Workshop #3 CHALLENGING THE “NORMAL” IN COLD WAR SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN
Spring Events 2022
QUEERING THE STRAITS: UNRULY SUBJECTS ACROSS MODERN KOREAN AND JAPANESE STUDIES
The details on the workshop series can be found on this page (click here).
Preregistration is required for this event. We particularly invite the participation of scholars whose work focuses on gender and sexuality in East Asia. To register, please fill out our RSVP form by February 10:
https://forms.gle/z1xbiAYiyDyWfexS6
A day or two before the start of the workshop, we will send an email to all registered participants with a link to the event. If you have any questions or trouble with registration, please email us at queeringthestraits@gmail.com.
This series of workshops is funded by the Academy of Korean Studies; the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University; the Columbia University Alumni Association of Korea; the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture (Columbia); the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (Columbia); the Hajime Mori Chair in Japanese Language and Literature at the University of California, San Diego; Transnational Korean Studies (UCSD); and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute (Columbia). The organizers thank these institutions and individuals for their generous support.
Workshop #3
CHALLENGING THE “NORMAL” IN COLD WAR SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN
11–13 February 2022
SESSION A
HIDDEN SPACES: TRAVEL, MIGRATION, AND DEVELOPMENT
Saturday, 12 February 2022, 9:00–11:45 AM, Seoul/Tokyo time *
OPENING REMARKS
9:00–9:10 AM
Gregory M. Pflugfelder
Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures & Department of History, Columbia University
PRESENTATIONS
9:10–9:35 AM
ISHIDA Hitoshi
Researcher, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Meiji Gakuin University
“(Inter)National Development and the Origins of Hattenba (Cruising Spaces) in Modern Japan”
9:35–10:00 AM
WATANABE Naoki
Professor of Korean Language and Culture, Musashi University
“Masculinity and Protest Nationalism in 1960s Korean Literature:
On Nam Chŏnghyŏn’s ‘Land of Excrement’ (1965)”
10:00–10:25 AM
Todd A. Henry
Associate Professor, Department of History, University of California, San Diego
“Cross-Strait Queerness: South Korean–Japanese Encounters in Postcolonial Times”
RESPONSES
10:25–10:40 AM
Vernadette Gonzalez
Professor of American Studies, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
10:40–10:55 AM
Kate McDonald
Associate Professor, Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara
GENERAL DISCUSSION
10:55–11:45 AM
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SESSION B
QUEERING THE STRAITS: REFLECTIONS AND PROSPECTS
Sunday, 13 February 2022, 9:00–11:30 AM, Seoul/Tokyo time *
OPENING REMARKS
9:00–9:10 AM
Todd A. Henry
Associate Professor, Department of History, University of California, San Diego
REFLECTIONS
9:10–9:30 AM
Gregory M. Pflugfelder
Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures & Department of History, Columbia University
9:30–9:50 AM
Jin-kyung Lee
Associate Professor, Department of Literature, University of California, San Diego
9:50–10:10
Todd A. Henry
Associate Professor, Department of History, University of California, San Diego
GENERAL DISCUSSION
