A colloquium
Whither Transnationality?
Some Theoretical Challenges in Korean Wave Studies.
Jaeho Kang
Seoul National University
Thursday, February 9, 5 pm, HG 1002
Instead of starting at 4 PM, it now starts at 5 PM.
Reception to follow
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In studies on the Korean Wave, the notion of transnationality has been instrumental in underscoring the hybrid, transgressive, and intersectional character of the Korean Wave. However, its analytical legitimacy has been increasingly questioned, and its application necessitates a more nuanced viewpoint when investigating the global circulation and consumption of the Korean Wave. In this colloquium, Jaeho Kang critically examines the theoretical issues arising from key debates on the transnationality of the Korean Wave in the fields of media, cultural and Korean studies. He attempts to present an analytical framework by reconstructing the issues of transnationality with particular references to trans-urban, trans-local, and trans-media. As a result, Kang wishes to prove the theoretical imperatives of transnational approaches to Korean Wave studies in the post-Hallyu 2.0 era.
Participants will be asked to read a short essay written by Prof. Kang and be prepared to discuss it after his opening presentation. CCKS director Joseph Jeon will provide a response to help frame discussion.
Jaeho KANG is a professor in the Department of Communication at Seoul National University. He was Senior Lecturer in Critical Media and Cultural Studies at SOAS, the University of London (2012-2018), Assistant Professor in Sociology of Media at The New School in New York City (2005-2012), and the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at Institut für Sozialforschung, the University of Frankfurt (2004-2005). He completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2004. Kang is the author of Walter Benjamin and the Media: The Spectacle of Modernity (Polity, 2014) and a co-editor of Siegfried Kracauer: Selected Writings on Media, Propaganda and Political Communication (Columbia University Press, 2022). He has tried to bring the theoretical contributions of Critical Theory to the development of East Asian media and cultural studies. He is currently writing a book with the working title, The Phantasmagoria of Techno-City: Seoul, Screen, Spectacle and Sense.
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