Fwd: Workshop on Popular Culture, Cultural Policy, and Cultural Discourse in East and Southeast Asia, June 1-2, 2009, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

[Aaron Gerow]

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> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 09:32:52 +0300
> From: Nissim Otmazgin <nissim.otmazgin at mail.huji.ac.il>
> Subject: Workshop on Popular Culture, Cultural Policy,
>     and Cultural Discourse  in East and Southeast Asia, June 1-2,  
> 2009,
>     the Hebrew University of  Jerusalem
>
> Workshop on Popular Culture, Cultural Policy, and Cultural Discourse
> in East and Southeast Asia, June 1-2, 2009, the Hebrew University of
> Jerusalem
>
> The workshop on Popular Culture, Cultural Policy, and Cultural
> Discourse in East and Southeast Asia, will be held at the Hebrew
> University of Jerusalem, Israel. The purpose of this workshop is to
> conduct a comparative and multi-sited study of the emergence of the
> popular cultural industries of East and Southeast Asia, examine the
> corresponding cultural policies initiated by the various states in the
> region, and construct an empirically-plausible framework to examine
> related issues. The workshop will particularly focus on the cases of
> Chinese, Japanese, and Korean poplar cultures: their emergence,
> expansion to other markets in the region, and the discourse they
> create.
>
> Panel 1: Popular Culture, Regionalization, and the State
> 1. Amitav Acharya, American University,
> "Culture, Regionalism and Southeast Asian Identity"
> 2. Galia Press-Barnathan, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
> "Does Popular Culture Matter to International Relations Scholars?
> Possible Links and Methodological Challenges"
> 3. Nissim Otmazgin, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
> "A Tail that Wags the Dog: Cultural Industry and Cultural Policy in  
> East Asia"
> Commentator: Arie Kacowicz, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
>
> Panel 2: Cultural Flows and Soft Power
> 1. Chua Beng Huat, National University of Singapore
> "Delusional Desire: Soft Power and TV Dramas"
> 2. Jean Marie Bouissou, Science-Po
> "From Niche Market to Hypermarkets: The Birth, Growth and Maturation
> of the French Manga Market"
> 3. Eldad J. Pardo, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
> "The Comeback of Iran's Z$B{(Brkh$Bb(Bneh: Ancient Heroes in  
> the Global Age"
> Commentator: Eyal Ben Ari, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
>
> Panel 3: Cultural Policy in the Making
> 1. Kozuka Souichirou, Sophia University
> "Copyright Law as a Tool of New Industrial Policy?: Japan's
> Unsuccessful Attempt to Promote its Contents Industry"
> 2. Kukhee Choo, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
> "Cool Japan Nation: Japanese Governmental Policy towards the Anime  
> Industry"
> 3. Jung-Yup Lee, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
> "Managing the Transnational, Governing the National:
> Cultural Policy and the Politics of "Cultural Archetype Project in  
> South Korea"
> Commentator: Ehud Harari, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
>
> Panel 4: Cultural Industry and Cultural Discourse
> 1. Miki Daliot-Bul, Haifa University
> "The New 'Japan Brand': Cool Japan as Zeitgeist"
> 2. Pang Laikwan, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
> "Censorship against Ghosts: China's Cultural Policy Historicized"
> 3. Kwai Cheung Lo, Hong Kong Baptist University
> "Historical Tensions in East Asian Popular Culture and the Roles of  
> the State"
> Commentator: Chua Beng Huat, National University of Singapore
>
> Panel 5: Cultural Production and Social Change
> 1. Marwyn S. Samuels, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
> "The Media Industry, Popular Culture and Social Change in  
> Contemporary China"
> 2. Shin Hyunjoon, Sungkonghoe University
> "Trans/National Cultural Industries as an Agency of Regionalization?
> The Case of South Korea"
> 3. Cherian George, Nanyang Technological University
> "Silence and Protest in Singapore's Censorship Debates"
> Commentator: Nir Avieli, Ben-Gurion University
>
> Panel 6: A Comparative Perspective: Popular Culture in the Middle East
> 1. Wael Abu-Uksa, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
> "State and New Media in the Middle East: An Overview"
> 2. Sariel Birnbaum, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
> "Historical Audio-Visual Dramas: From Egyptian Dominance to a Pan-Arab
> Satellite Discourse"
> 3. Tal Shenhav, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
> "Broadcasting the Future Generation: Gender Messages for Women and
> Youth in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Tunisia"
>
> Panel 7: Concluding Comments and Open Discussion
> Peter J. Katzenstein, Cornell University
> Eyal Ben Ari, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
>
>
> For further information and registration please contact Dr. Nissim
> Otmazgin at nissimot at mscc.huji.ac.il
>
> -- 
> Nissim Otmazgin, Ph.D
> Dep. of East Asian Studies, Lecturer
> & The Harry S. Truman for the Advancement
> of Peace, Research Fellow
> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
> Mt. Scopus 91905 Jerusalem, Israel
> E-mail: Nissim.Otmazgin at mail.huji.ac.il
>