Nan Kim

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Participates in 1 Session

Nan Kim is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Trained as a cultural anthropologist, she has pursued research at the intersection of memory studies, contemporary history, and the anthropology of politics. A native of New York City, she earned her bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature from Princeton University and her doctoral degree in Sociocultural Anthropology from the University of California - Berkeley. She is a Research Fellow and Advisory Board member of the international research project Beyond the Korean War. Her work has appeared in The Journal of Asian Studies and the Revista Arte Internacional. She is the author of Memory, Reconciliation and Reunions in South Korea: Crossing the Divide (Lexington Books, 2016), and she has contributed a chapter on Korean War memory to The Routledge Handbook of Memory and Reconciliation in East Asia (Routledge, 2015).

Sessions in which Nan Kim participates

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

16.00 Global Archive, Vying National Identities: Contested Korean Histories and UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Heritage Shifts in East Asia: Communication between Global Policies and Local Practices

Paper

Nan Kim, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Participant)

In contemporary South Korea, cosmopolitanism and global status signify the most coveted markers of identity on a personal, institutional, and na...

Sessions in which Nan Kim attends

Friday 3 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

11:30

Public Debate: Heritage and Tourism | Débat public: Patrimoine et tourisme

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

Signup required

UQAM, pavillon Athanase-David (D) - DR-200

Roundtable with simultaneous translation / Table ronde avec traduction simultanée

Mr. Craig Bennett Jr., Bennett Preservation Engineering PC, Charleston, South Carolina (Participant)

Martine Lizotte, École internationale d’hôtellerie et tourisme du Collège LaSalle (Moderator)

Pierre Mathieu, Explorateur Voyages (Participant)

France Lessard (Participant)

David Mendel, Mendel Tours (Participant)

What does heritage change for tourism? | Le patrimoine, ça change quoi au tourisme? Ce débat veut interroger les r...

13:00

Pre-Conference Tour: Mile End, the Crossroads of Three Cultures

2 hours 30 minutes, 13:00 - 15:30

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)

Tour

The west of Mile End is the fruit of the unlikely encounter between a French-Canadian artisans’ village, a new suburb at the turn of the 20th centu...

17:00

Opening Ceremony and Cocktail

2 hours 30 minutes, 17:00 - 19:30

Signup required

Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - Former Chapel

Cocktail

Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University (Potential)

Lucie Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Potential)

Dr Clarence Epstein, Concordia University (Moderator)

Christine Zachary-Deom (Participant)

Luc Noppen, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Participant)

Hon. Serge Joyal c.p., o.c. (Participant)

Welcome addresses and cocktail, followed by the Concordia Signature Event "The Garden of the Grey Nuns". As the opening ceremony and cocktail...

19:30

The Garden of the Grey Nuns / Le jardin des sœurs grises

1 hour 30 minutes, 19:30 - 21:00

Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - GN 1210

Research-Creation

Prof. Cynthia Hammond, Concordia University (Moderator)

Working with archival documents and the current-day morphology of the Grey Nuns' site, Dr Cynthia Hammond, Dr Shauna Janssen, in collaboration w...

Saturday 4 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

Keynote : What does heritage change? Le patrimoine, ça change quoi? (Lucie K. Morisset)

1 hour, 9:00 - 10:00

Signup required

UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Lucie Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Moderator)

What if we changed our views on heritage? And if heritage has already changed? While, on the global scene, s...

18:30

Keynote: Is Tangible to Intangible as Formal is to Informal ? (Michael Herzfeld)

1 hour 30 minutes, 18:30 - 20:00

Signup required

UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Prof. Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University (Participant)

Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Moderator)

Most of what we experience as heritage emerges into conscious recognition through a complex mixture of political and ideological filters, including...

Sunday 5 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

10.00 "Dealing with the Past" in Northern Ireland: Empathy as Political Engagement in the Memorial Heritage Project

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Empathy and Indifference – Emotional/Affective Routes To and Away from Compassion I

Paper

Prof Elizabeth Crooke, Ulster University (Participant)

Now in a transitional phase between violence and established peace, Northern Ireland is dealing with the legacy of forty years of conflict. Memo...

12.00 Discussion with Michael Herzfeld

1 hour, 9:00 - 10:00

Part of: At the UNESCO Feast: Foodways across Global Heritage Governance II

Prof. Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University (Moderator)

10.00 The Role of World Heritage Sites in Urban Revitalization

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Current Research II: Engaging and Uncovering Collective Memories

Paper

Julia Tétényi, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Participant)

Cultural clusters seem to have a leading role in urban and cultural policy decisions. In recent years, more and more cultural clusters attract i...

11.30 How to Protect Foods and Foodways as Intangible Properties Effectively in the Republic of Korea

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: At the UNESCO Feast: Foodways across Global Heritage Governance II

Paper

Professor Gyooho Lee, Chung-Ang University School of Law (Seoul, South Korea) (Participant)

Traditional foods, including their recipes, and foodways can be protected by the Cultural Heritage Protection Act, the Convention for the Safegu...

09.00 Empathy as a Register of Engagement in Heritage Making: The Making and Withholding of Compassion

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Empathy and Indifference – Emotional/Affective Routes To and Away from Compassion I

Paper

Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Participant)

This paper explores the role that empathy, as both a skill and an emotion, plays in the processes of politicized and self-conscious heritage-mak...

