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Call for Papers

 

A Century of Global Korean Cinema

Thinking Through and Beyond Celluloid Lights

 

An international conference to celebrate 100 years of Korean films

hosted by the Korean Cinema Association and sponsored by the Korean Film Council

 

Dates: October 23-25, 2019

Venue: LW Convention Center, Seoul, Korea

 

We are pleased to announce a call for working papers for an international conference to celebrate the Korean film centennial. Since the debut of the “first” Korean film, Righteous Revenge, a kino drama shown at Danseongsa in 1919, Korean film has unfurled to become part of a global media landscape, traversing such momentous historic events as imperialism/colonialism, division and the Cold War, and neoliberal capitalism.

 

This conference aims to explore the ways in which Korean cinema has shaped and transcended boundaries of thoughts, experiences, and aesthetics both visually and discursively. Moreover, in order to illuminate the ways in which the past, present, and future of Korean cinema are inextricably entangled with global cultural flows, this conference seeks to promote productive discussion and exchange among scholars not only in Korean film studies, but also in various fields working within interdisciplinary and transnational methodologies.

 

To facilitate a lively and communal network of Korean film scholars from diverse areas, fields, and generations, this three-day conference will include two keynote speeches, panel sessions, a publication workshop, a mentoring program, and a roundtable discussion.

 

PANEL SESSIONS

 

The conference committee invites papers and presentations related to Korean film history, visual culture, and media studies that engage in the critical scope of Korean film studies within a global context, including but not limited to:  

 

Rethinking Korean Film History: This panel will focus on the intersections between technology, modernity, and temporality in Korea during the early 20th century. How have critical discourses surrounding colonialism and colonial modernity interacted with the postcolonial turn? What is the relationship between the global and colonial situation, and how has this affected Korean cinema? What is implied by the term “History of Korean Cinema”? What is the relationship between grassroots history and public memory and how have these perspectives manifested itself in the writing of history, both in film and otherwise? This panel seeks to trace the contours of the “History of Korean Cinema” over the past century in order to construct new paradigms in interrogating this very history.

Politics, Event, and Postmemory: The political aspects of Korean cinema are deeply intertwined with the Korean War, the subsequent division of the Korean peninsula, and the historical trauma incurred by these events. The influence of these events is not only restricted to postwar Korean cinema but also present in contemporary “Korean blockbusters” which have consistently dealt with the issues between North and South Korea amid Cold War geopolitics. This panel aims to re-assess and re-evaluate Korean films through this frame by illuminating questions of sovereignty, modernization, neoliberalism, and globalization and how they have coalesced within the political landscape of Korean film culture. 

Post-Hallyu, Technology, and New Media: One of the emerging trends in Korean film research has been the necessity of investigating the dynamic interplay and intersection between technology, the space of the global city, and media spectacles. This panel focuses on media, spectacle, the experience of the city, and screen culture in order to raise questions not merely on culture and modernization, but also to examine methodological questions on examining this cultural landscape. By utilizing the critical framework of “post-Hallyu,” this panel explores the relationship between the social functions and aesthetic forms of film, television, the Internet, and videos and politics, discourses surrounding collective identity, and media industries. 

Women and Minorities: This panel hopes to address questions and research pertaining to the history of film feminism beginning in the 1990s, the relationship between the #MeToo movement and Korean film (industries), queer representation in Korean films, and the framing of gender and sexuality. What are ways in which modern discourses of gender/sexuality have served to normalize (or abnormalize) its manifestations in Korean film? How have social movements regarding gender and sexuality contributed to the exploration of new paradigms and theoretical underpinnings of Korean film? Other relevant topics include the masculinization of Korean film historiography, gender diversity in Korean film, the dissolution of traditional/nuclear families, film directors/genres/actors representing women and queer communities, and independent films and minority emotions/affect.

Korean Cinema in the Asia Network: As a global medium, how have Korean films interacted with the geopolitics and transnational networks within Asia? How does situating Korean film and history within this broader global network create new problematics and paradigms? As the exchange of global culture becomes more complicated and all-encompassing, how can we re-examine the binary opposition between cultures of the East and the West? This panel especially probes into the meanings and forms of Korean films as they have evolved in contact with other national cultures, along with the identity and diversity of diasporic films and cultures and their affects within the terrain of Korean film.

The Metadiscourses of Genre, Authorship, and Aesthetics: This panel aims to re-situate historical discourses surrounding authorship, genre theory, the dichotomy of realism and modernism, etc. within a contemporary viewpoint. How have these discourses and theories shaped the way Korean film has been studied, interpreted, and disseminated? What are the metadiscourses that have constructed the theoretical frames through which Korean film has been researched?

Papers on other topics outside of the above panel themes will also be considered.

 

MENTORING WORKSHOP

 

We are also holding a mentoring workshop during the second day of the conference (October 24, 2019) and are seeking mentees (graduate students, postdocs, new faculty, independent researchers) along with mentors. This will be an excellent opportunity for newer researchers to meet one-on-one with their preferred faculty mentor to discuss research and professional concerns. Please make sure to indicate in your submission that you would like to participate as space is limited.

 

PUBLICATION WORKSHOP

 

The publication workshop will take place during the second day of conference (October 24, 2019) in a separate hall. Editors or contributors who are planning to publish a book or a special issue on Korean film and visual culture are encouraged to attend. The interactive session will focus on developing research for publication in journals and book volumes. Please make sure to indicate in your submission that you would like to participate as space is limited.

 

SUBMISSION

 

For those who are interested in presenting a paper on one of the panels or in participating in the Mentoring Workshop or Publication Workshop, please submit a title, a 350-word abstract of your paper/project, and a short bio using the below link of Google Form by July 25, 2019.

 

·      Google Form Link for Submission: https://forms.gle/JPaoPKBVX8qy9yRP8

·      Deadline: by July 25, 2019

·      Notification of selected abstracts by: August 15, 2019

 

We will provide hotel accommodations and meals during the conference for all accepted participants. For some international graduate students (outside of Korea), we will also be able to provide some support in covering travel expenses but we encourage participants to check in ahead of time with their home or external institutions in order to cover travel costs. 

 

Please direct any questions or concerns to Hyun Seon Park ([log in to unmask])

 

Thank you for your interest and we look forward to a fruitful and enriching conference.

 

Sincerely,

Jaecheol and Hyun Seon

 

Jaecheol Moon

Committee Chair, Centennial Korean Cinema Conference

Chair, Korean Cinema Association (http://kca1971.or.kr)

Professor, Chung-Ang University

 

Hyun Seon Park

Organizer, Centennial Korean Cinema Conference

Member of Board of Directors, Korean Cinema Association (http://kca1971.or.kr)

HK Research Associate Professor, Sogang University

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