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Sookmyung Institute of Humanities to Host Conference on Overcoming Exclusion and Practicing Hospitality

From Hankyoreh · () Korean

Translated from Korean, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Sookmyung Women's University's Institute of Humanities will host its 13th regular academic conference on June 12, focusing on the theme of "Intersecting Discord, Practicing Hospitality: Crossing Race and Gender Politics."
  • The conference aims to diagnose the current global era as one of "discord," examining how exclusion and conflict are reproduced at the intersection of race, gender, and class, including misogyny, transphobia, and anti-immigrant sentiment.
  • It seeks to foster discussions on coexistence and solidarity beyond logic of hatred and hostility, with a keynote speech by Professor Kim Hyun-mi on "The World Organized by Feelings of Hatred and Shrinking Democracy."

Sookmyung Women's University's Institute of Humanities is set to host its 13th regular academic conference, themed "Intersecting Discord, Practicing Hospitality: Crossing Race and Gender Politics," on June 12. The event, supported by the Korea Research Foundation, will be held both online and offline.

The conference addresses the contemporary global landscape as an "era of discord," characterized by overlapping crises. It will critically analyze how various exclusionary discourses, such as misogyny, transphobia, anti-immigrant sentiment, and the rise of the far-right, intersect with issues of race, gender, and class. The aim is to understand the mechanisms through which exclusion and conflict are perpetuated and reproduced.

Keynote speaker Professor Kim Hyun-mi from Yonsei University will deliver a lecture titled "The World Organized by Feelings of Hatred and Shrinking Democracy." The conference will also feature presentations by scholars including Professor Kim Bo-myung (Ewha Womans University) on the "(Non)institutionalization of LGBTQ+ Citizenship in Korean Society," Professor Lee Seung-hoon (Sookmyung Women's University) on "The State of Gender Conflict in Korean Society," and Professor Ruck Sung-hee (Sookmyung Women's University) on "Fragmented Motherhood: Reconstructing Reproductive Labor and Motherhood in Joan Ramos's 'The Farm.'" Professor Ahn Min-hwa (Korea National University of Arts) will present on "Film Representation and Activism on Camp Town Race and Gender: A Cross-sectional Reading and the Search for Afro-Asian Solidarity."

A session for emerging researchers, selected through a paper competition, will also take place. The institute's director, Park In-chan, expressed hope that the conference will provide a space for mutual cooperation and understanding to counter the multiple forms of hatred present in society. The event is open to the public and details can be found on the institute's website.

We hope this academic conference will be a time for mutual cooperation and communication to respond to the multiple hatreds in our society.

— Park In-chanDirector of Sookmyung Women's University's Institute of Humanities, expressing his hopes for the conference.
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Originally published by Hankyoreh in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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