Transpacific Korean War Symposium

The Transpacific Korean War Symposium at Duke University brings together leading scholars in North America and South Korea from multiple disciplines with expertise in different geographic areas to present their scholarship on the Korean War. This event is open to members of the community; advance registration is requested : https://forms.gle/w1LF6U25csaUGUfWA Conference website: https://sites.duke.edu/transpacifickoreanwar/ About the conference: Exploring the multiscalar, multi-sited, and muti-faceted dimensions of the Korean War that exceed the monolithic representation of it as a discrete temporal and spatial historical event limited to the Korean peninsula, presenters focus on the echoes and shadows, in other words, the histories, places, and peoples who have been absented from the dominant cartographical imaginary of the Korean War: the Pacific islands, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. Indebted to indigenous studies scholars and feminist theorists of color, the symposium posits the transpacific as a counter-hegemonic praxis to unearth the unsaid, the unseen, and the unheard geographies, ontoepistemologies, and entanglements of the Korean War. Opening new pathways for transdisciplinary research in the humanities, the symposium creates a space for innovative scholarship that combines diverse methodologies such as diaspora studies, indigenous studies, critical ethnic studies, gender and sexuality studies, queer studies, environmental humanities, and disability studies. Co-sponsors: Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies; Schiff Family Dean of Humanities and the Arts; Asian/Pacific Studies Institute; Department of History; Korea Forum; Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program