What is the K in K-Pop? The Culture Industry, Soft Power, and Cultural Transformation in South Korea
Student Event
11/02/2012, 12:30pm-02:00pm
Location: UC San Diego, IR/PS Dean's Conference Room
Open to: Public, Students
Event email: pbibb@ucsd.edu
Speaker: Professor John Lie, C.K. Cho Professor of Sociology, UC Berkeley
As part of the Korean wave, K-pop has been sweeping across Asia and, most recently, America and the rest of the world. With PSY’s record hit of his music video, Gangnam Style, and his “horse dancing,” there is a growing interest in K-pop among Americans. Professor John Lie will give an interesting and insightful discussion of the culture industry, soft power, and cultural transformation in South Korea represented by K-pop.
John Lie (pronounced “Lee”) was born in South Korea and grew up in Hawaii. He received an AB, AM, and PhD from Harvard University. He is currently C.K. Cho Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Center for Korean Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
Lie has written a series of books analyzing contemporary East Asia and the United States through the thread of his Korean and Korean diasporic background: Blue Dreams: Korean Americans and the Los Angeles Riots, Han Unbound: The Political Economy of South Korea, Multiethnic Japan, and Zainichi (Koreans in Japan): Diasporic Nationalism and Postcolonial Identity.
Light refreshments will be provided. Registration if required.
