Melbourne Metropolitan Korean Studies Biennial meeting
The Fifth Biennial Melbourne Metropolitan Korean Studies Meeting 2025
Hosted by the Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH)
Date: 6th November 2025
Time: 10am - 4:30pm AEST
Location: Cliftons Melbourne - Collins Street, 1/440 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000
On Thursday 6th of November, Monash Korean Studies Research Hub hosted the Fifth Biennial Melbourne Metropolitan Korean Studies Meeting. This one-day workshop aims to bring together a selection of established and emerging Koreanists from different Melbourne-based universities to showcase their latest research.
Find out about each presentation below:
Time | Event Schedule |
10:00am - 10:30am | Registrations and Morning Tea/Coffee |
10:30am - 10:45am | Opening remarks and welcome speech from Mr Oh Jin-Kwan (Consul-General of the Republic of Korea in Melbourne) |
Keynote address Chair: Lucien Brown | |
10:45am - 11:45am | Seongsu Study: Urban Discourses and Everyday Practices in Korean Society Presenter: Dr Taesik Kim (Monash University Malaysia)
[Bio] Tae-Sik Kim is a Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies at Monash University Malaysia. He received his PhD in Communication Studies from the University of Oklahoma and previously held positions as a postdoctoral researcher and assistant professor at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic. His research focuses on discourses layered in urban everyday practices, particularly as they are shaped by the mobilities of people and culture. He currently leads the strategic project Transnational Interactions: East and Southeast Asia, which seeks to lay the foundation for East Asian studies at Monash Malaysia. As part of this initiative, he has established TransCurrentAsia, a collaborative forum with partners at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and Waseda University. The forum promotes academic dialogue on public discourses that both enable and constrain transnational engagements across Asia. [Abstract] This keynote builds on two recent publications that trace the rapid transformation of Seongsu-dong, a once-industrial district in Seoul now emerging as a major commercial hub. The first study examined the early stages of gentrification, focusing on how linguistic inscriptions intertwined with changing built environments as longstanding factories and workshops gave way to new forms of commerce. It analysed spatial, visual, linguistic, and human associations that propelled linguistic gentrification, showing how industrial languages were gradually marginalized while commercial discourses became dominant. The second study documented the accelerated shifts driven by the proliferation of pop-up stores along Seongsu’s main streets and alleys. These temporary businesses intensified spatial transformation and attracted global and domestic brands that deploy visual–spatial marketing strategies, appealing to consumers eager to perform their cultural tastes on social media. By examining textual and visual inscriptions embedded in the built environment, this research interrogates how material discourses interact with human actors who simultaneously inhabit physical spaces and engage with digital platforms. The dominance of sleek, branded visuals spilling into public spaces reflects the ascendancy of market-oriented discourses that reconfigure neighbourhood identity around consumption. Former industrial sites, once central to local production, now increasingly align with this economy of display, as the most prominent signs advertise spaces for rent rather than goods produced. These studies establish a foundation for further developing this line of research through the analytic lenses of media and communication studies. Seongsu-dong exemplifies wider social transformations in contemporary Korea: the rapid reconfiguration of urban space, the heightened visibility of cultural consumption within a visual-centric media culture, and the intensifying integration of offline marketing and digital platforms. This trajectory also points to the emergence of “pop-up labour,” where temporary staff sustain precarious working conditions while simultaneously consuming and representing the neighbourhood’s cultural capital across digital outlets. By extending this analytic gaze, the keynote presents Seongsu-dong as more than a local case. It is a critical site for understanding how language, space, commerce, media, and labour converge to illuminate the broader dynamics of social transformation in Korea today. |
Session 1 Chair: Lucien Brown | |
11:45am - 12:15am | Secondary Statecraft in Response to Great Power Economic Coercion in the Indo-Pacific Presenter: Dr Alexander M. Hynd (University of Melbourne)  [Bio] Alexander M. Hynd is a Lecturer at the University of Melbourne's Asia Institute, where he researches and teaches Korean politics and international relations. He received his PhD from UNSW Sydney in 2024. Alexander was recently awarded a 2026 Early Career Researcher grant from the University of Melbourne for his work on secondary statecraft. [Abstract] The literature on economic statecraft has been overwhelmingly dominated by analyses of great powers. This paper redirects attention to the economic statecraft of secondary states, developing the concept of secondary statecraft to capture their strategies of resistance, adaptation, and counter-leverage. Through comparative case studies of South Korea and Australia, it examines responses to two distinct sources of pressure: Chinese coercive measures in 2016-/2019-, and the recent imposition of tariffs and protectionist policies by the United States. The analysis demonstrates that secondary states are neither passive victims nor entirely constrained by structural dependence; rather, they deploy a repertoire of tools including diversification, coalition-building, and selective accommodation. By foregrounding agency at the secondary level, this paper contributes to broader debates on economic statecraft and the political economy of great power rivalry, challenging the prevailing great-power bias in the field. |
12:15am - 12:45pm | “Kisses” Protesters vs. “Men in their 20s” (이대남) at the Time of the 2024 December 3 Insurrection: A Comparative Analysis Presenter: Professor Gil-Soo Han (Monash University)  [Bio] Gil-Soo Han is a professor of communications at the School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University, Australia. His areas of research interest include media, religion, health, ethnicities, and nationalism. His recent publications include Nouveau-riche Nationalism and Multiculturalism in Korea (2016, Routledge), Funeral Rites in Contemporary Korea (2019, Springer), Calculated Nationalism in Contemporary South Korea (2023, Amsterdam University Press), and a forthcoming book, Korean Protestantism, Money and Nationalism (2026, Amsterdam University Press/Routledge). [Abstract] The attempted insurrection in South Korea on December 3, 2024, by President Yoon Suk-Yeol served as a crucible, exposing deep-seated rifts in the nation's political and social landscape. While a diverse cross-section of society resisted the unconstitutional move, two distinct, economically disadvantaged groups emerged as ideological foils: the "Kisses" protesters, who were largely young, progressive women, and a significant portion of young conservative men, often referred to as "Men in their 20s" (이대남). Despite their shared economic precarity, their responses to the crisis were diametrically opposed, reflecting fundamentally different worldviews and nationalistic sentiments. This paper will utilize the concept of "Calculated Nationalism" and Margaret Archer's morphogenetic approach to compare and contrast these two groups, arguing that their reactions were shaped by a complex interplay of structure, culture, and agency. |
