Conference: Japanese and Korean Mediascapes: Youth, Popular Culture, and Nation

Date: 
May 29, 2015 (All day) to May 30, 2015 (All day)

Japanese and Korean Mediascapes: Youth, Popular Culture, and Nation

This two-day event will explore the globalization of Japanese and Korean popular culture with an eye to major historical movements and media trends. Through case studies of television dramas, video games, popular music, comics, and other media, we will investigate how popular culture, especially trends among youth, has shaped world views, defined artistic genres, and altered commercial landscapes. We will question how this cultural exchange can soothe historical tensions and help lead to better political relations. This is one of the first conferences at the University of Oregon or elsewhere to examine Japanese and Korean popular culture together. For more information, please visit the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies website.

Friday and Saturday, May 29 - 30, 2015
Gerlinger Alumni Lounge
The University of Oregon
Free and open to the community

Friday, May 29

  • 9:15 am:  Opening Remarks Jeff hanes, Alisa Freedman, HyeRyoung Ok
  • 9:30 am:  Panel 1 — Visualizing History and Youth Movements Moderator: Jeff Hanes Presenters: Yoshimi Shun’ya (University of Tokyo); Shige (CJ) Suzuki (Baruch College, City University of New York)
  • 11:15 am:  Panel 2 — Mediascapes, Nation, and Gender Moderator: Bish Sen Presenters: Dal Yong Jin (Simon Fraser University); Dong Hoon Kim (University of Oregon); Alisa Freedman (University of Oregon)
  • 1:15 pm:  Lunch Break
  • 2:15 pm:  Panel 3 — Music and Pop Icons Moderator: Loren Kajikawa Presenters: Eun Young Jung (University of California, San Diego); Toby Slade (University of Tokyo)
  • 3:45 pm:  Break
  • 4:00 pm:  Graduate Panel Moderator: Michael Arnold, LeRon Harrison Presenters: Stephen Murnion, Akiko Hirao, John Moore
  • 5:30 pm:  Reception  

Saturday, May 30

  • 10:00 am: Panel 4 — Video Games, Fan Hacks, and Player Attacks Moderator: Julie Voelker-Morris Presenters: Florence Chee (Loyola University Chicago); Kathryn Hennman (George Mason University)
  • 11:30 am:  Coffee Break
  • 11:45 am:  Panel 5 — Fan Activism and Popular Culture Moderator: Sangita Gopal Presenters: Sharalyn Orbaugh (University of British Columbia); HyeRyoung Ok (University of Oregon) 1:15 pm Lunch Break
  • 2:15 pm: Closing Discussion Jeff Hanes, Sangita Gopal  

Sponsored by: The Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, and is cosponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Asian Studies Program, the National Resource Center for East Asian Studies, the Global Studies Institute, the Jeremiah Lecture Series Fund, the Myung Sup Lim Lecture Series Fund, the Department of Political Science, and the Cinema Studies Program.  

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