzerland. During his stay he spent time in the archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, going through documents related to the initial “repatriation movement” (1959-1984). His hope is that the data he found will provide a sound historical foundation for his doctoral thesis. Bell returned to Canberra in September 2014 and is currently writing up his research findings.

In 2014 the two year Toyota Foundation funded project, “The Ideal and the Reality of Overseas North Korean Defectors: From the Perspective of Transnational Networks and Border Controls,” of which Bell was a lead researcher, came to an end. Through this project he was able to carry out research and participate in conferences in Burma and Japan. Along with Professor Kyungmook Kim (Chukyo University, Nagoya), he is currently in the final stages of having a textbook on migration and multiculturalism published in Japan.

In July 2015 Bell will take on the position of co-convener and co-lecturer for the undergraduate course "Lives in Motion: The Politics of Culture and Everyday Experience in Postcolonial Asia." Working alongside Professor Ken George he hopes to develop his teaching and course planning skills.

Lina Koleilat

Ms Lina Koleilat is a Lebanese-Australian PhD candidate in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. Koleilat is the recipient of a 2014 Prime Minister Australia Asia Endeavour Award and her research is partially funded by the Australian Government through the Australia-Korea Foundation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Her fieldwork was also supported by a small grant from the Academy of Korean Studies and the Korea Institute's CAP Regional Institutes Grant. Koleilat’s research interests are focused on contemporary Korean Studies, social movement (transnational movements, anti-nuclear movements, anti-base movements and religious activism) and religion in Korea (Catholicism, Buddhism, Inter-religious activism). In March 2015 Koleilat presented at two international conferences held at the Australian National University. In 2015, Koleilat will complete the last stint of her fieldwork research, collecting archival research, as well as conducting participant observa- tion and interviews. Supported by the Endeavour Award, Koleilat will also be conducting a two months internship at a local South Korean NGO before her return to Canberra later in the year.

ANU Korea Institute Members

Postgraduate Students

Nun Sol Jang

Ms Nun Sol Jang is a PhD candidate in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. She commenced her doctoral research on migrant brides in South Korea in January 2015. Her research focuses on the way in which organizations use the media to im- prove Southeast Asian migrant wives’ human rights in South Korea. Migrant brides currently play an important role in Kore- an society, alleviating a gender imbalance that persists in rural areas. Yet, during her pre-field study and reading she discovered a number of key issues related to these women that had not been address by scholars. These included: the regulation and treatment of migrant wives by the government, how non- government, government and international organizations as- sist migrant wives, the politics of migrant wives, and why migrant wives choose to come to Korea has not be considered by scholars. The media often paints migrant brides as “runaway brides” who exploit naïve men in order to gain citizenship, as victims of domestic violence, or as saviours of the countryside allowing farmers and fisherman to marry despite their low income and isolation. In September 2015 Jang will commence her fieldwork in South Korea. She plans to investigate the issues reveal during her pre-fieldwork research in order to gain insight into the true stories of these women.

Yonjae Paik

Mr Yon Jae Paik is a PhD candidate in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. In 2014 he commenced his doctoral research with an Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellow- ship Scholarship. His current project is part of ARC Laureate project “Informal Life Politics in the Remaking of Northeast Asia,” and he works on the organic farming movement in South Korea. His project will start from the creation of Jeongnonghoe, the first organic farming movement group in South Korea, in 1976. He seeks to shed light on the socio- political aspects of organic farming movement in South Korea by focusing on two undercurrents – the tradition of rural autonomous village movement since the 1920s and the ex- changes between Korean and Japanese Christians. In doing so, he unravels the combination of cooperatives, religion, and indigenous thoughts that shaped organic farming movement as an un- organised and self-reliant type of movement. During his fieldtrip to Korea from late 2014 to early 2015, he stayed in Hongseong, Chungcheongnamdo, where Jeongnonghoe’s office and Pulmu School are located. He also travelled to the countryside to conduct interviews with the members of Jeongnonghoe and to collect records that the individual farmers had. He presented his initial findings at the international conference on Survival Politics in East Asia: Socio-Environmental Crisis and Grassroots Response in March 2015. He plans to conduct a second period of fieldwork later in 2015 focusing on Hansalim Movement in the 1980s. Overall, through his research on organic farming movement in Korea, he intends to show the tradition of rural autonomous space that rose and fell in relation to the power of state politics.