12:45pm - 1:30pm | Lunch |
Session 2 Chair: Andrew David Jackson | |
1:30pm - 2:00pm | Exploring the impacts of South Korean entertainment media on the gender attitudes of Australian audiences. Presenter: Ms Jacky Watt (Monash University)  [Bio] Jacky Watt is a PhD Candidate in Korean Studies at Monash University, Melbourne. Jacky is an Australian lawyer and holds a Master of Politics and Policy from Deakin University, most recently working as a senior policy officer for the Victorian state government in prevention of family violence and gender equality policy. [Abstract] Australian governments invest significantly in gender equality strategies and advancing the status of women in society. These efforts include addressing harmful or rigid gender norms and attitudes that are prevalent in Australian society, including those depicted in media that Australian audiences consume. My project will explore the impact of K-media consumption on the gender attitudes of Australian audiences, to better understand the ways in which global media and cultural flows impact Australian society, particularly with respect to its gender equality efforts. |
2:00pm - 2:30pm | Oppa: Resemiotization of Korean words in the Asia Pacific Presenter: Associate Professor Lucien Brown (Monash University)  [Bio] Lucien Brown is the Korea Foundation Associate Professor in Korean Studies in the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He conducts research in pragmatics and sociolinguistics, with a particular focus on Korean honorifics, kinship terms, politeness, and gesture. [Abstract] This paper explores the transnational diffusion of the Korean kinship term oppa (‘older brother [of a woman]’), which has become a globally recognized “translingual word” (Kiaer, 2018). In Korea, oppa traditionally refers to male siblings or older male intimates, including boyfriends or admired celebrities. Through the global spread of Korean popular culture, its meaning has narrowed to signify attractive Korean men—especially celebrities—or those embodying a “gentler and more appealing” model of masculinity (Oh, 2024). Now a global phenomenon with over 50 million Google hits and dictionary entries in English and Indonesian (Salazar, 2021; Yannuar & Nazarudin, 2024), oppa has accrued significant cultural capital. Focusing on three Asia Pacific case studies—the Malaysian film Oppa (2024), oppa restaurants in Singapore, and Korean “Oppa rental” services—this paper examines how local practices appropriate oppa’s alluring yet polarising semiotics, challenging established linguistic and cultural hierarchies across the region. |
2:30pm - 3:00pm | Afternoon tea and coffee break |
Session 3 Chair: Gil-Soo Han | |
3:00pm - 3:30pm | Kwangju: The Establishment and Collapse of Rebel Control, May 22-27, 1980 Presenter: Associate Professor Andrew David Jackson (Monash University)  [Bio] Andrew David Jackson is Associate Professor and Director of Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH) at Monash University, Melbourne where he has worked since 2017. He is the author of The Musin Rebellion: Politics and Rebellion in Eighteenth-Century Korea published with the University of Hawai`i Press (2016), and The Late and Post-dictatorship Cinephilia Boom and Art Houses in South Korea published by Edinburgh University Press (2023). He is currently working on a history of social unrest in South Korea. [Abstract] On May 18, 1980, protests erupted against the South Korean military dictatorship in the city of Kwangju, which led to one of the worst outbreaks of peacetime violence in South Korean history. After four days of violence, Kwangju citizens drove the army out of the city and on May 22, 1980, the population awoke to a transformed and peaceful city. For the first time since the 1950-1953 Korean War, it was the people of Kwangju, not the authorities in Seoul, who were in overall command of the city. Between May 22 and 27, rival leadership factions emerged to lead the city, each claiming its legitimacy to rule. During this six-day period, these groups maintained general order, negotiated with military authorities, invited the US government to broker a settlement, and sought to expose the truth about state violence to the world. These groups also engaged in critical debates about the best way to guarantee a rightful legacy for their uprising. They clashed sometimes violently over one issue in particular- the question of disarmament. These leadership groups are vital to our understanding of the Kwangju Uprising because their work during that period has greatly influenced the subsequent historical and symbolic meaning of Kwangju. This presentation examines the emergence of competing leadership groups, the issues that united and divided them; it also investigates their negotiations with the martial law authorities, overseas journalists and attempts to draw the US Embassy into the conflict. I also assess the question of US complicity in the violence and the reasons why the insurrection did not spread to other parts of South Korea. Using Charles Tilly’s political conflict theories, I analyze contemporary media articles, eyewitness testimony, military and medical data to construct an impression of these six days of South Korean history – a period in which ordinary people had revolutionary control over South Korea’s sixth-largest city. |
3:30pm - 4:00pm | Presumed Co-Ethnics: Invisible Boundaries between North and South Koreans in Multiethnic Britain Presenter: Dr Jihye Kim (University of Melbourne)  [Bio] Dr Jihye Kim is a Lecturer in Korean Studies at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne. She specializes in the migration and settlement experiences of diasporic Koreans and has published extensively on Korean migrant communities in Latin America and Europe. She has organized special issues and edited volumes on Korean communities overseas, Korean migration in the Global South, and migration in Europe. Her current research examines the Korean migrant community’s contributions to cultural diversity in Australia, with a focus on Korean restaurant businesses. [Abstract] The UK hosts the largest North Korean immigrant community in Europe, with most settled in New Malden, London’s Koreatown, where they primarily find employment with South Korean–run businesses. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, this study examines the relationships North Korean immigrants have established with their South Korean counterparts in New Malden. The multiethnic environment of their workplaces, along with the shift from an asymmetric majority–minority relationship between the two in South Korea to a more symmetric minority–minority relationship in Britain, contributes to an improved relationship, with prejudice and discrimination by South Koreans against North Koreans significantly diminished. However, in Britain, North Koreans continue to find it difficult to establish close personal relationships with South Koreans, reflecting subtle cultural differences and a lack of shared experiences and memories, which translates into an enduring invisible boundary between the two groups. Analyzing how North Korean immigrants construct the Other in the course of secondary migration, this research further suggests that the concept of hanminjok, or a single Korean ethno-nation, needs reexamining in a complex migration context such as that of North Koreans in the UK. |
