Christianity and Politics in South Korea/n America: Past, Present and Future
This mini-conference on Christianity and Politics in the past, present and future, examines the important role that Christianity has played in Korea. Presenters will discuss Christianity’s influence in music and literature, as well as politics in both Korean and Korean American communities in recent decades.
12 - 1pm Lunch (RSVP only)
1 - 1:15pm Welcome by CCKS Chair
1:15 - 2:45pm Christianity in the Past
Serk-Bae Suh (UCI) "Oh, Lord Come by Here : Christianity and Literature in 1970s South
Korea"
Hyun-Kyong Hannah Chang (Yale University) "Composing Vernacular Christianity: Missionary Teachers' Musical Positions in 1900s and 1910s Korea"
Moderator: Albert Park, Claremont McKenna College
2:45 - 3:00pm Break
3:00 - 4:30pm Christianity in the Present
Ju Hui Judy Han (UCLA), "Cultivating Political Homophobia"
Myung-Sahm Suh (UCI), "The Political Conversion of Ex-Progressive Christian Activists."
Moderator: Sarah Chee, UCI
4:30 - 4:45pm Break
4:45 - 5:30pm Christianity in the Future
All presenters/Audiende
Moderator: Albert Park, Claremont McKenna College
Center for Critical Korean Studies Mar 9 2018 | 12:00 PM - 5:30 PM HG 1010