A Forum
Sponsored by

The University of Hawai‘i
East Asia Council

Center for Korean Studies

Center for Japanese Studies

Center for Chinese Studies

KBFD-32

Korean Air

YesAsia.com

Korean American Foundation

UH Academy of
Creative Media

UH/EWC International Cultural Studies Certificate Program

KBS

Hawaii K-Drama Fan Club

KoreanWiz.org

Friday, October 8, 2004
Moderator: Jeff Chung, General Manager, KBFD-TV

1:00 p.m.
Welcome: Peter Englert, chancellor, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa; Edgar Porter, interim dean, School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies; Robert N. Huey, chairman, UH East Asia Council

1:10 p.m.
“Melodrama, Modernity, and Mass Culture: Popular Television Dramas from Korea, Japan and India”
Wimal Dissanayake, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

2:00 p.m.
“Korean Dramas and Japan”
Koichi Iwabuchi, Waseda University

3:30 p.m.
"Writing the Drama"
Jung-ran Park, screenwriter, KBS

4:30 p.m.
“Difficulties of Rendering Korean Dramas into English”
Crystal Suh, Translator, KBFD

7:30 p.m.
Screening of two drama episodes with discussion to follow

Saturday, October 9, 2004
Moderator: Chris Berry, University of London

9:30 a.m.
“Korean Dramas and China”
Lisa Leung, University of Hong Kong

10:30 a.m.
"Producing the Drama"
Jong-sik Kim, producer of Yellow Handkerchief, KBS

11:30 a.m.
Concluding Comments
Chris Berry, University of London

2:00 p.m.
Screening of episodes from Romance in Paris with discussion to follow

The forum will take place at the Center for Korean Studies, 1881 East-West Road, on the University of Hawai‘i Mānoa campus. All forum sessions are free and open to the public. Parking is available on the university campus for $3.00. For additional information about the forum, including information on access for the handicapped, contact the Center for Korean Studies at (808) 956-7041.