4:00pm - 4:30pm | Round Table discussion & Closing remarks |
The Fourth Biennial Melbourne Metropolitan Korean Studies Meeting 2023
Hosted by the Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH)
Date: 27th October 2023
Time: 9am - 5pm AEST
Location: Monash College, 750 Collins St, Room 841, Level 8 (Studio Room)
Time | Event Schedule |
9:00am - 10:00am | Registrations and Morning Tea/Coffee |
10:00am - 10:20am | Opening remarks Korean Consul-General Mr Chang Hoon Yi |
Session 1 Chair: Assoc. Prof. Andy Jackson | |
10:20am - 10:50am | Defining competencies for training non-native Korean speaking teachers: A Q methodology approach.Presenter: Dr Nicola Fraschini (University of Melbourne) [Co-researchers: Su Eun Kim (Soongsil University) & Hyunjin Park (Joenju University)] [Bio] Nicola Fraschini is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne Asia Institute, where he is the coordinator of the Korean language program. Previously he held positions at the Sogang University Korean Language Education Centre and at the University of Western Australia. His research interests are foreign language learner and teacher emotions, motivation, and Q methodology. His research has been published in journals such as the Modern Language Journal and Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, and he is co-author of Mission Accomplished: Korean, a two-volume textbook series for Korean language learners. [Abstract] Learners of Korean are increasing in many educational contexts around the world, but this growth can only be sustained by training qualified local non-native teachers. Unfortunately, research on non-native Korean speaking teachers is still limited compared to teachers of other languages. This paper addresses this issue and identifies native and non-native Korean speaking professionals’ subjective perspectives on the main competencies needed by non-native teachers to inform the future development of teacher training programs. Following a Q methodology protocol, 35 teachers sorted 42 statements related to non-native Korean teacher competencies. The analysis of the sorts identified four factors, or main perspectives. Factor 1 stresses the ability to adapt teaching to the context and the learners, and proficient command of Korean. Factor 2 stresses the importance of pursuing continuous professional development without deeming a near-native language proficiency essential. Factor 3 stresses the need to love the language and the ability to maintain advanced language skills. Factor 4 again stresses the need to love the Korean language and the profession, and the importance of a strong sense of responsibility as an educator. Results are discussed with reference to the implementation of teacher training programs. |
10:50am - 11:20am | The Church That Lays Money, Honour, and Power: Catalysts for Hereditary Succession of Head Minister in South Korean Churches Presenter: Prof. Gil-Soo Han (Monash University) [Bio]Gil-Soo Han is a Professor of Communications and Media Studies at Monash University. His areas of research interest include the sociology of media, religion, health, ethnicity, and nationalism. His recent publications include Calculated Nationalism in Contemporary South Korea (2023, Amsterdam University Press), Funeral Rites in Contemporary Korea: The Business of Death (Springer, 2019), and Nouveau-riche Nationalism and Multiculturalism in Korea (2016, Routledge). He is the Principal Investigator of a global research project of the Laboratory Program for Korean Studies (2018-2025, Funded by the Academy of Korean Studies). [Abstract] |
11:20am - 11:50am | Vernacular Visions in North and South Korea: Intra-Translation and Ideologies of National Literature Presenter: Dr. Daniel Pieper (Monash University) [Bio] Daniel Pieper is the Korea Foundation Lecturer in Korean Studies at Monash University. He specializes in modern Korean language and literary history. His most recent monograph (University of Toronto Press, forthcoming) focusses on the emergence of vernacular Korean as a discrete subject in modern schools, the textual differentiation process of cosmopolitan Hanmun and vernacular Korean, and the role of language ideology in directing language standardization in pre-colonial and colonial-era Korea. His current research focusses on the divergence of language standardization in North and South Korea after 1945 and the implications for reunification. [Abstract] |
11:50am - 12:50pm | Lunch |
Keynote Address Chair: Dr. Hyein Cho | |
12:50pm - 1:35pm | The Genuine Object: Albums and Fandom Legitimacy in Korea
[Bio]Fascinated by the factors driving consumption, the convergence of major cultural phenomena, and the mechanics of related policies, Roald Maliangkay analyses Korean cultural industries, performance, and fandom from the early twentieth century to the present. He is the author of Broken Voices: Broken Voices: Postcolonial Entanglements and the Preservation of Korea’s Central Folksong Traditions (Hawai`i University Press, 2017) and co-editor of K-pop: The international rise of the Korean music industry (Routledge, 2015). [Abstract] |
Session 2 Chair: Dr. Hyein Cho | |
1:35pm - 2:05pm | South Korean Videotheques in the 1980s-1990s and the South Korean film Renaissance Presenter: Assoc. Prof Andrew David Jackson (Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub) [Bio] Andrew David Jackson is currently Associate Professor, convenor of Korean Studies and director of the Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub at Monash University, Melbourne, where he has worked since 2017. Prior to this, he taught Korean Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Andrew is interested in modern and premodern Korean history and society, North and South Korean film, and theories of rebellion and revolution. [Abstract] The late-1980s to mid-1990s saw a brief blooming of cinephilia and art film consumption in South Korea, unprecedented in its cinematic history. Many participants saw (and still see) their involvement in this cinephilia as more than a love for movies. The consumption of Tarkovsky, Kiarostami, and Angelopoulos films by Korean cinephiles was part of a bottom-up attempt at the cultural reconstruction of a society just recently unshackled from decades of military rule. Much of this cinephilia occurred in pioneering private cinemas called cinematheques or videotheques. Members of these exhibition spaces pooled resources to establish extensive collections of films from around the world. While many scholars have noted the importance of this flowering of cinephilia, few have discussed the particular creativity of these videotheques and the specific connections between the activities of these spaces and the subsequent development of South Korean cinema. This paper is a historical examination of the growth and decline of the cinematheque movement, focusing on their formation, organization, educational activities, screenings, use of festivals, sources of finance, material challenges and uncomfortable relationship with the authorities. In my research, I use ideas about the creation of film cultures by Jane Harbord and the organization of spaces by Doreen Massey. My study is based on data collected from interviews, surveys, and personal correspondence with some of the pioneers of the videotheque movement. |
