Memory and National Identity in North Korean Cultural Production

The symposium, “Memory and National Identity in North Korean Cultural Production,” has gathered scholars researching North Korean cultural production. At a time when much of the analytic energy goes into trying to predict North Korea’s next political move, assess its military or economic strategies, or to determine the extent of an ever-growing Chinese influence, this workshop emphasizes North Korea's multifaceted artistic expressions that continue to be produced for both internal and external consumption. The presentations in this conference engage with film, art, literature, and music with an attempt to both de-mystify and illuminate the ways in which North Korea continues to remember its past and define itself in an increasingly globalizing world.

Full conference schedule seen here: http://ceas.stanford.edu/events/event_detail.php?id=2969