The States of Korean Adoption: A Symposium
Friday · June 2 · 3:30 PM - 5 PM PDT
UCI McCormick Screening Room (UCI HG 1070)
Reception to Follow
Please RSVP by May 26
In-person Register: bit.ly/UCIadoption
Zoom Webinar Register: bit.ly/MajaLee
The States of Korean Adoption: A Symposium will host a Book Reading & Discussion with Maja Lee Langvad. Renowned poet and Korean-Danish adoptee, Maja Lee Langvad will read from her award-winning book HUN ER VRED (She is Angry, 그 여자는 화가 난다), a critical story of transnational adoption based on her own experiences. The Korean translation appeared in 2022 and the reading will take place in Danish, Korean, and English.
Conversation led by Eleana Kim, Professor of Anthropology at UCI and Mette A.E. Kim-Larsen, PhD Student in Anthropology at UCI.
Saturday · June 3 · 9:00 AM - 4:40 PM PDT
UCI Humanities Gateway 1030 & Zoom Webinar (Hybrid Event)
Reception at 8:30 AM; lunch will be provided
Please RSVP by May 26
In-person Register: bit.ly/UCIadoption
Zoom Webinar Register: bit.ly/CCKSadoption
This symposium considers the world’s longest-running and largest transnational adoption program. Bringing together scholars and activists from Denmark, Sweden, Australia, the UK, the U.S., and South Korea, it reflects upon the states of South Korean transnational adoption: from its historical formation and current political, economic, and social conditions to its future relations with the South Korean nation and state.
Keynote: Boon Young Han & Peter Møller, Danish Korean Rights Group
Symposium Participants include: Shannon Bae, UCI, Kori A. Graves, University at Albany, Ryan Gustafsson, University of Melbourne, Tobias Hübinette, Karlstad University, Jeon Hyunsuk, Soongsil University & TheRUTHtable, Eleana Kim, UCI, Youngeun Koo, UCI, Elizabeth Kopacz, UCI, James Kyung-Jin Lee, UCI, Kit Myers, UC Merced, Grace Shu Gerloff, Michigan State University, Gonda Van Steen, King’s College London, Ka-eul Yoo, UCI
Please note that we will have a quiet room and space for childcare-related needs available. This will be a scent-free event, so we kindly ask that attendees refrain from wearing scented products. Wearing a mask is recommended.
For any accessibility questions or needs, email Shannon Bae (shannon2@uci.edu) by May 18. For any additional questions, email Joo Hoon Sin (ccks@uci.edu).
This event is funded in part by a grant from the Korea Foundation and the Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies and is sponsored by the UCI International Center for Writing and Translation, the UCI Program in Global Languages & Communication, the UCI Center for Critical Korean Studies, the UCI Humanities Center, and the UCI Global Asias Research Cluster.