2:05pm - 2:35pm | Tea and coffee break |
Session 3 Chair: Dr. Daniel Pieper | |
2:35pm - 3:05pm | Knowledge Production in Security Studies: The Case of Korea [Bio] Maria Rost Rublee is an Associate Professor of International Relations at Monash University, with expertise in international relations, including nuclear politics, maritime security, and gender and diversity in national security. She is President of Women in International Security-Australia and a non-resident fellow at the Royal Australian Navy Sea Power Centre. Her research agenda on the social construction of national security is internationally recognized, leading to an award-winning monograph, two edited books, 21 peer-reviewed articles, and 16 book chapters. Rublee has received grants from the United States Institute of Peace, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Australian Department of Defence, the Canadian Department of Defence, the Asia:NZ Foundation, and the Japan Foundation. [Abstract] In this paper, I analyse a data set of all research articles published over the past 10 years in 14 security-related journals to analyse 1) how many articles relate to Korea and 2) how many authors located at institutions within Korea have published in these journals. My paper will theorize about the significant dearth of both Korea-related research and Korean-based researchers in global security studies, asking the following four questions: Who is permitted to participate in knowledge production about international security? Why is Korea not a valid case for generalisation in security studies? What are security studies losing out on because Korea is not used as a case for theory building and testing? What is Korean studies losing out on because Korea is not used as a case for theory building and testing? |
3:05pm - 3:35pm | Participatory transitional justice as anticipatory project: North Korea, diasporas, and uncertain futures Presenter: Assoc. Prof Danielle Chubb (Deakin University) [Bio] Danielle Chubb is an Associate Professor of International Relations at Deakin University. She has authored books on Australian public opinion and foreign policy, transnational activism, and inter-Korean relations. Danielle is currently co-editor of the Australian Institute of International Affair’s Australia in the World Series and an Associate Editor with Foreign Policy Analysis. [Abstract] This paper explores the anticipatory, transnational nature of transitional justice in North Korea. Much of the literature points to the importance and value of grassroots, participatory transitional justice approaches in accountability, truth-telling, commemoration, and reconciliation efforts. In the case of North Korea, the state political system prevents such activities from developing in-country, and the diaspora, which might approximate a grassroots community, largely consists of escapees whose ties to their home country are either non-existent, or secretive and fraught with risk. By bringing together existing knowledge about the North Korean diaspora, the efforts of human rights and transitional justice advocates and the experience of transitional justice in other contexts, we argue that, when it comes to North Korea, the participatory elements of the anticipatory transitional justice efforts are necessarily transnational and must be focused on enabling conditions for a future transition scenario. These findings help contextualise the purpose of anticipatory work on North Korean transitional justice and provide insight into how these efforts might be adapted to better approximate those of a grassroots, participatory community. |
3:35pm - 4:15pm | Round Table discussion |
4:15pm - 4:35pm | Closing remarks |
The Third Biennial Melbourne Metropolitan Korean Studies Meeting 2022
Hosted by the Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH)
On Friday, the 17th of June, Monash Korean Studies Research Hub hosted the Third Biennial Melbourne Metropolitan Korean Studies meeting. The one-day workshop showcased the latest research of senior Koreanists from different Australia-based universities and provided a space to discuss current opportunities and challenges facing Korean Studies. You can watch some of the presentations from the day in the playlist below. The videos in the playlist follow the order of presentations as listed in the schedule at the bottom of this page.
Date: 17th June 2022
Time: 10am - 5pm AEST (registrations open 9:00am, presentations begin 10am)
Location: Monash University Clayton Campus Sports Centre, Premiers room / Zoom
Time | Session |
9:00am - 10:00am | Registrations |
10:00am - 10:10am | Opening remarks Dr Andrew David Jackson |
Session 1: The Korean Peninsula Chair: Dr Andrew David Jackson | |
10:10am - 10:40am | Why don’t you come out and change society? Coalition politics inside South Korea’s candlelight rallies of 2016/17
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10:40am - 11:10am | Soju advertising from 1960 to the present: A journey through 60 years of visual culture and language
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11:10am - 11:40am | Knowledge production of "security" in the Asia-Pacific |
11:40am – 12:40pm | Lunch |
Session 2 Chair: Dr Maria Rost Rublee | |
12:40pm - 1:10pm | The Significance of Sociality and Exhibition Spaces for Art film Audiences in South Korea
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1:10pm - 1:40pm | North Korea as a method* Presenter: Dr Jay Song |
1:40pm - 2:10pm | Tea and coffee break |
Session 3: Australia-Korea relations and education Chair: Dr Lucien Brown | |
2:10pm - 2:40pm | Developing future business leaders to advance the Australia-Korea relationship Presenter: Prof. Patrick Butler Insights from Monash Business School and Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Business School exchange programs and student visits at MBA and Executive MBA levels are developed. |
2:40pm - 3:10pm | Transitional Justice in Korea: A Role for Australia? Presenters: Dr Danielle Chubb and Dr Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings |
3:10pm - 3:40pm | The Future of Korean Studies in Australia: Challenges and Opportunities Presenter: Prof. Bronwen Dalton |
3:40pm - 4:10pm | Round Table discussion |
4:10pm - 4:20pm | Closing remarks |
The Second Biennial Melbourne Metropolitan Korean Studies Meeting 2020
Hosted by the Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH)
On 17 July, we hosted the 2020 Melbourne Metropolitan Korean Studies Biennial Meeting. This was the second such event, which is aimed at gathering together academics in the Melbourne metropolitan area who teach and research in areas related to Korean Studies. The event featured online talks from A/P Andrew Jackson, Dr Adam Zulawnik, Dr Lucien Brown, Dr Niall McMahon, Ms Jung-Sim Kim, Dr Anita Dewi (all Monash University), Dr Danielle Chubb, Dr Nazanin Zadeh Cummings (Deakin University), Dr Ryan Gustafsson (University of Melbourne) and Mr Christian Caiconte (University of Sydney).
