Online Program
Program Overview
Dates: Friday, May 1 - Saturday, May 2
Location: 11th Floor Auditorium, New York Institute of Technology - New York City Campus, 16 W 61st St, New York, NY 10023
1:00PM
Introduction
Kyunghee Pyun, Professor, FIT
1:10PM
Thematic Session 1: Koreanness and Curatorial Critique
Moderator
Hyuntae Jung, Associate Professor, NYIT
Lost Republic, Curated Culture: Examining the Narrative Errasure in Global Hallyu Exhibitions
Minkyou Jun, Film Team Intern, Korean Cultural Center, New York
Exhibiting Korea: The Institutional Construction of Korean Cultural Identity at the Brooklyn Museum
Hae Yeun Kim, Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Brooklyn Museum
Dka Magazine: A Student-Led Editorial Platform for Contemporary Koreanness
Mi Jang, Student, University of Toronto
2:20PM
Thematic Session 2: The Appearance of Korean Modern
Moderator
Junghyun Nam, Adjunct Faculty, George Mason University
The Geopolitics of Speculation: Korean Science Fiction and the Limits of Futurity
Sang-Keun Yoo, Assistant Professr, Marist University
Imagine There's No Countries, Imagine There's No Market
Seungyeon Gabrielle Jung, Assistant Profesor, UC Irvine
Dansaekhwa and Koreanness
Heesol Hwang, PhD Student, SUNY Binghamton
3:20PM
Thematic Session 3: Undergraduate and Master's Student Research
Moderators
Jin Young Song, Kyunghee Pyun, Sang-Keun Yoo
Contemporary East Asian Art and Architecture: Korean Perspective
Noah Stram, Chetan Sampat, Kaviya Murugavelu, Sherin Rathnakumar, Regan Dauenhauer, University at Buffalo
Finding Scenes of Hybridity and Symbiosis in the Film
Andrew Guo, Tori Mahabal, Kashfia Muskan, Nazihah Aminuddin, FIT
Global Issue and Asian American Literature
Ashleigh Coyne, Sabrina Coppola, Keira Carpenter, Gianna Fazio, Marist University
5:00PM
Design Korea Research Hub and 5 year plan
Jin Young Song, Associate Professor, University at Buffalo
5:10PM
Welcome Remarks
Maria Perbellini, Dean, NYIT School of Architecture and Design
5:20PM
Keynote Introduction
Dongsei Kim, Chair, NYIT School of Architecture and Design
5:30PM
Keynote Lecture
Jong Soung Kimm, Honorary President of Seoul Architects Consultant International Ltd.
6:30PM
Q&A Session
Moderator
Dongsei Kim
9:30AM
Thematic Session 4: ReOrienting Koreannes: Beyond the Peninsula
Moderator: Man Joong Kim, PhD Candidate, SUNY Binghamton
Koreanness for Japaneseness: Constructing Koreanness in Modern Japanese Architectural Historiography
Daichi Shigemoto, Independent Scholar
From Empire to Postmodernity: The Transformation of Zainichi Korean Identity in Japan
Eun Jeong Choi, Lecturer, NYU
Osaka's Koreatown: Site of Historical Legacy, Cultural Memory, and Remaking of a Multicultural, Multiethnic Space
Jackie Kim-Wachutka, Lecturer, Ritsumeikan University
10:40AM
Featured Lecture
Sang Dae Lee, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University | Principal, UNITEDLAB Associates
11:30AM
Lunch Break
12:50PM
Thematic Session 5: Embodied Koreanness: A Sensory Approach
Moderator
James Podgorski, PhD Candidate, SUNY Binghamton
Sounding the DMZ: Hearing Beyond the Materiality of Korean Division
Joowon Park, Associate Professor, Skidmore College
Parasitic Metabolism: Fermentative Sublimation through Son-mat and Signal
Hyosun Kim, PhD Candidate, SUNY Binghamton
Can Korean Americans Speak of Koreans, or Koreans of Korean Americans?
James Hojung Kim, PhD Student, University of Rochester
2:00PM
Featured Lecture
Nahyun Hwang, Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia GSAPP | Principal, N H D M
2:50PM
Q&A Session with Sang Dae Lee and Nahyun Hwang
Moderator
Man Joong Kim
3:15PM
Rediscovering Koreanness Presentation and Round Table Discussion by Symposium Organizers
3:50PM
Closing Remarks
Dongsei Kim