ANU Korea Institute Members

Postgraduate Students

Chris H. Park

Mr Chris H. Park is a PhD candidate in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. His doctoral research focuses on the ways in which the identities of Korean diaspora negotiate and contend with state-nationalism during the period of authoritarian regime in South Korea (1961-1979). From June 2013-December 2014 Park conducted fieldwork research in Japan, Korea, and the United States. He arrived back in Canberra in March 2015 and is currently writing up his research findings. In his study, Park is going to situate six expatriate Korean diaspora who not only co-existed peacefully between the two Koreas but also negotiated “unification” and “democracy” in the Korean peninsula through trans-pacific solidarity (1948-1979). Park seeks to challenge the prevailing perception of the “third way” approach in unification and political democracy as solely dangerous idea of “pro-communist.”

Athalia Irwansjah

Ms Athalia Irwansjah commenced her Master of Arts (Asia Pacific Studies) degree in July 2014. Over the past nine months she has undertaken many courses pertaining to the Korean peninsula. These include the Ko- rean War and international relations in Northeast Asia. This has expanded her knowledge of issues in the region, and she has also touched upon topics such as marriage migration and the influence of Korean popular culture in Southeast Asia. Irwansjah will embark on the research compo- nent of her degree in July 2015, where she will address the issues surrounding English language policy in South Korea.

On top of her studies, Irwansjah is currently undertaking an internship at the Australian Strategic and Policy Institute (ASPI) via the Australian Na- tional Internship Program (ANIP). ASPI is an independent think tank, which provides advice relating to strategy and defence. As a research intern, she is able to consult with senior analysts who contribute to Australian defence policy. Since her primary interests lie within the Korean peninsula, she has opted to look at the alliance between the United States and South Korea. More specifically, she is looking at how the United States foreign policy 'rebalance' will have an impact on the alliance. Such issues include the transfer of operational control and in- creasing 'burden sharing' from South Korea.

In addition to working at ASPI, she is also on the committee for Asia Pacific Week 2015, undertaking the role of Content Coordinator. Asia Pacific Week is a student-run conference, which raises discussions on pressing issues in the region and is the largest conference of its kind. Irwansjah’s role as Content Coordinator involves selecting topics of interest, and contacting academics best suited to discuss the topics for the panels of the week. She has elected to incorporate issues related to Korea within the panels she is in charge of to promote the region.

ANU Korea Institute Members

Postgraduate Students

Orion Lethbridge

Mr Orion Lethbridge is a Masters of Philosophy Candidate in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. For his Masters project Lethbridge has undertaken a first attempt at a complete translation of The Record of the Citadel of Sorrows into English. This text is attributed to the re- nowned literary figure Im Je (1549-87). Writing in the 16th century, against a bloody and dramatic backdrop of political turmoil, Im was best known by his contemporaries and following generations for his “reclusive” lifestyle and prolific composition of classical Chinese poetry. The Citadel of Sorrows is one of his few classical Chinese prose composi- tions, and is often treated as a starting point of the development of the Korean novel. For his thesis he has chosen to look at the flipside of this issue, providing context and exploring the ways in which The Citadel of Sorrows relates to the literary traditions that preceded it. As the first full translation of this text from classical Chinese into English, the translation process has been demanding. The many intertextual references to other classical Chinese materials have been the most problematic element: there is a definite disparity between the composer’s recourse to the classical Chinese literary corpus and my own knowledge of these texts. Intertextual references have also presented interesting problems for translation: there are sometimes but not always existing translations of the referenced texts into English, but the way that these allusions are used within The Citadel of Sorrows reflects the flexibility of classical Chinese to different frames of reference. It is hoped that upon completion, this project will serve as a framework for scholars wishing to translate and critique classical Chinese texts in pre- modern non-Chinese contexts, as well as providing specific insights into The Citadel, Im Je, and 16th century literary culture.