Date: 17th July, 2020
10:30 - 12:00: Opening and research presentations 1
Opening remarks: Dr. Adam Antoni Zulawnik (Monash University)
- Dr. Adam Antoni Zulawnik (Monash University)
New Publication Focused Student Research Unit at Monash University
- Dr. Danielle Chubb and Dr. Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings (Deakin University)
Human rights and humanitarianism in North Korea: disability rights and the quest for common ground
- Dr. Ryan Gustafsson (University of Melbourne)
Adopted Koreans Living in Korea Project: Notes and Preliminary Findings
12:00 – 12:30: Break
12:30 – 1:30: Monash University Library Update
Ms. Jung-Sim Kim (Monash University)
Korean Databases at the Monash University Library
Ms. Anita Dewi (Monash University)
Developing Monash University Korean Studies students’ employability skills through a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) internship program in the library
1:30 – 3:00: Research presentations 2
- Assoc. Prof. Andrew David Jackson (Monash University)
The 1990s Art-house Film Boom and the Dongsung Cinematheque
- Dr. Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings (Centre for Humanitarian Leadership)
North Korea’s Approach to International Assistance in Words and Practice
- Dr. Lucien Brown (Monash University) & Dr. Soung-U Kim (SOAS, University of London)
A Qualitative Study of Korean Politeness Metaconcepts
3:00 - 3:30: Break
3:30 - 5:00: Research presentations 3 and Conclusion
- Mr. Christian Caiconte (University of Sydney)
The Enjoyment of Being a Leader: Fantasy and Misrecognition in Korea’s Saemaul (New Village) Movement
- Dr. Niall McMahon (Monash University)
Invisible targets: Kang Je-kyu’s My Way (2011) and the representation of World War II in the South Korean historical film
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New Publication Focused Student Research Unit at Monash University
Dr. Adam Antoni Zulawnik (Monash University)
With the growing popularity in Korean Translation and recent expansion of Translation Focused units to include Korean streams at both undergraduate and graduate levels at Monash University, Monash Korean Studies is pleased to announce the creation of a new student research-focused unit titled Korean Research Project (ATS3321). Set to commence in semester 2, 2020, this elite third-year unit will allow for Korean Studies researchers at Monash to engage with advanced Korean Studies students in a research project focusing on various subfields in Korean Studies. The inaugural run, which I will be supervising, will focus on the translation of the highly-regarded book Talbuk Yeongung samsibsamin teukbyeol inteobyu (tentative English title: Exclusive Interviews with 33 North Korean Defector Heroes (Bybooks, 2019). This presentation is aimed at introducing the text and the primary pedagogical objectives and structure of the unit.
Biography:
Adam is an Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Monash. Adam's research interests include translation theory, Korean/Japanese Studies, East Asia relations, history, politics, and language. His doctorate (2018) focused on the theoretical and functional issues behind the translation of controversial documents juxtaposed against Korea-Japan relations. Adam is part of the Monash University Korean Studies team working to expand a Korean Studies nexus in Australia through funding from the AKS and has taught introductory and proficient levels of Korean as well as Korean translation. His most recent publication is “Death to the translator!” – a case study on risk in translation (AALITRA Review, 2020, forthcoming).
Human rights and humanitarianism in North Korea: disability rights and the quest for common ground
Dr. Danielle Chubb (Deakin University) & Dr. Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings
Human rights activists and humanitarian aid agencies have taken different and often competing approaches to human security in the DPRK. This paper examines this division from the perspective of engagement with people with disabilities, on which issue the international community and the DPRK have opened up a rare dialogue, and considers whether disability advocacy represents a potential cooperative space between human rights activists and humanitarians. The paper draws on insights from the disability rights literature and from debates over the role of the SDG agenda in facilitating specific discourses on human security. Insights from interviews with human rights and humanitarian actors working on North Korea are then considered in the light of this body of scholarship. The findings of this paper will have implications for scholars and practitioners interested in the potential for certain rights issues to become spaces for engagement rather than contestation.
Biography:
Dr Danielle Chubb is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University and a founding member of the POLIS group in the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University. Her research interests include the interplay of human rights, peace and security norms (particularly on the Korean peninsula), the role that transnational activists play in shaping normative and policy agendas and creating change, and Australian foreign policy and public opinion.
Dr. Ryan Gustafsson (University of Melbourne)
Adopted Koreans Living in Korea Project: Notes and Preliminary Findings
This paper will provide an overview of my ongoing project investigating the experiences of adopted Koreans who have decided to return to Korea to live. It is estimated that 3-5,000 adopted Koreans return to Korea each year; a small portion decide to stay for extended periods of time. In this interview and fieldwork-based project, I focus on three dimensions of these adopted Koreans’ experiences: racial embodiment, ‘adoptee identity,’ and sense of community. In this presentation, I will share some preliminary findings and methodological challenges that have arisen during this project.
Biography:
Dr. Ryan Gustafsson is an Honorary Fellow at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne. Trained in social theory and continental philosophy, they currently conduct research on Korean transnational adoption, with a focus on racial embodiment and subjectivity. Their most recent publication is a co-edited book, Philosophies of Difference: Nature, Racism, and Sexuate Difference (Routledge, 2018). Their other research interests include philosophies of nature, phenomenology of race, and trans studies.
Korean Databases at the Monash University Library
Ms. Jung-Sim Kim (Monash University)
The Monash University Library provides more than ten Korean databases. For those who didn’t know about it, I will explore Korean databases page from the Korean Studies Library Guide at Monash University. Then, I will select two or three databases and will demonstrate how to search and retrieve Korean articles from the selected databases effectively for users’ research and teaching. To use full-text articles are only for Monash University staff and students or visitors who are using the visitors’ PC in the Library. Non-Monash users can also search Korean databases for references, even though they cannot get the full-text articles.
Biography:
Jung-Sim Kim is the Korean Studies Librarian at Monash University in Australia who works with researchers, and academics on the effective use of Korea-related resources. Her role is providing research and learning support on Korea at Monash University as well as in Australia.
Ms. Anita Dewi (Monash University)
Developing Monash University Korean Studies students’ employability skills through a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) internship program in the library
This paper elaborates a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) library internship program for Monash University Korean Studies students. The internship is a collaboration between Korean Studies - Faculty of Arts and the Library, which aim is to enhance the employability skills of Korean Studies students. It takes place as a six credit-point WIL unit, offered to undergraduate students who are taking or have taken at least one Korean Language or Korean Studies unit, either as a major or as an elective. The AKS grant has also enabled interns to attend relevant professional development training sessions as identified by host-supervisors in the library.
