8th Annual Korean Studies Undergraduate Exchange
Friday, April 17, 2020
Each panel will follow the following format:
- Discussant opening remarks- 1-2mins
- Student presentation- 2-3mins
- Group Q&A- 10-15mins
- Discussant closing remarks- 1-2mins
Friday, April 17
12:00-12:15pm EST (9:00-9:15am PST)
Welcome Remarks from Professor Nojin Kwak & Professor David Kang
12:20-12:50pm EST (9:20-9:50am PST)
PANEL I: People and Politics in Contemporary Korea
Katie Chan, Lessons from Songdo: Private-public Partnerships and Smart City Implications
Marissa Moore, Panic, Stigma, and Denial: The Silent Epidemic of HIV/AIDS in South Korea
Jiaxuan Tommy Lu, Economic Consequences of the United Nations Security Council Sanctions against North Korea on Targeted and Untargeted Sectors
Julia Lifton, The Candlelight Girl and Korean Youth Online Activism: The Case of the 2008 Beef Protests
Discussant: Nayoung Lee
12:50-1:00pm EST (9:50-10:00am PST)
Break
1:00-1:30pm EST (10:00-10:30am PST)
PANEL II: Sources of Power in International Relations and Economics
Marisa Fuse, Chinese and South Korean Aid to Africa: Inhibitors of Democracy?
Nurul Suhaila Mohd Yunus, Explaining Korean Informal Institutional Power in Financial Crisis through the Veto Player Theory
Jill Lin, U.S.-China Trade Relations: The Case of Huawei
Omar Kofie, The Influence of Attitudes on Ghana’s Ability to Develop in the S. Korea Model
Discussant: John Park
1:30-1:40pm EST (10:30-10:40am PST)
Break
1:40-2:10pm EST (10:40-11:10am PST)
PANEL III: Culture, Space, and Society
Alexandra Westman, Home is where the Hearth is: Verticality in the Ondol + Maru System
Joyce S. Jang, Queer Korean Spaces in Los Angeles
Malavika Sabu, Confucianist Ideals and the Role of Women in Korean Society: A Story Told Through Jokbo
Ursula Collins-Laine, A Study in K-pop Fan Engagement
Discussant: Hayeon Lee
2:10-2:20pm EST (11:10-11:20am PST)
Break
2:20-2:50pm EST (11:20-11:50am PST)
PANEL IV: Art and Language, Past and Present
Madeline Clasen, LACMA’s Redesign, Korean Art, and the Role of the Museum
Thomas Darnell, Unexpected Nasal Consonants in Joseon-Era Korean
Julienne Dawidoff, Nam June Paik (백남준): The Essential “Koreaness” in His Art
Discussant: Rory Walsh
2:50-3:00pm EST (11:50am-12:00pm PST)
Break
3:00-3:15pm EST (12:00pm-12:15pm PST)
Award Announcements
BEST PAPER: Jiaxuan Tommy Lu, Economic Consequences of the United Nations Security Council Sanctions against North Korea on Targeted and Untargeted Sectors
BEST PRESENTATION: Malavika Sabu, Confucianist Ideals and the Role of Women in Korean Society: A Story Told Through Jokbo
ON-THE-PULSE AWARD (for the topic most relevant to today): Marissa Moore, Panic, Stigma, and Denial: The Silent Epidemic of HIV/AIDS in South Korea
TELE-SCHOLAR AWARD (for the most professional videoconferencing presence): Julienne Dawidoff
COLLEGIALITY AWARD (for the best question to a fellow panelist): Suhaila Yunus