Outside of research, Lethbridge has also had the privilege of participating in the newly-instated graduate student exchange program between ANU and Hanyang University in late 2014. While attending the Language Academy at Hanyang University to enhance his Korean language skills, he was also able to use his time in Korea to access secondary source materials for his project.

Younghye Whitney

Ms Younghye Seo Whitney is a Master of Philosophy candidate in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. Her research is on transnational intellectual advocacy networks and their influence on the South Ko- rea’s pro-democracy movement. In particular, Whitney is focusing on a series articles that were published in a Japanese intellectual maga- zine entitled “Letters from South Korea” (Kankoku Kara No Tsushin), a 15-year long series that contains valuable information on Korean poli- ticians, religious persons, writers, journalists, students and workers who stood up against their nation’s military regime in pursuit of restoring democratic leadership to the country. In 2014 Whitney conducted extensive archival research in Australia and Korea, which yielded important primary and secondary sources about key intellectual stakeholders that were active during the pro-democracy movement. In 2014 Whitney was also very fortunate to have made contact with the author of “Letters from South Korea,” who currently resides in the United States. Whitney was delighted to find that the author of the Letters series had plans to visit Japan in 2015 as it coincided with her planned fieldwork, also in Japan. Currently Whitney is a visiting scholar at Nagoya University, and is at present working with the author of the Letters series to schedule a series of interviews with him.

Learning and Teaching

ANU Exchange Program

The Australian National University provides students with opportunities for study at amazing learning destinations around the world. Undergraduate students Jennifer Ting, Candace Kwong and Calista Sim all travelled to South Korea to undertake language training. Studying overseas as part of your degree can provide personal and academic rewards, adding value to your ANU experience. Jennifer, Candace and Calista each provide insight into their time while in South Korea.

Jennifer Ting

I arrived in Korea at the end of winter, and coming from the land down under where negative temperatures are pretty much unheard of I felt like I had arrived in an almost uninhabitable place. Student exchange at Seoul Na- tional University (SNU) has however been a life-changing experience. SNU is located on a mountain and has its 200 buildings spread across it. It takes an average of 15 minutes, speed walking, up and down countless numbers of hills and stairs to reach my classes. Although the classes are spread so far apart, the scenery at the university is so beautiful. In spring, for example, while frantically running to your classes you are surrounded by an array of cherry blossoms.

The Korean culture is completely different to the Australian culture, but it is a very welcoming one. I came to Korea with a completely open mind to try new things, no matter how crazy they might seem. I’ve eaten live octopus, pig intestine sausages, the best seafood at Busan, hiked up numerous mountains, visited museums and the famous Yeuido Flower Festival, and participated in a temple stay. I’ve haggled my way through all the major night markets and participated in SNU Buddy’s very own version of the popular Korean reality show, Running Man. I have no idea why student exchange is not a compulsory part of university curriculum, because it has the best experience of my life and if I had the chance, I would do it all over again.

Calista Sim

I am an Asia-Pacific Studies/Law undergraduate student at the Australian National University, and in 2014 I undertook a language and cultural exchange in Seoul, South Korea. I am currently in my second semester at Sogang University and although I have only been in Korea for a little over 8 months, it is difficult for me to recall my life before I became an exchange student. During my time here I feel like I have become a different person: stronger, more independent and more willing to try new things and challenge myself.