Biography:
Anita Dewi is a Research and Learning Coordinator, the Library Arts Team leader, and Learning Skills Adviser for Asian Studies and languages at Monash University Library. Her responsibilities include overseeing the Asian Collections and coordinating library research and learning initiatives and activities related to them. Her research interests include work integrated learning, language, identity and culture
The 1990s Art-house Film Boom and the Dongsung Cinematheque
Assoc. Prof. Andrew David Jackson (Monash University)
The years 1994-1998 saw a brief art-house film boom in South Korea that is unprecedented in its cinematic history. At the centre of this boom were the activities of Lee Kwang-mo, who is also known for directing the film Spring in my Hometown (1999). Lee founded the art-house film import and distribution company Baekdudaegan and the Dongsung Cinematheque – a cinema that went on to gain official state-sanctioned status as the first art-house film specialist theatre. The cinema attempted to transform viewing practices and establish a new relationship with film consumers. This paper looks into these transformations in film programming, screening and education carried out at the Dongsung Cinematheque. It also investigates the impact of the Dongsung Cinematheque on the art-house film boom in South Korea.
Biography:
Andrew David Jackson is currently Associate Professor of Korean Studies at Monash University, Melbourne, where he has worked since 2017. Prior to this, he taught Korean Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He obtained his PhD in Korean history from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in 2011, and he wrote a dissertation on the Musin rebellion of 1728. As well as premodern history, Andrew is interested in modern Korean history and society, South Korean film, and theories of rebellion and revolution.
North Korea’s Approach to International Assistance in Words and Practice
Dr. Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings (Centre for Humanitarian Leadership)
Although North Korea was a long-term recipient of assistance from socialist states before the 1990s, becoming a partner to the international aid system required a steep learning curve. This project will investigate how North Korea communicates to international audiences about aid cooperation, using English-language sources of North Korean media. While it is important to note that the data draws from North Korean sources intended for an outside audience and cannot be mistaken for domestic dialogue or messages intended for mass consumption inside the country, the research provides an avenue for discerning how North Korea communicates its interests to the rest of the world.
Biography:
I am a lecturer in humanitarian studies and associate director for research at the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership, a Deakin University/Save the Children partnership. My research is focused on humanitarian aid in North Korea. I teach on a Master's of humanitarian assistance and enjoy critical reflection on the humanitarian aid sector.
A Qualitative Study of Korean Politeness Metaconcepts
Dr. Lucien Brown (Monash University) & Dr. Soung-U Kim (SOAS, University of London)
This study uses qualitative interview data to investigate the ways that Korean speakers conceptualize linguistic politeness. In contrast to previous studies that offer impressionistic accounts of concepts such as kongson ‘civility’ and yeyuy ‘etiquette’, our investigation shows that Korean speakers conceptualize politeness not only in terms of following social rules, but moreover in showing consideration (paylye) for others and not hurting their feelings (kipwun). In addition to using recognized politeness-related lexemes such as yeyuy ‘etiquette’ and concwung ‘respect’, participants talked about politeness in terms of feeling (un)comfortable ((pwul)phyenhata), revealing hitherto unexplored emic ways that Korean speakers conceptualize politeness.
Biography:
Lucien Brown is Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies at Monash University. His research is in Korean linguistics, focussing on the usage, social meaning and multimodal manifestation of honorifics and other politeness-related phenomena. He is the author of Korean Honorifics and Politeness in Second Language Learning (John Benjamins), co-author of Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge) and co-editor of The Handbook of Korean Linguistics (Wiley). He also serves as Editor for Korean Linguistics and Associate Editor for Journal of Pragmatics.
Invisible targets: Kang Je-kyu’s My Way (2011) and the representation of World War II in the South Korean historical film
Dr. Niall McMahon (Monash University)
The combat sequence is often considered the dramatic core of the war film genre. Kang Je-kyu’s My Way (2011) demonstrates this ideal by utilizing its depiction of battle to develop its central theme, namely, the Korean cultural concept of han. The narrative and formal construction of combat, specifically the use of its central characters, evokes han to simultaneously depict Korea’s historical oppression during World War II alongside the chance of a brighter future for the nation outside of Japanese rule. This paper examines My Way’s key combat sequences to explore how and why their narrative and formal construction evokes han.
Biography:
Niall McMahon is a Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow operating at Monash University, Victoria, and is a dedicated scholar of film studies and Korean studies. His work specialises in South Korean cinema and the historical film genre, specifically the films that that depict Korean geopolitical conflict in the 20th Century.
The Enjoyment of Being a Leader: Fantasy and Misrecognition in Korea’s Saemaul (New Village) Movement
Mr. Christian Caiconte (University of Sydney)
Despite their relevance to the success of the Park Chung Hee regime, the role played by the state-appointed leaders of the Saemaul (New Village) Movement has been obscured by approaches such as the developmental state theory that emphasise the power of the Korean state over a “weak” Korean labour. Drawing on the Lacanian psychoanalytic concepts of surplus enjoyment, misrecognition, and fantasy, this paper argues that the debate on Korea’s late development is incomplete without a theorisation of the agency of these half-bureaucrat and half-peasant subjects who agreed with and willingly worked for the regime.
Biography:
Christian Caiconte is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney, and a Korea Foundation Fellowship for Graduate Studies recipient. His research interests are at the intersection of political economy, psychoanalysis, and development studies. His doctoral thesis articulates a Marxist-psychoanalytic critique of capitalist development in South Korea.
The First Biennial Melbourne Metropolitan Korean Studies Meeting 2018
Monash University Korean Studies, Melbourne, Australia.
