Ninth Conference on East-West Intercultural Relations: "Global South beyond Developmentalism"

 

      Ninth Conference on East-West    
                Intercultural Relations:
               "Global South beyond 
                   Developmentalism"

• WHEN:           May 12-13, 2017
• WHERE:         Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
• SUBTHEMES: You are cordially invited to present a paper dedicated to one of the following subthemes (other sub-themes related to the main theme of the conference may be accepted by the conference committee.)

•   Global South for the Overcoming of Developmentalism
•   Latin America, Korea, and the World
•   Latin America’s Knowledge and Korea
•   The Decolonial Conversation between the Humanities and 
          the Social Sciences
•   Orientalism and Occidentalism
•   Decolonialism and Transmodernity
•   East-West intercultural relations
•   East Asia and Latin America
•   East Asia between USA and Latin America
•   Trans-Pacific Studies
•   Hispanic Orientalism in literature and film
•   Transculturation and hybridity
•   Transnationalism and globalization
•   Orientalization of the Asian imaginary
•   Exoticizing Asia in the Americas and the Iberian world
•  Consumption and reception of Korean culture (K-Pop, soap 
         operas, film, etc.) in the West
•  Asian presence in Latin America and the Caribbean
•   Decolonial and Postcolonial connections between the 
         cultural production in Asia, the Americas, and the 
         Iberian world
•   Asian travelers in the West
•   Western travelers in Asia
•   Images of the Luso-Hispanic world in Asian cultural 
         production
•   Images of Asia in Luso-Hispanic literature and culture
•  Translations of Korean in the West
•  Translations of Western texts in Korea
•  Latin American cultural production by authors of Asian 
         descent
•   Hispanic Orientalism in literature and film
•   Trans-Pacific Studies
•   Travel narratives
•   Exoticization and idealization of the Oriental “Other”
•   Asian and Arab literature and culture in the Hispanic world
•   Asian and Arab testimonials, memoirs, and 
          autobiographies
•   Representation of Asian and Arab women in the Hispanic 
         world
•   Asian and Arab Diasporas
•   Filipino literature in Spanish
•   Chinatowns in the Americas
•   Asian and Arab religiosity and "witchcraft" in the Americas
•   Transculturation and hybridity
•   Transnationalism and globalization
•   Orientalism and the Asian and Arab presence in the 
         Lusophone world
•   Muslims in the Western imagination

 

• FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo  
lopezcalvo@msn.com

Dr. Suk-Kyun Woo
woosnuilas@gmail.com    
 

• KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Dr. Nelson Maldonado-Torres
(Department of Latino and Caribbean Studies, Rutgers University)
“Theorizing the Decolonial Turn”
 

• TIME: There will be a maximum of 20 minutes to present the paper (about    

     8 double-spaced pages, Times New Roman 12).
 

• PUBLICATION: If presenters are interested, they can submit papers

     dealing with Luso-Hispanic issues to our academic journal  Transmodernity: Journal of Periferal Production of the Luso-Hispanic     to be evaluated by the editorial committee. Provided that there are enough submissions, a volume with selected essays may be published with Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 

• ABSTRACT: Please send your abstract via email before February 1, 2017 along with a brief biography (maximum of 10 lines) to any of the following emails:

Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo
lopezcalvo@msn.com 
             
Dr. Suk-Kyun Woo
woosnuilas@gmail.com   
 

• LANGUAGES: Papers can be presented in English or Spanish.

• REGISTRATION:  

Deadline Feb. 15, 2017. For online payment go to
https://intelforms.ucmerced.edu/Form/CallForPapers
 
►USA/Asia: US$100 
    Graduate students - USA/Asia: $75
►Europe: 80 euros
    Graduate students - Europa: 60 euros
►Latin America and Africa: US$60
►India: US$10
 
If the website for online registration does not work, participants from the USA, can send a check signed to University of California Regents. The address is the following:
 
Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo
SSHA University of California, Merced
5200 North Lake Road
Merced, CA. 95343
 
Non US participants can pay on-site at the conference to any of the two co-organizers.
 

• RECOMMENDED HOTELS

Hoam Faculty House, Seoul National University (http://www.hoam.ac.kr/eng/)
Hotel Karachy, Dongjak-Gu
Hotel Provista, Seocho-Gu
Hotel Artnouveau City in Seocho-Gu and Gangnam-Gu
Hotel & Residence ⓝMore
*Near the university, there are few recommended hotels, so the first two hotels are the best choice. Other than Hoam Faculty House, hotels nearby the stations of Metro Line 2 as Seocho, Gangnam, Yeoksam, Seolleung, Hongik Univ. Station, etc. are recommended places for accommodation.
 

• TAXI INFORMATION

In Korea, there are many taxis and they are clean, safe, and above all, inexpensive. They can be found at taxi stands in most busy city areas or hailed on the streets. Of course, Uber taxi is also available. Standard taxis are generally silver, white, or orange, but taxis have a variety of colors. Except for the black taxi, all ask for the same basic fare (the taxi fare is calculated by distance and time), which is not high compared to the US or Europe. Travelling to the city center (City Hall) will be about $25, despite its considerable distance from Hoam Faculty House. While all taxis operating in the Seoul area accept credit cards or transportation cards, it is possible that some taxis in the outlying or isolated regions may request cash only. (Korea offers special international taxis, which are driven by taxi drivers who can speak one or more foreign languages: English, Japanese or Chinese. Online reservations available via website: www.intltaxi.co.kr).
 

• CONTACTS (CO-ORGANIZERS):

Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo
University of California, Merced
lopezcalvo@msn.com

Dr. Suk-Kyun Woo
SNUILAS (Institute of Latin American Studies at Seoul National University)
woosnuilas@gmail.com