Wars and Revolution in (E)motion:
Inter-regional Cultural Exchanges in Cold War Asia
Wars and Revolution in (E)motion is a one-day workshop derived from the eponymous year-long collaboration of 4 Asia-based members. Funded by Harvard-Yenching Institute, the workshop explores the dynamic inter-Asian cultural exchanges during the Cold War era interdisciplinarily including history, literary analysis, translation studies, and visual culture.
March 13, 2023 (Monday)
Venue: Rm 7.30 Run Run Shaw Tower, The University of Hong Kong
(In person only)
9:30 – 10:20 Plenary Session
Opening Remarks
Pei-yin Lin (University of Hong Kong)
Su Yun Kim (University of Hong Kong)
The Korean War in Art
Heonik Kwon (University of Cambridge)
Break
10:20 – 10:30
Session 1 moderated by Su Yun Kim
10:30-12:30
Evelyn Shih (University of Colorado Boulder)
Translating the Body: Post-War Caricature in Taiwan and South Korea (Via Zoom)
Sangjoon Lee (Lingnan University)
Southeast Asian Film Festival, US Cultural Diplomacy, and the Cultural Cold War in Asia
Pei-yin Lin (University of Hong Kong)
Transnational War Representations in Early Postwar Taiwan through the Case Study of Pan Lei
Shuang Shen (Penn State University)
Regional production of Affect in Sinophone Popular literature: The case of The Story Paper
A short Q & A for the morning session
Lunch
12:30 – 2:00
Session II moderated by Pei-yin Lin
14:00-16:00
Su Yun Kim (University of Hong Kong)
Imagining Asia with Emotions: Cultural Exchange between South Korea and Asia in the Cold War, 1945–1972
Yi-Hung Liu (National Tsing Hua University)
Translating 1950s China alongside 1970s U.S.: A Case Study of Literature of the Hundred Flowers
Youngran Ko (Nihon University)
The Structure of the ‘Japanese-Style’ Cold War and the Discourse on Asia: Vietnam-War Reporting and the Antiwar Movement
(「日本型」冷戦構造と「アジア」言説 ― ベトナム戦争報道とベトナム反戦運動のあいだから―)
Khue Dieu Do (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City)
Revolutionary Literature Went Abroad: Vietnam’s White Dress and Its Imprint in Japan and
South Korea (pre-recording)
Break
16:00 – 16:15
Round Table Discussion and Q & A
16:15 – 17:15
Closing remarks
17:15 – 17:20
Wars and Revolution in (E)motion is a one-day workshop derived from the eponymous year-long collaboration of 4 Asia-based members. Funded by Harvard Yenching Institute, the workshop explores the dynamic inter-Asian cultural exchanges during the Cold War era interdisciplinarity, including history, literary analysis, translation studies, and visual culture.
The workshop is coordinated by Dr. Su Yun Kim (suyunkim@hku.hk), Dr Pei-yin Lin (pylin@hku.hk). For questions, please contact Hoi Yan Chu (u3547750@connect.hku.hk).
Supported by School of Chinese and School of Modern Languages and Cultures.
The coordinators would like to acknowledge the generous funding from the Harvard-Yenching Institute and YWS Foundation.
Due to the limitation of venue capacity, pre-registration is requested.
Click here to register the morning session (9:30-12:20): https://forms.gle/9CjeptVwsK64qgHR9
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