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Topic: |
The Politics of Remembering the Korean War: Blockbuster Films, History, and Social Memory |
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Abstract:
Many of the South Korean blockbuster films released in the 1990s and 2000s deal with contentious issues including the division of Korea, the Korean War, and the dark legacy of the Park Chung Hee regime: Shiri 1999; Joint Security Area 2000; Silmido 2003; Tae Guk Gi 2004; Welcome to Dongmakgol 2005. These films probe the “public memory” that is at the very heart of South Korean national identity. They show that the cinematic rewriting of history is a particularly distinct attempt to rearticulate the cultural narratives that define South Korea. These films also proffer a counternarrative of South Korean history, especially that of the Korean War, by examining the inventory of images and stories that constitute the dominant narrative.
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| Speaker: |
Associate Professor Namhee Lee
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
UCLA International Institute Asia Institute |
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About the
Speaker: |
Associate Professor Namhee Lee is Associate Professor of modern Korean history at UCLA and her publications include The Making of Minjung: Democracy and the Politics of Representation in South Korea (Cornell University Press, 2007) as well as articles on Korean historiography, on Park Chung Hee period, and on social memory and historical novels and films. She is currently working on a book project entitled “Social Memory and Public History in South Korea,” which explores production of historical knowledge outside established academic institutions in the last three decades, examining the debates, tensions, and exchanges generated from historical novels, films exhibitions, festivals, historical restorations (or destructions), and civic historical movements. |
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| Chair: |
Assistant Professor Song Jiyoung
School of Social Sciences
Singapore Management University |
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| Date: |
Friday, 27 March 2015 |
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| Time: |
3.30 pm - 5.00 pm |
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Seminar Room 4.1, Level 4
School of Social Sciences
Singapore Management University
90 Stamford Road
Singapore 178903 |
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| Registration: |
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Light refreshments will be served in the faculty lounge after the seminar.
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