The 8th Theory Atelier: “How I Learned to Stop Doing ‘Theory’ and Love the ‘Soviet’”
<Overview> After receiving my Ph.D. in 2002 with a dissertation on the twentieth-century Russian semiotician Yuri Lotman, I spent roughly a decade as a scholar of theory. This presentation reflects, in a deliberately personal and somewhat affective tone, on how2025-03-28
The 7th Theory Atelier: “The Unencumbered Self: Probability, Space-Time, and the Modern Myth of Freedom”
On February 10, 2025, the K-Future Team held a Theory Atelier centered on “The Unencumbered Self: Probability, Space-Time, and the Modern Myth of Freedom,” a lecture by Samantha Frost, Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois. Conducted in2025-02-10
The 6th Theory Atelier: “Civil War and Hygiene: Horizons for a Critique of Colonial Capitalism”
On December 5, 2024, the K-Future Team held its final Theory Atelier of the year, centered on “Civil War and Hygiene: Horizons for a Critique of Colonial Capitalism,” a lecture by Hang Kim, Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Yonsei University.2024-12-05
The 5th Theory Atelier: “Korean Literature and Comparative Research: A Periphery without a Center, or the Possibility of Existing Absence”
On October 22, 2024, the K-Future Team held a colloquium centered on “Korean Literature and Comparative Research: A Periphery without a Center, or the Possibility of Existing Absence,” a lecture by Bodurae Kwon, Professor of Korean Language and Literature at2024-10-22
Invited Lecture by International Scholar — “Believing”
<Overview> Why did both the Full Gospel Church of Cho Yonggi and the Unification Church of Moon Sun-Myong appeal to some Westerners in the 1980s? What did Koreans expect when they converted to Protestantism? How did the rhetoric of these2024-08-22
The 3rd Theory Atelier: “Global Korean Studies: Prospects and a Practice”
On June 24, 2024, the K-Future Team held its third Theory Atelier, centered on “Global Korean Studies: Prospects and a Practice,” a lecture by Heonik Kwon, Research Professor at the Asia Center of Seoul National University and Distinguished Professor at2024-06-24
The 1st Theory Atelier: “Deconstructing (the Nation-State Frame of) ‘Korea'”
On April 16, 2024, the K-Future Team held its first Theory Atelier, centered on “Deconstructing (the Nation-State Frame of) ‘Korea,’” a lecture by philosopher Taewon Jin, Research Professor at the Archives of Democracy Movements (민주자료관), Sungkonghoe University. The Theory Atelier2024-04-16