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 Erasure 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 | 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; Principal | Texas A&M University; 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; Principal | Columbia GSAPP; 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