Date: Friday 12 October 2018
Time: 10am – 5pm (AEDT)
Location: Building S, S9.01 / S9.02 Caulfield Campus, Melbourne
Abstracts and Biographies of Speakers
Dr Lucien Brown
Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies, Monash University
‘Linguistic Politeness in Korean: Prosody and Gesture’
In this talk, I outline the findings so far of an ongoing collaborative research project looking at nonverbal modalities that are involved in the communication of linguistic politeness in Korean. The research focusses on how Korean speakers use prosody, gestures and nonverbal behaviour to co-signal the distinction between deferential speech (i.e. chondaenmal) and non-deferential speech (i.e. panmal). The results show that this distinction is robustly marked across all of these modalities. When speaking deferentially, Korean speakers tend to employ lower pitch, decreased intensity, reduced speech rate and a more monotonous prosody. They also adopt more compact body positions and curtail the use of informal nonverbal behaviours, such as self-touching and certain eyebrow movements. In terms of manual gestures, they use a smaller gesture space and the iconicity of gestures becomes constrained. The results only lend partial support to previous universalist claims regarding the association between nonverbal modalities and politeness (Brown and Levinson, 1987; Ohala, 1984; Gussenhoven, 2004), although they fit well with Hübscher et al’s (2017) notion of “prosodic mitigation”. In the talk, I will demonstrate how politeness in Korean is robustly indexed through a large and variegated set of nonverbal cues, making it an inherently multimodal phenomenon. I conclude by discussing the implications of this research for our understanding of politeness in Korean, and for Korean linguistics more generally.
Bio:
Lucien Brown is Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies at Monash University. An applied linguist by training, his research looks at how speakers of Korean use verbal language and other modalities to communicate social meanings, including politeness, sarcasm, and identity.
Senior Lecturer in International Relations,
Deakin University
‘Conditions for change? Evaluating existing mechanisms for improving human rights in North Korea.’
The idea that it is possible to bring about change inside North Korea, from the outside-in, frames transnational state and non-state responses to that country’s human rights situation. This research project proposes to first explore the burgeoning literature available on how and when human rights change in repressive contexts is possible, noting that scholars find that ‘hard case’ states like North Korea – where no local dissident groups are visible – do not fit within existing models of change. It then investigates the various narratives that have developed around North Korean human rights in the civil society realm and maps how these have translated into state responses, both at the domestic level (in South Korea, the U.S. and Europe), as well as within the United Nations system. The aim is to uncover the various formal and informal mechanisms employed by state and non-state actors, aimed at bringing about change in North Korea. It identifies and interrogates the various mechanisms – both formal and informal – that are being employed by state and non-state actors to being about human rights change inside North Korea. These include mechanisms with an external-change logic, such as transnational legal mobilization, sanctions and naming-and-shaming, as well as mechanisms with an internal-change logic, such as grassroots information dissemination campaigns.
Bio:
Danielle Chubb is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Deakin University (Melbourne). Her most recent books are North Korean human rights: activists and networks (co-edited with Andrew Yeo, Cambridge University Press, 2018) and Contentious Activism and inter-Korean relations (Columbia University Press, 2014).
Dr Ben Habib
Lecturer in International Relations
La Trobe University
‘Sustainability transition and the social ecology of environment movements in South Korea’
South Korea is a fascinating case study for environmental politics. The inertia of anthropocentric developmentalist logic, remnants of the authoritarian developmental state, strategic competition with the DPRK and the impacts of local and transnational environmental problems, interplay with a dynamic and broad-based democratisation movement to produce a unique assemblage of environmental movements.
Within that context, this paper explores the roles of relationships between key actors within South Korean environmentalisms, and further asks what this tell us about the sustainability transition process in South Korea. The sustainability transition involves transformational processes across a number of inter-related domains—environment, ontology, economy, politics and governance, culture, and technology—shifting societies from unsustainable to sustainable modes of production, consumption and exchange. This paper identifies the key actors operating in each domain in order to construct a networked map of sustainability transition in South Korea.
The paper finds that actors involved in the sustainability transition draw from across and beyond environmental movements to encompass government, corporate interests, academia and social entrepreneurs in a dynamic “social ecosystem,” in which each actor plays an important (though not necessarily linear) role in the progression of the overall transition process. The role played by environmental movement actors within this ecosystem is an important one, providing the social networks and the political pressure that ensures sustainability transition is a participatory process rather than a series of siloed technical projects.
Bio:
Dr. Ben Habib is a Lecturer in International Relations at La Trobe University. He is an internationally published scholar researching the relationships between grassroots sustainability projects, environmental movements and international climate politics, in addition to his previous research on North Korean security. Ben is a regular visitor to Korea and in 2017 led an environment and sustainability-themed student study tour to Seoul for La Trobe University undergraduate students. Ben also teaches into the Permaculture Design Course at CERES Community Environment Park in Melbourne, focusing on the application of permaculture design principles to socio-economic systems.
Dr Maria Rost Rublee
Associate Professor,
International Relations
Chair, International Security Studies Section, ISA
Department of Politics and International Relations
Monash University
‘North Korean Nuclear Belligerency: Patterns and Practices’
North Korean nuclear behaviour is puzzling even for experts. From declarations of their willingness to negotiate, to aggressive diplomatic threats, to actual missile and nuclear tests, the country cycles between promises of cooperation and belligerency. The stakes are high: not only can North Korea kill millions with its nuclear weapons, but also its nuclear capabilities undermine confidence in U.S. extended deterrence and threaten to cause a nuclear arms race in the region. Using a comprehensive, newly created data set and quantitative analysis, this project seeks to shed new light on this dangerous cyclical nuclear belligerency. While experts generally agree that North Korea is motivated by domestic, economic and security factors, analysis of Pyongyang’s behaviour remains at a superficial level. This project seeks to significantly deepen our understanding of what motivates North Korean behaviour and propels its patterns of dangerous proliferation.
Bio:
Maria Rost Rublee is an expert in international security and nuclear politics specifically. She uses social psychology and constructivism to understand how elites and the public construct notions of security and safety. Rublee has won multiple international grants and awards.
Dr Jay Song
Senior Lecturer, Korean Studies
The University of Melbourne.
