EURASME CONFERENCE 2020
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26
9:30 Official opening:
Representatives of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Letters
Prof. Inseop Shin, Director of Academy of Mobility Humanities, Konkuk University, Korea
Prof. Gabriela Carmen Pascariu, Director of Center for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania
10:00 Keynote:
Ludmilla Kostova, St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria: Writing North Korea in the Twenty-first Century: Barbara Demick’s Nothing to Envy. Ordinary Lives in North Korea and Andray Ambrahamian’s Being in North Korea as Exercises in Vertical Travel
10:30 Session 1: Genres of mobility
Moderator: Soochul Kim
Dana Badulescu, Translation and Transcreation in Ezra Pound’s One-Image Poem
Jinhyoung Lee, Konkuk University, Korea: Relocating ‘the Modern Novel’ from the Western World to the Colonial Chosŏn
Soochul Kim, Konkuk University, Korea: The Korean Webtoon on the Move: Its Infrastructural Dynamics and Socio-cultural Implications
Sorina Chiper, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania: Asia – an Experience of the Senses: Nikos Kazantzakis’ Travel Memoir
Weronika Rokicka, University of Warsaw, Poland: Re-imagining Europe: Perception of the Continent in Contemporary Indian Travel Magazines
Irina Chirica, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania: Intercultural Communication in the Work of Leslie Marmon Silko
Oana Cogeanu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania: Travel Writing as Intercultural Exchange
12:30 Lunch break
13:30 Keynote:
Dan Chițoiu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania: Meeting the Cultural Other through Artifacts
14:00 Session 2: Communication and cultural challenges
Moderator: Oana Cogeanu
Irina Roibu, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea: Foreign Professionals Working in Korean Companies
Corina Cara, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania: Foreigners’ Challenges in South Korea as Seen on Social Media. An Exploration of Reddit Discussions
Lorena Dumitrașciuc, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania: Similarities and Differences between Entrepreneurs in Europe and Asia
Oana Ursu si Elena Ciortescu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania: Exploring Cultural Patterns in Business Communication. Europe vs Asia
Irina Marinela Deftu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania: From Cultural Imperialism to Linguistic Imperialism
FRIDAY, November 27
10:00 Keynote:
Michaela Mudure, Babes Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania: Orientalism and the European Periphery
10:30: Keynote:
James Mark, University of Exeter, UK: From Anti-Fascism to Democracy to Illiberalism: A History of Encounters between Eastern Europe and East Asia
11:00 Session 3: Mobility and policy issues
Moderator: Hak Je Yu
Jooyoung Kim, Konkuk University, Korea: A Study on Korean People’s Thoughts on the Immobility Situation Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on the Collection of Discourses by the Mobility Humanities Education Center at Konkuk University
Gijae Seo, Konkuk University, Korea: The Policies on Hansen’s Disease and Engagement of the Public: Seen through the Mass Media under the Japanese Colonial Rule of Korea
Anton Gostevschih, Euro Culturart, Romania: At the Crossroads of Worlds. Challenges of Eurasian Migration in 2020
Hak Je Yu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania: The Three Seas Initiative: An Impact on Eurasia
Junwoo Choi, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania: Europe: Another Statist Continent? The Case of COVID-19
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Keynote:
Osman Bilen, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey: Exchange of Ideas: Example of the First Ottoman Journal of Philosophy
14:30 Keynote:
Asha Mukerjee, Visva-Bharati Central University, India: Human Mobility and Translation as Dialogue with Different Religious Traditions
15:00 Discussion and conclusions with the conference participants
Moderators Oana Cogeanu, Soochul Kim, Hak Je Yu