Cultural Communications and Cultural Dissemination in the Asia-Pacific

July 25, 2011
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Cultural Communications and Cultural Dissemination in the Asia-Pacific

Pacific Basin Research Center
25-26 July 2011 | Soka University of America

 

I. Conference Description

Today it is commonplace to witness a cultural phenomenon in the Asian-Pacific that has generated a rapid deconstruction of cultural boundaries and the cultural border-crossings under the constantly changing social/political environments. It has become important to have an understanding of how we represent ourselves and the others under such worldwide border-crossing cultural changes. It may be imperative, therefore, for us to have a good grasp of how we communicate with the other and how culture disseminates itself under the cultures in motion.

In a sense a precondition to do so for us is the recognition of our co-existence under globalization with our neighboring countries. The studies in humanities that pursue communicativeness and co-existence through a study of humans, language, gender, economics, mass-communications, etc. have their much relevance to the most sensitive problems of our time.

Cultural Studies in service of communicativeness and co-existence can play a role in interdisciplinary studies among the fields in humanities, even extends the objects of and deepens the study in humanities so that we can have diverse perspectives and lay out a foundation for future-oriented studies in humanities. Scholars need to strengthen the practicality and place-basedness of the knowledge humanities produce, in order to relate the knowledge to our life.

This conference, jointly held by the Asian Cultural Studies Research Institute at Kyungwon University and the Pacific Basin Research Center at Soka University of America, will provide scholars from the two universities with a venue to discuss its theme of cultural communication and cultural dissemination in the Asian-Pacific and also an opportunity to broaden the horizon of cultural studies.

II. Tentative Attendees

  • William L. Ascher Pacific Basin Research Center, Soka University of America And Claremont McKenna College
  • Jayson Chang Yonsei University
  • John (Jay) M. Heffron Pacific Basin Research Center, Soka University of America
  • Dongyoun Hwang Soka University of America
  • Jung Ah Kim Kyungwon University
  • Hee Ju Kwon Kyungwon University
  • In Jae Lee Kyungwon University
  • Jacqueline M. Mills Pacific Basin Research Center, Soka University of America
  • Momoca Nishimoto Pacific Basin Research Center, Soka University of America
  • Jin Su Park Kyungwon University
  • Ian Read Soka University of America
  • Ji Young Yang Kyungwon University
  • Gyu Soo Yi Kyungwon University