The Posthuman, the Human, and the Non-Human: New Narratives and Critical Perspectives in Korean Studies

Friday, November 10 - Saturday, November 11 | All Day | DML 240 & TCC 450  | Register 

The Korean Literature Association will be holding its annual conference on The Posthuman, the Human, and the Non-Human: New Narratives and Critical Perspectives in Korean Studies. The posthuman, the human, and the non-human have become frequently debated categories in recent decades in response to an intensifying global environmental crisis, the rapid development of artificial intelligence and biotechnology, and the rise of new ways of thinking about gender, race, and social justice. While these different stances are not always mutually cohesive or even compatible, posthumanism as a general field seeks to both define and reconfigure the relationship between the human and the non-human in all of its forms, which are understood as including the mechanical, the computational, the cybernetic, the biological, animals, plants, the geological realm, the environment, and more. Within such a broad framework, posthumanist researchers are nowadays producing, among others, useful and exciting critiques of the anthropocentric assumptions of traditional humanism; they are probing into the socially inclusive as well as exclusive functions of the concept of humanity; and they have contributed to the ongoing reflections on the transhumanist project of developing technologies that improve our lives through the enhancement of human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities.

Conference Schedule
Friday, November 10 | 9:20AM - 5:00PM | Doheny Memorial Library Room 240 

Saturday, November 11 | 9:00AM - 6:00 PM | Ronald Tutor Campus Center Room 450

Please see the full schedule of events and speakers here ➤

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The Korean Literature Association is a community of scholars committed to advancing the study of Korean literature and culture. Originally founded in 2008 at the University of Chicago as the North American Workshop on Korean Literature (NAOKOL), the KLA was launched under its present name in 2014 at the University of California, Los Angeles.

This conference is co-sponsored by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea, EnviroLab at Claremont McKenna, USC Korean Heritage Library, USC Center for Feminist Research, USC East Asian Studies Center, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, and Graduates Studying East Asia