It is difficult to pick one highlight of my exchange because every day I’ve experienced something new and exciting. One of my favourite things to do during my spare time is to travel. Korea is a small country but there is so much to see and do! During summer I went rafting and swimming on Korea’s beautiful Donggang River. In autumn, I joined crowds of Koreans going mountain climbing on Mount Bukhan to see the famous Korean autumn scenery. In winter I witnessed my first snowfall and attempted ice fishing in Chuncheon. I loved experiencing the different festivals and activities that each new season provided and I’ve discovered that although one year initially seemed like a long time, the time is flying by all too quickly now that I’m here. (Continued on the next page...)

Learning and Teaching

ANU Exchange Program

As the time to depart Korea draws near, bittersweet feelings of anticipation at returning to Aus- tralia conflict with the sorrow at the thought of leaving behind my life in Korea. However, my year as an exchange student is a time that will always stay with me and I already have thoughts of returning. I know that what I have learned during my time in this beautiful country will undoubtedly be valuable in the future.

Candace Kwong

Going on an exchange overseas is definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity that everyone should experience at least once! Travelling overseas independently has encouraged me to go out of my comfort zone and try new things. Being enrolled as an exchange student at Seoul National University (SNU) on ANU’s Semester in Asia program has not only helped my Korean language skills, but has exposed me to Korea's culture and lifestyle that I cannot experience back in Australia. Coming here has been a positive life-changing experience for me.

While at SNU I lived in a dormitory. This made it very easy to get to class every day. The main campus is situated on Mount Gwanak and has about 200 buildings. It is a very beautiful campus. In spring, in particular, the cherry blossoms are everywhere which makes walking around the campus extremely enjoyable. SNU also has a new digital library, which even has a dedicated media level where students can watch documentaries, TV shows or movies in their own area for academic purposes or to just relax. The campus is just amazing.

Exchange is not just about studying. When I first arrived in Seoul I did not know many people which was quit daunting for me, but exchange is all about putting yourself out there, getting in- volved, meeting new people and seeing a different world. The SNU Buddy Program, in particular, made it easy for me to settle into university life. The SNU buddies answer the countless questions that the exchange students have about life in Korea, and show us around Seoul. Through the SNU Buddy Program I have participated in the SNU Buddy Olympics day, been hiking up Mt. Gwanak, and visit Changdeokgung Palace, Yoeuido Spring Flower Festival, the De-militarised Zone (DMZ), Ihwa Mural Village etc. All of the Korean buddies are a very active, energetic group of people. I have made many new friendships with not only Koreans, but with people from all around the world including America, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Kenya, China, and France. These memorable friendships will stay with me forever. I also joined the SNU Impact Tennis Club, which is a club for passionate tennis players. SNU is a lovely and welcoming environment. Everyone here, both the students and professors, are very friendly and helpful.

Research Achievements

Publications

Ruth Barraclough

Barraclough, Ruth, Heather Bowen-Struyk and Paula Rabinowitz, eds. Red Love Across the Pacific: Political and Sexual Revolutions of the Twentieth Century. New York: Palgrave, 2015 (forthcoming).

Barraclough, Ruth. “Sex, Texts, Comrades.” In Red Love Across the Pacific: Political and Sexual Revolutions of the Twentieth Century, edited by Ruth Barraclough, Heather Bowen-Struyk and Paula Rabinowitz, New York: Palgrave, 2015 (forthcoming).

Barraclough, Ruth. “Red Love in Korea: Rethinking Communism, Feminism, Sexuality,” in Red Love Across the Pacific: Political and Sexual Revolutions of the Twentieth Century, edited by Ruth Barraclough, Heather Bowen-Struyk and Paula Rabinowitz, New York: Palgrave, 2015 (forthcoming).

Barraclough, Ruth. Factory Girl Literature as an International Phenomenon. (Research article under contract, Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2016)

Markus Bell

Dalton, Bronwen, Kyungja Jung, Jacqueline Willis and Markus Bell. “Framing and Dominant Meta- phors in the Coverage of North Korea in the Australian Media” The Pacific Review (2015), doi: 10.1080/09512748.2015.1022588.

Hyaeweol Choi

Choi, Hyaeweol and Margaret Jolly, eds. Divine Domesticities: Christian Para- doxes in Asia and the Pacific. Canberra: ANU Press, 2014.

