Extended Call for Papers: Translation and Children’sLiterature, Films and Animation in North and South Korea Conference (in person)

Friday, April 22, 2022, York University, Toronto

Extended Deadline: Friday, January 28, 2022

Translations of children’s literature, filmand animation play a vital role in providing entertainment and education aswell as in preparing the young for their roles in society. The importation andassimilation of foreign ideas, genres, styles and techniques have served topromote the aims of governments, interest groups and other organizations. WhileNorth and South Korea share cultural traditions, their socio-political systemslead them to import and use foreign materials, as well as to export their own materials,in different ways.

We welcome proposals from scholars includinggraduate students from a wide range of disciplines whose research deals withtranslation and children’s literature, film and animation in North and/or SouthKorea.      

This conference will examine, among other topics:

n  The exportation/importation of children’s literature, film andanimation and national image building

n  The social and political implications of dubbing vs. subtitles

n  The uses of translated children’s literature in textbooks

n  Grimm realities: Transforming Fairy Tales in North and South Korea

n  Child “Soldiers on the Cultural Front”: Soviet Models vs. ColonialTraditions in North Korean Children’s Literature

Please submit the following to kore@yorku.ca by January 28, 2022:

n  250-word abstract with title

n  6 keywords

n  100-word presenter bio

This conference is organized by ProfessorTheresa Hyun (Department of Humanities, York University) and Professor ThomasKlassen (School of Public Policy and Administration, York University) and Dr.Daniel Pieper (Washington University in St. Louis). This conference ispresented by the Korean Office for Research and Education (KORE) at York University,which is funded by the Academy of Korean Studies.

For more information, please contactProfessor Hyun at thyun@yorku.ca orProfessor Klassen at tklassen@yorku.caor visit https://kore.info.yorku.ca/.