11.00 The Future of the Past: Politics of Urban Heritage in Xi’an

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Current Research II: Engaging and Uncovering Collective Memories

Paper

Dr Yujie Zhu (Participant)

Heritage development in historical cities is regarded as a vital ingredient of urban regeneration by state and local governments. The inner city...

09.40 Archival Systems: From "Weapons of Affect" to Tools of Compassion

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Empathy and Indifference – Emotional/Affective Routes To and Away from Compassion I

Paper

Joanne Evans, Monash University (Participant)

At recent Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) and Archives and Records Association of New Zealand (ARANZ) conferences, powerful presentations...

11.00 Defining Washoku: Japanese Food Heritage Before and After UNESCO Inscription

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: At the UNESCO Feast: Foodways across Global Heritage Governance II

Paper

Voltaire Cang (Participant)

“Washoku, the traditional dietary cultures of the Japanese” was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Heritage of Humanit...

14:00

Keynote: Renaming, Removal, Recontextualization of Heritage: Purging History, Claiming the Present, Imagining the Future? (What Change-Role for Heritage Professionals?) (James Count Early)

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:00 - 15:30

Signup required

Musée des Beaux-Ars de Montréal - Cummings Auditorium

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Prof. James Count Early, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, United States (Participant)

Prof. Michelle L. Stefano, University of Maryland, American Studies, United States (Moderator)

"What does heritage change?" is a multifaceted question to which the answer(s) are in primary respects related to real-life negotiations among dif...

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

13.30 Approaching Rights in the World Heritage Arena: Methodological Considerations

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: How do Rights Change Heritage?

Paper

Peter Larsen, University of Lucerne (Participant)

Ms Kristal Buckley AM, Deakin University Australia (Participant)

A number of actors within the World Heritage system have, within recent years, started addressing rights, rights-based approaches and language. ...

11.40 Crowds, Events and "Acts" of Citizenship: Heritage-Making at the Chattri Indian Memorial

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Activism, Civil Society and Heritage

Paper

Dr Susan Ashley, Northumbria University (Participant)

Movements such as Occupy Wall Street, embracing the immanent possibilities of the “here and now,” assert the affective presence and radical pote...

11.00 "You Can’t Move History: You Can Secure the Future”: Young People, Activism and the Indivisible Nature of Intangible and Tangible Heritage

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Activism, Civil Society and Heritage

Paper

Rebecca Madgin, University of Glasgow (Participant)

Debates spanning the value of urban heritage have recently intensified with the increasing belief that tangible and intangible heritage are “ind...

09.20 All and Each: The Dynamics of Scale in Digital Heritage Cultures

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Politics of Scale: A New Approach to Heritage Studies II

Paper

Ms Elizabeth Stainforth, University of Leeds, History of Art and Cultural Studies, United Kingdom (Participant)

Dr. Rhiannon Bettivia, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Participant)

Within the last ten years, open-access web-based technologies have provided new methods for fostering engagement between cultural heritage organ...

14.00 Cultural Diversity, Intangible Heritage and Human Rights: A Case Study from Glasgow

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: How do Rights Change Heritage?

Paper

Prof. Máiréad Nic Craith, Heriot-Watt University (Participant)

This paper will focus on concepts of cultural diversity and intangible heritage with particular reference to the notion of human rights. The dis...

12:30

ACHS Chapters meetings: ACHS US Chapter

1 hour, 12:30 - 13:30

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.255

Workshop

Lunchboxes | Boîtes à lunch

1 hour, 12:30 - 13:30

Concordia, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex Building (EV) - EV Atrium

Repas

15:30

Keynote: Il n'est de patrimoine qu'au futur...| Only in the future will it be heritage... (Xavier Greffe)

1 hour 30 minutes, 15:30 - 17:00

Signup required

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 1.210

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Prof. Xavier Greffe, University paris I (Participant)

Luc-Normand Tellier, UQAM (Moderator)

Le patrimoine fait aujourd’hui l’objet d’attentions autant que d’agressions et de destructions. Cela peut s’expliquer par les difficultés de son id...

18:00

Film Series Celebration : Sugar Shack Event

1 hour, 18:00 - 19:00

Signup required

Concordia, LB Building - LB 123

Cocktail

Dr Jessica Mace, University of Toronto (Moderator)

Gwenaelle Reyt (Participant)

Prof. Michelle L. Stefano, University of Maryland, American Studies, United States (Participant)

Dr Marie-Blanche Fourcade, Musée de l'Holocauste Montréal et UQAM (Moderator)

To celebrate our film series dedicated to heritage, sponsored by the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland and the United St...

19:00

Film Series: Mill Stories: Remembering Sparrows Point Steel Mill

35 minutes, 19:00 - 19:35

Signup required

Concordia, LB Building - LB 125

Prof. Michelle L. Stefano, University of Maryland, American Studies, United States (Participant)

Directed by William Shewbridge and Michelle Stefano USA; 35 mins Presented by Michelle Stefano ___ After 125 years o...

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

19:00

Pawâ

4 hours, 19:00 - 23:00

La Scena - La Scena (intérieur)

Repas

The closing dinner of the conference, called “Pawâ” according to a French-Canadian tradition borrowed from the Native American lexicon, will be an ...

Wednesday 8 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

Post-Conference Tour: Les églises converties de Montréal | Recycled Churches in Montreal

7 hours, 9:00 - 16:00

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)

Tour