Choi, Hyaeweol. “Missionary Home as a Pulpit: Domestic Paradoxes in Early Twentieth-Century Korea.” In Divine Domesticities: Christian Paradoxes in Asia and the Pacific, edited by Hyaeweol Choi and Margaret Jolly, 29-56. ANU Press: Canberra, 2014.

Choi, Hyaeweol and Margaret Jolly. “Paradoxes of Domesticity: Missionary En- counters in the Making of Christian Homes in Asia and the Pacific.” In Divine Domesticities: Christian Paradoxes in Asia and the Pacific, edited by Hyaeweol Choi and Margaret Jolly, 1-28. ANU Press: Canberra, 2014.

Choi, Hyaeweol. “South Korean ‘alpha girls’ and workplace bias,” East Asia Forum: Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific (7 August 2014), url: http:// www.eastasiaforum.org/2014/08/07/south-korean-alpha-girls-and-workplace-bias/.

Choi, Hyaeweol and Tessa Morris Suzuki. “Byeongyeong yeseo Gileooreun Taljungsim eui Inmunhak (Decentred Humanities Seen from the Periphery).” In Sahwoi Inmunhak gwawi Daehoa (Conversations in Public Humanities), edited by Yonsei University Institute of Korean Studies, 319 -378. Seoul, Ecolivres, 2014.

Research Achievements

Publications

Hyung-A Kim

Kim, Hyung-A. “Korean Skilled Workers of the 1970s and 1980s: Industrial Frontiers of Korea’s Industrial Revolution”, Journal of Contemporary Korean Studies 2, No.1 (2015) (forthcoming).

Roald Maliangkaij

Choi, JungBong and Roald Maliangkaij, ed,. K-pop: The international rise of the Korean music industry. Oxfordshire: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.

Choi, JungBong and Roald Maliangkaij. “Introduction: Why fandom matters to the international rise of K-pop.” In K-pop: The International Rise of the Korean music industry, edited by JungBong Choi and Roald Maliangkaij, 1-18. Oxfordshire: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.

Maliangkaij, Roald, “Same look through different eyes: Korea's history of uniform pop music acts.” In K-pop: The International Rise of the Korean music industry, edited by JungBong Choi and Roald Maliangkaij, 19-34. Oxfordshire: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.

Maliangkaij, Roald and Geng Song. “A sound wave of effeminacy: K-pop and the male beauty ideal in China.” In K-pop: The International Rise of the Korean music industry, edited by JungBong Choi and Roald Maliangkaij, 164-177. Oxfordshire: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.

Maliangkaij, Roald. “Book review: Heritage Management in Korea and Japan: The Politics of Antiquity and Identity,” Journal of Korean Studies 19, No. 2 (2014): 462-465.

Maliangkaij, Roald. “Defining Qualities: The Socio-Political Significance of K-pop Collections.” Korean Histories 4, No. 1 (2014): 3–14.

Maliangkaij, Roald. “The Popularity of Individualism: The Seo Taiji Phenomenon in the 1990s.” In The Korean Popular Culture Reader, edited by Kyung Hyun Kim & Youngmin Choe, 296-313. United States of America, Duke University Press, United States of America, 2014.

Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Morris-Suzuki, Tessa, trans. Gil uieseo Mannan Bukhan Geunhyeondae Sa (To the Diamond Mountains). Seoul, Hyunsil Publishing Company, 2015.

Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. “Yamada Zenjirō, Itagaki Kōzō and the Hidden Face of the Korean War.” In Hitobito no Seishinshi (A People’s History of Ideas) Vol. 2, edited by Kurihara Akira, Kariya Toshihiko, Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Sugita Atsushi and Yoshimi Shunya. Tokyo, Iwanami Publishing, 2015 (in press).

Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. “Prisoner No. 600,001: Rethinking Japan, China and the Korean War, 1950- 1953.” Journal of Asian Studies (2015): 1-22, doi: 0.1017/S0021911814002253

Research Achievements

Publications

Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. “Remembrance, Reconciliation and East Asian Memory Wars.” East Asia Fo- rum Quarterly 6, No. 3 (July-September 2014): 13-14.

Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. “The North Korea Challenge.” Advance (September 2014): 32-33.

Geng Song

Song, Geng. “Imaging the Other: Foreigners on the Chinese TV Screen.” In Chi- nese Television in the Twenty-first Century: Entertaining the Nation, edited by Ruoyun Bai and Geng Song, PAGE NUMBER (London: Routledge, 2015).

Song, Geng and Derek Hird. Men and Masculinities in Contemporary China (Leiden Boston: Brill, 2014).

Maliangkaij, Roald and Geng Song. “A sound wave of effeminacy: K-pop and the male beauty ideal in China.” In K-pop: The International Rise of the Korean music industry, edited by JungBong Choi and Roald Maliangkaij, 164-177. Oxford- shire: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.

Andrew Walker

Walker, Andrew. “From Legibility to Eligibility: Politics, Subsidy and Productivity in Rural Asia.” TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia 3 (2015): 45-71, doi:10.1017/ trn.2014.17

Fiona Yap

Yap, Fiona. “Reimagining Asia Studies and the Study of Democratization.” Government and Oppo- sition 30, No. 1 (2015): 140-163.

Yap, Fiona. “South Korea in 2014: A Tragedy Reveals the Country’s Weaknesses.” Asian Survey 55, No. 1 (2015): 132-141.

Jong-Sung You

You, Jong-Sung. “The Cheonan Incident and the Declining Freedom of Expres- sion in South Korea.” Asian Perspective 39, No. 2 (2015).

Haggard, Stephan and Jong-sung You. “Freedom of Expression in South Korea.” Journal of Contemporary Asia 45, No. 1 (2015): 167-179.

You, Jong-Sung. Democracy, Inequality and Corruption: Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines Compared. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Research Achievements

Conferences / Invited Speaker

Hyaeweol Choi

Choi, Hyaeweol. “Transnational Domesticity in Colonial Korea.” Invited speaker at the University of Southern California, United States, 29 September, 2014

Choi, Hyaeweol. “The Experience of “House” and “Home” in Colonial Korea.” Invited speaker at Columbia University, United States, 16 October 2014.

Choi, Hyaeweol. “‘Wise Mother, Good Wife’ to ‘Alpha Girl’?: Continuity and Disruption in Korean Gender Ideology and Practice.” Conducted at masterclass at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 12 November 2014.

Hyung-A Kim

Kim, Hyung-A. “Who is Park Chung Hee? Focused on Leadership.” Invited speaker at Namsan Hall, Seoul, Korea, on the occasion of the commemoration of former President Park Chung-hee’s 97th birthday, South Korea, November 2014.

Kim, Hyung-A. “Impact Analysis of Wage Discrimination against Irregular Workers in the Korean Labour Market: Comparing 2005 and 2013,” Paper presented at an international conference host- ed by the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, June 2014.

Kim, Hyung-A. “Developmental Strategies of the Park Chung Hee Regime and Yusin Policy.” Invit- ed speaker at Yonsei University, South Korea, May 2014.

Roald Maliangkaij

Maliangkaij, Roald. “Toned Torsos and Banned Banners: The Politics of Korean Cinema Billboards.” Invited speaker at Korean National University of Arts, Seoul, South Korea, 27 November 2014.

Maliangkaij, Roald. “Establishing Order: Photographic Snapshots by Korea’s Early Visitors.” Paper presented at the Travelling Con/Texts: Cosmopolitanisms Old & New, East & West Conference, Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, South Korea, November 2014.

Research Achievements

Conferences / Invited Speaker

Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. “Reconciliation as Method: Rethinking Historical Conflict and Dialogue Be- tween Japan and its Neighbours.” Invited speaker at the workshop Unfinished Business: Apology Cultures in the Asia Pacific, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 12-13 March 2015.

Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. “The Strange Journey of Prisoner No. 600,001: Rethinking Japan, China and the Korean War.” Invited public lecture presented at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, 3 November 2014.

Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. “The Japan-North Korea Repatriation (1959-1984) and its Legacies.” Invited public lecture presented at Hanyang University, Ansan, South Korea, 18 September 2014.

Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. “Reinventing Communities: From the New Village Movement to Fukushima.” Invited speaker at the 6th Seoul Youth Creativity Summit and Festival, Haja Center, Seoul, South Korea, 27 September 2014.

Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. “Another ‘Free World’ is Possible.” Keynote address presented at the 6th Seoul Youth Creativity Summit and Festival, Haja Center, Seoul, South Korea, 26 September 2014.

Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. “The Misremembered War: Rethinking Japan, the Korean War and ‘Collective Self-Defence.’” Invited speaker at Sungkonghoe University, Seoul, South Korea, 29 September 2014.

Geng Song

Song, Geng. “Keynote address.” Mediating Transnational East Asian Masculinities Symposium at the University of Westminster, London, England, May 2015.

Jong-Sung You

You, Jong-sung. “Inequality, corruption and growth: The role of land reform in East Asian development.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chi- cago, United States, 16-19 April 2015.

You, Jong-sung and Jiunda Lin. “Electoral campaign regulations in South Korea and Taiwan.” Pa- per presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, United States, 16-19 April 2015.

You, Jong-sung. “The political economy of regulatory capture: The case of the Sewol ferry acci- dent.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orle- ans, United States, 18-21 February 2015.

You, Jong-sung, “Land reform as an origin of the Korean developmental state.” Paper presented resented at the annual meeting of the Korean Political Science Association, Seoul, Korea, 12-13 December 2014.

You, Jong-sung, “Inequality and corruption: Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines Compared.” Invited speaker at Seoul National University, Korea, 27 November, 2014.

2015-2016 ANU Korea Institute Events

2015-2016 Events

In 2015-2016 the ANU Korea Institute will host a number of key events including:

International Workshop - Culture and Everyday Life in North Korea

The International Workshop “Culture and Everyday Life in North Korea,” will be held at the Aus- tralian National University in early 2016. In this International Workshop North Korean culture and everyday life from 1945 to the present will be examined through a close analysis of North Korean films, literature, reconstructed biography, and history. Building on a 2014 workshop at Columbia University “Culture and Everyday Life in North Korea” will bring together leading and emerging scholars of North Korean history, culture and everyday life. Further information will be provided in late 2015 on the ANU Korea Institute website and via the ANU Korea Institute mailing list.

International Conference - Transnational Humanities in Korean Studies Conference

The AKS-funded academics and graduate students will hold an International Conference in early 2016 in which they present the findings of the AKS-funded research projects. One of the key topics for discussion at this workshop will be new directions for Korean Humanities Research. Further information will be provided in late 2015 on the ANU Korea Institute website and via the ANU Ko- rea Institute mailing list.

ANU-AKS Speaker Series

The ANU-AKS Speaker Series is one of the core outreach activities for the academic community and general public. The aim of the ANU-AKS Speaker Series is to create an integrated platform whereby invited speakers become part of the intellectual community in Canberra. The Series helps ANU fulfil its mission as the leading institution in Asian Studies in the Southern Hemisphere and consolidate the Korean Studies Program at ANU as a hub of transnational Korean Studies that con- nects Korea historically, culturally, politically, and economically with the world. Further information on the individual events will be provided on the ANU Korea Institute website and via the ANU Korea Institute mailing list.

Contact the ANU Korea Institute

Korean Studies at the ANU has a long and vibrant history. We are devoted to innovative teaching and cutting-edge research related to Korea. We are also deeply committed to fostering the academics, professionals and informed citizens of the next generation through our scholarly and cultural activities and our graduate and undergraduate programs.

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