The Vanguard of Social Movement in Korea

[Round Table] The Vanguard of Social Movement in Korea  FRIDAY, 29 JULY 15:15-18:30 / Migael-gwan 301 MODERATOR |  Kang Nae-Hui (Knowledge Circulation Cooperative Alternative College) PRESENTERS | Lim Soon Kwang (Korean Irregular Professor Union) Lee Jong Hoi (Socialist Revolutionary Workers' Party) Song Kyeong Dong (Poet) Kim Sung Kyung (University of North Korean Studies) DISCUSSANTS | ...

Grandma School

SATURDAY, 29 JULY 13:30-15:00 / Migael-gwan 301 [SPOTLIGHT SESSION] Grandma School @Photo: Dalyeori (달여리) GREETINGS | Cha, Seong-su (Head of Geumcheon–gu District Office) ORGANIZERS | Choi Soyeon (Founder, Disaster School /Director, Takeoutdrawing), Koo Hyunmo (Prof, Grandma Studio), Lee Sunyoung (Prof, Grandma Studio) SPEAKERS | Kim Samrye, Kim Sunnam, Kim Hyeon, Kim Hongshin, Seon Gongsim, Sung Sinran,...

Parallel Sessions

2017 IACS MAIN PROGRAM  (last updated: July 22nd, 2017) (CLICK BELOW ICON TO DOWNLOAD)  Please check out your panel's time and venue by downloading a conference program above. Presenters do not have to submit full papers to us. For presentation, you can prepare your own script or ppt file. All rooms have a projector, a...

Plenary Sessions (28-30 July)

28 July (Fri) Plenary Session 01 : "Worlding Asia" Moderator & Discussant: Jackson Earl (Chiao Tung University) Speaker Topic Tejaswini Niranjana (Lingnan University) RIYAAZ: THE PRACTICE OF LEARNING The Act of Worlding in Inter-Asia Rob Wilson (Univ. of California, Santa Cruz) Worlding Asia: Asia/Pacific/American/Planetary Convergences – Some Themes & Tactics Khoo Gaik Cheng (Univ. of Nottingham...

Film Screening

SATURDAY, 29 JULY 13:30- 16:45 / Migael-gwan 205   Sound of Nomad: Koryo Arirang Discussant:  Ashish Rajadhyaksha (Film Theorist) (The film is 96 mins long and will be followed by discussion.)   Synopsis This Film starts with a diva of a tragic family history related to a history of migration. This is a testimonial –...

Cultural Event “JAMBINAI” Music Performance (29 July)

Free event for all Friday, July 29 18:30 - John Daly Hall, IcheonHwan-gwan at SungKongHoe University On the second day of our conference, we invite JAMBINAI music band, famous in indie music scene in Korea and worldwide. Their performance will start about 6.30- 7pm after the last parallel session of the day. Dinner box will...

Spotlight Session

We offer a Spotlight Session introducing the most compelling research by high-profile scholar. This Spotlight Session focuses on CHUA BENG HUAT (founding co-executive editor of the journal, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies)'s new book "Disavowing Liberalism".  July 29, 2017 3:15-4:45 PM / Venue: M301  SPEAKER: Chua Beng Huat (National University of Singapore) DISCUSSANTS: Chang Kyung Sup (Seoul National University) Kwok Kian...

Workshop “Worlding the Digital in Inter-Asia”

FRIDAY, July 28, 15:15-18:30 / Migael-gwan 402  Introduction The digital is received as automatically global, seamless, connected, and connecting. Its mere presence signals a networked existence where global ideas of community and social ordering are rehearsed. As part of its developmental rhetoric, Asia has long staged itself as the application site of the digital, or...