These workshops are intended to facilitate greater communication and collaboration among scholars of Japan and Korea who work on issues of gender and sexuality, often in isolation from one another. We believe that such “queer” dialogues across borders and cultures offer a challenging yet vital opportunity to forge new intellectual and institutional bonds at a time when powerful forces continue to silence, erase, and marginalize seemingly minor subjects and their important points of view.
The upcoming workshop, “CHALLENGING THE ‘NORMAL’ IN COLD WAR SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN,” will take place over the weekend of 11–13 February 2022. (See below for a detailed schedule.) This final workshop considers the intersections of postcolonial sentiment, Cold War capitalism, and cross-border travel in the wake of Japanese imperialism and US military occupation. By examining the circulation of bodies, goods, and ideas across national, regional, and other types of spatial boundaries, the three papers seek new ways of understanding the normative configurations of sexual practice, corporeal embodiment, and gender performance that helped sustain a superficially stable, yet deeply fractured, Cold War order in Northeast Asia.
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 [email protected].
PLEASE NOTE: TIMES ARE IN SEOUL/TOKYO TIME ZONE
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
10:10–11:30 AM
This series of workshops is cosponsored 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, the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, the Hajime Mori Chair in Japanese Language and Literature at the University of California, San Diego, Transnational Korean Studies at UCSD, and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.
