Bangtan Remixed: A Critical BTS Reader Book Launch

Program

1:10 PM — Welcoming Remarks

Jinsoo An, The Korea Foundation Chancellor’s Chair in Korean Language & Culture, University of California Berkeley

1:20 – 1:45 PM — Bangtan Remixed Coeditors’ Conversation

Vernadette Gonzalez, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Mimi Thi Nguyen, Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Yutian Wong, Professor of Theatre and Dance, San Francisco State University

2:00 – 3:30 PM — Contributors’ Roundtable

Andrea Acosta, Assistant Professor of Media Studies, Pitzer College

Kai Bernal, Artist and Independent K-Pop Historian

Jheanelle Brown, Faculty and Curator of Film/Video, California Institute of the Arts/REDCAT

Johnny Huy Nguyễn, Multidisciplinary Dance Artist

Gracelynne West, Freelance Writer

Jaclyn Zhou, PhD Candidate in Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies, UC Berkeley

3:30 – 4:00 PM — Snack Break

Vendors and Merch Tables

4:00 – 5:15 PM — Critics and Readers Dialogue

Victoria Huynh, PhD Candidate in Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Kate Ringland, Assistant Professor of Computational Media, University of California, Santa Cruz

Yin Yuan, Assistant Professor of English, St. Mary’s College of California

Moderated by Ga Young Chung, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, UC Davis

5:15 – 6:00 PM – Reception with Light Refreshments

Thanks to Eastwind Books, books will be available for sale and signing.