Korean literatures: Connecting beyond the division system
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Description
How does the literature of the Korean diaspora make it possible to think beyond the division system? How might diasporic literature create life on the peninsula and beyond possible? Join a panel of scholars, writers, and activists discussing Korean literature of community.
Speaker Bios
Professor Seo-Young Chu (City University New York), author of Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? (2010) and the “Finale” to Asian American Literature in Transition (2021);
Professor Kyung Hee Ha (Meiji University), a researcher and scholar-activist writing on Zainichi Korean organising and identity in contemporary Japan;
Dr Rebekah Jaung, National Unification Advisory Council (NZ Branch) and Korean New Zealanders for a Better Future;
Professor Daniel Y. Kim (Brown), author of The Intimacies of Conflict: Cultural Memory and the Korean War (2020).
Open to all but registration is required.
For more information contact: Dougal McNeill
dougal.mcneill@vuw.ac.nz 04 463 6803