Christianity and Politics in South Korea/n America: Past, Present and Future


 Center for Critical Korean Studies     Mar 9 2018 | 12:00 PM - 5:30 PM HG 1010

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