Final Conference of TEMPTING TUNES: Interfaces of Sound and Narrative in Korean Culture

We are delighted to welcome you to our two-day interdisciplinary conference exploring the rich intersections of sound and narrative in Korean cultural history. From the echoes of Literary Sinitic in premodern Korea to the vibrant soundscapes of contemporary protest and pop culture, this event brings together scholars from across the humanities to examine how sounds have shaped meaning, identity, and power across centuries.

Registration

The two keynotes by Professor Si Nae Park (Harvard University) and Professor CedarBough Saeji (Pusan National University) will be streamed on Zoom. Everyone is welcome to join us on Zoom without registration. If you would like to join us in person, please register by sending an email to the organizer (barbara.wall@hum.ku.dk ).

Programme

June 25

09:30-09:45 Welcome
Panel 1: The Art, Technology, and Power of Vocalized Texts
09:45-10:30 Keynote 1: Si Nae Park (Harvard University): The Sound and Echoes of Literary Sinitic in Premodern Korea
10:30-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-11:15 Young Kyun Oh (Arizona State University): (In)significance of Rime Dictionaries in Reading Aloud Literary Sinitic in Chosŏn Korea
11:15-11:45 Ross King (University of British Columbia): Vernacularizing Sinitic Poetry in Early Modern Korea and Vietnam
11:45-12:15 Vladimir Glomb (FU Berlin): Confucian Monoglossia: Vernacular Readings of the Classics
12:15-12:45 Discussion
12:15-14:00 Lunch
Panel 2: Religious Sounds & Sounds of Protest
14:00-14:30 Shalon Park (Princeton Theological Seminary): Articulating Sin: Performing Liturgical Texts in Nineteenth-Century Korean Catholicism
14:30-15:00 Ivanna Sang Een Yi (Cornell University): Orality and the Multispecies Worlds of the Shamanic Chant of Princess Pari
15:00-15:15 Coffee break
15:15-15:45 Han OonJin (Dongguk University)/Thapakorn Kamnerdsiri (Thammasat University)/Barbara Wall: Reciting Texts in Confucian and Buddhist Contexts
15:45-16:15 Maya Stiller (University of Kansas): Celestial Music and Ritual Sound: Sonic Landscapes of Korean Buddhist Temples
16:15-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-17:00 Liora Sarfati (Tel Aviv University): Protest Soundscape: From Angry Shouts to K-pop Performances in Seoul’s Mass Demonstrations
17:00-18:00 Discussion
18:00 Dinner at the university

June 26

Panel 3: Sounding Out the K
09:30-10:15 Keynote 2: CedarBough Saeji (Pusan National University): Magnificent Backdrops: Crafting the Tourist Gaze with K-pop in the Palace
10:15-10:45 Amos Farooqi (University of Copenhagen): Hiphapui minjok: Condensed Identities and Sounds in Korean Hip-Hop
10:45-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:30 Haekyung UM (The University of Liverpool): Place Making in Korean Popular Music Museum Exhibitions
11:30-12:00 Sue In KIM (Sungkyunkwan University): Dancing Korea for the Global Viewers: Borrowing Tradition for Victory
12:00-12:30 Jan Creutzenberg (Ehwa Woman’s University): Sounding Out Korean History: Voice, Silence, and Politics of Place in Contemporary Sound Art
12:30-14:00 Lunch
Panel 4: Sounds of Animals, Children and Marginalized Groups
14:00-14:30 Marion Eggert (Bochum): The Voice(s) of Animals in Hanmun Texts
14:30-15:00 Jina Kim (University of Oregon): Sounding Out Silence: Chang Tŏkjo's Radio Novel and the Voice of War Widows
15:00-15:15 Coffee break
15:15-15:45 Ross King (University of British Columbia): The Discovery and Celebration of Korean Ideophones in Colonial Korea
15:45-16:15 Bonnie Tilland (Leiden): Korean Children's Songs as Popular Culture: From Pinkfong to Squid Game
16:15-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-17:00 Andrew Logie (University of Helsinki): Sounding History: Popular Songs Evocative of the Past
17:00-18:00 Discussion and future plans
19:00 Dinner at Madklubben