‘Three waves of Korean migration to Australia: 1950-2020’
South Korea is Australia's fourth largest trading partner with common strategic interests. Yet, our knowledge on Korea and the Korean community in Australia is still limited. The interdisciplinary team uses Complexity Theory to explain three waves of Korean migration into six Australian cities, the first following the Korean war, the second around the Vietnam war and the third in the post-Cold war globalisation until today. The project produces extensive new data from fieldwork, in-depth analyses on various factors for migration, computer-assisted simulations and data visualisation. The benefits of the study are significant for improving the quality of Korean and migration studies as well as strengthening Australia-Korea relations.
Bio:
Jay Song is a senior lecturer in Korean Studies at the University of Melbourne. Her current research interests are on migration and human rights in the Asia-Pacific region. Latest publications include “The emergence of North Korean defector-activists in transnational activism,” in Danielle Chubb and Andrew Yeo eds. Transnational Activism and International Discourses on North Korean human rights (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018); “North Korean Secondary Asylum in the United Kingdom,” Migration Studies, https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnx074, 2018; and 2017. “Co-evolution of networks and discourses: a case of North Korean defector-activists,” Australian Journal of International Affairs 71(3), pp. 284-299.
Dr Jessica Walton
Senior Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (Deakin University).
‘What does it mean to be ‘from’ South Korea? Understanding Korean Australian adoptees’ experiences through emplaced interviewing’
This paper focuses on the experiences of adult Korean adoptees in Australia, which is part of a larger study funded by the Academy of Korean Studies about Korean migrants in Australia and New Zealand. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 20 Korean Australian adoptees, I argue that the idea of connection to a place of birth, such as South Korea, is not automatically given or understood as already connected. Instead, what it means to be ‘from’ a place and what it means to ‘feel’ a connection to a particular place are non-linear works-in-progress. To deepen this understanding of dis/connections to place, I approach the interview as a “social encounter – an event – that is inevitably both emplaced and productive of place” (Pink 2015). By drawing attention to place, the experiences told through the interview are also works-in-progress as adoptees make sense of what it means to be transnationally adopted.
Bio
Dr Jessica Walton is a Senior Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (Deakin University). Her research is on the anthropology/sociology of education, race and ethnic relations, and migration. She has a book due for publication with Routledge on Korean adoptees, embodiment and emotion (June 2019).
Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings
Lecturer in Humanitarian Studies
Deakin University
‘NGOs, aid, and sanctions in the DPRK’
In this presentation, Ms Zadeh-Cummings will be looking at the factors that have influenced NGO access in the DPRK from 1995-2016. She will present a summary of her findings, then discuss the element of sanctions which did not play a huge role in this time period but have since become a critical issue for humanitarians attempting to work in the DPRK.
Bio:
Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings is a lecturer in humanitarian studies at Deakin University’s Centre for Humanitarian Leadership. She is in the final weeks of completing her PhD on humanitarian non-governmental organisations working in the DPRK. She has studied humanitarianism and international relations in the UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Indonesia, and Hong Kong.
Dr Adam Antoni Zulawnik
Teaching Associate, Korean/Translation Studies, Monash University
‘Translating Political Discourse in a Korea-Japan Relations Context’
In this paper I discuss and illustrate some of the issues faced when translating political and history-related discourse within the context of Korea-Japan relations. Predominantly focusing on Korean and Japanese to English translation, I highlight some of the stark semantic changes that lexicon undergoes during the process of translation depending on translator and/or source culture ideology and, more importantly, the translation skopos, or translation “aim”. As part of my translation methodology, I draw upon relevant Translation Studies theory, exemplifying some of the complexities of translation in politically heated contexts. I provide examples from my own translation work and research (Zulawnik, 2016) including recently completed PhD thesis (2018) and other translation work (Forthcoming, 2019) pertaining to Korea-Japan relations and history. As much of the primary sources pertaining to Korea-Japan relations that are readily available now tend to be short excerpts translated by researchers themselves vested in the discourse, I conclude arguing that there is a need for increased research into translation issues as well as more “documentary” scholarly translation activity in the context of Korea-Japan relations so as to allow for potentially less-biased scholarship.
Bio:
Adam completed his BA in Korean and Japanese Studies at the University of Auckland before coming to Australia in 2012. He completed a Combined Honours (1st Class) in Korean and Japanese Studies at Monash University in the same year followed by a PhD (Translation Studies – Japanese and Korean, 2018) which focused on the translation of “controversy” in the context of South Korea-Japan relations exemplified through a complete translation of the highly controversial, best-selling Japanese graphic novel Manga Kenkanryū (Hate Hallyu: The Comic) by Yamano Sharin (2005). Adam is currently a teaching associate and researcher in Korean and Translation Studies at Monash University and is working on a number of research and translation projects as part of Monash University’s Academy of Korean Studies University Core Grant.
Dr Mohita Roman
Monash University
Bio:
Mohita Roman has joined Monash University as Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Korean Studies Program. A Modern Korean Studies researcher, Mohita holds a PhD from Monash University in Korean Studies, Faculty of Arts and a Masters in Korean Studies from the Department of Korean Studies, Yonsei University in South Korea. She completed BA (Hons) in Korean Language and Culture from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Mohita also holds an advanced diploma in Korean language from Kyung Hee University.
Her doctoral research focused on the local-transnational dynamics of the Korean Comfort Women movement. It drew on frame theory and Transnational Advocacy Network (TAN) theory to study how non-state movement actors are actively engaged in the process of framing the Comfort Women issue to maximize mobilization of target audiences and the socio-cultural and political contextual constraints and opportunities that influence this process and outcomes.
Mohita was awarded a Korea Foundation Scholarship for her doctoral Studies at Monash University and she undertook extensive fieldwork in Korea and Japan during her Masters and Doctoral study.
Emeritus Professor J. Bruce Jacobs
Monash University
Bio:
J. Bruce Jacobs, Professor of Asian Languages and Studies, received his AB., MA and PhD degrees from Columbia University in the United States.He also studied as a postgraduate student in the History Research Institute of National Taiwan University and has been an Exchange Scholar and a Concurrent Professor at Nanjing University. A specialist in Chinese and Taiwan politics and society, his publications include many books, journal articles and book chapters in Chinese and English.
This work was supported by the Core University Program for Korean Studies through the Ministry of
Education of the Republic of Korea and Korean Studies Promotion Service of the Academy of Korean
Studies (AKS-2017-OLU-2250002).
