[ecrea] CFP “Korean Wave” Still Matters?

Call For Papers

International Conference

“Korean Wave” Still Matters?

Present and Future Directions

7-8 June 2018

Monash University Caulfield Campus, Melbourne

Monash Asia Institute (MAI), Asian Cultural and Media Studies Research 
Cluster (ACMSRC) and Korean Studies Program of Monash University are 
pleased to welcome submissions of paper abstracts for the conference, 
“Korean Wave” Still Matters? Present and Future Directions", which will 
be held on 7 & 8 June 2018.

Since its initial appearance in Taiwanese and Chinese media in 1997, the 
 term Hallyu has meant different things to different people. It proved 
to  be an effective nationalistic marketing and soft power strategy for 
the  South Korean government and entertainment industries while many 
fans and  casual users alike consumed South Korean cultural contents 
without any  conscious regard for the interests of the state. It also 
has been  received in diverse ways by a wide range of followers in terms 
of  regions, gender, sexuality, ethnicity. As such, Korean Wave has been 
 attracting scholarly interests of many researchers of diverse 
disciplines across and beyond Asian regions.

Acknowledging the recent vicennial of the Korean Wave, we welcome papers 
 that revisit studies of the Korean Wave and discuss its present and 
future directions both in and outside of South Korea and Asian regions. 
Topics of interest include but are not limited to whether or how the 
discourse of Korean Wave or Hallyu remains relevant today and to whom, 
new and old sociocultural issues to be explored, South Korean popular 
culture’s interaction with other national/regional popular cultures and 
cultural industries such as Indonesian pop or the hip hop culture in 
China, global implications for the critical study of popular culture in 
a digital age.

Please submit your proposed title, abstract (200 words max), and brief 
bio-data (50 words max) to (MAI-Enquiries /at/ monash.edu) 
<mailto:(MAI-Enquiries /at/ monash.edu)> by 10 Decmber 2017. Please clearly put 
 “Korean Wave” in the subject line. Acceptance of proposals will be 
notified by mid December. Please kindly be advised that we will not be 
able to offer financial support for participants’ travel costs, but we 
will try to cover postgraduate students' accommodation, if partially. 
There will be no registration fee for the conference.

Any enquiries should be directed to (MAI-Enquiries /at/ monash.edu) 
<mailto:(MAI-Enquiries /at/ monash.edu)>


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