Music, Self-fashioning and Mobilities in Early Cold War Korea

Global Asian Studies

Date and Time	December 12 (Thu) 2024, 14:00-15:30 (JST)
Venue	Main Conference Room, 3th Floor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo (In-person only)
Title	Music, Self-fashioning and Mobilities in Early Cold War Korea
Speaker	Dr. Yoon Joo Hwang, Associate Professor of Music, University of Central Florida Dr. Yoon Joo Hwang has taught and performed throughout the U.S., Asia and Europe including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Columbia University, University of California, Berklee, UCLA, Seoul National University, etc. She published an article on Korean children’s music on Korean Studies at University of Hawaii and is currently working on a new project exploring the mobility and trajectories of Korean musicians during the Cold War across transpacific, performing pieces that narrates Korean culture, history and society.
Chair	Jiyoon Kim, Assistant Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo
Language	English

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Modern Korean musicians experienced a complex dynamic spectrum, colonialism, war, division and the emergence of the global Cold World. They straddled the geographic and ideological divide and encountered divergent influences: modernist cosmopolitanism in Japan, nationalism in Korea, U.S.-backed anti-communist in South Korea, and Soviet-backed communism in North Korea. Modernism, nationalism and socialist realism shaped their music and careers, illustrating the intricate relationship between political and artistic trajectories during the early Cold War. I will examine selected Korean modern musicians’ mobility as border-crossing musicians of the Cold War era through historical extensive archives, interviews, music scores and analysis. Furthermore, my performance will offer fresh insights into their musical language and meaning through sound and imagination.

Organizer:	GAS Initiative at Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo
Contact:	gas@ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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