Pre-Conference K-pop Nordics Festival, Stockholm, 7 June, 2025
Lecture and workshop on K-pop dance history with K-pop Nonstop (Stockholm): Wednesday 23 april, 10-12 ati Uppsala university, Engelska Parken, room F1 (2-0043), house 2, Thunbergsvägen 3G
K-pop today
Industry, Creativity, Resistance
Uppsala Universitet, Humanistiska Teatern, Thunbergsvägen 3C
Sunday, 8 June, 2025, 11-17, Humanities theatre, foyer: Registration
Sunday, 8 June, 2025, 6 PM
Welcome address Hyung Jong Lee, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the Kingdom of Sweden
Keynote Justin Hahn (153Joombas, Seoul): Paving the "K"
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Omnia: f(x) Red Velvet “Dumb Dumb”, "Rum Pum Pum Pum", BadVillain "Zoom”
RChaos: SHINee “Replay” remix, NewJeans “Hype boy”, ITZY “Dalla Dalla”, Aespa “Whiplash”
K-pop today: Panel discussion with Justin Hahn, Andreas Ringblom, Julia West, Joel Ertekin, Anders Reuter and Tobias Plebuch
Programme, Monday, 9 June
9:00 AM
HumT 22-1017
Gender
- Yulgong Lee (Sinchon Centre for Cultural-Politics Research, SCCR): Consuming K-Pop Culture and Masculinity Performance by Young Taiwanese Men
- Lanxin Li (University of British Columbia): Choreographing Gender: Chinese Lesbian Performance through K-pop Cover Dance
HumT 22-0031
Politics
- Zechary Phouthavong (University of Arkansas): K-Pop Got My Back: South Korea’s Politicization of K-pop
- Wanqin Lyu (Peking University): Ban on Hallyu, Fan-nationalism and the China-ROK Relations
- Paroma Ghose (Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History, Munich): “Reorienting the West”: K-Pop, Orientalism, and the Invention of the ‘New West’
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10:45 AM
Identities (HumT 22-0031)
- Adriana Robledo Sánchez (Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas): Cultural Consumption and Identity in Chiapaneco Youth Fans of K-Pop
- Yasmin Pezeshki (University of Birmingham): Cultural Resistance and Identity Formation in Iranian K-pop Fandom
HumT 22-031, 12:15-14:00
Andreas Ringblom (Copenhagen): Lecture and workshop on songwriting, in collaboration with Sensus studieförbund
Conference Monday afternoon till Wednesday
K-pop studies: new perspectives on production, dissemination and reception
Travel directions
Travel directions: From Arlanda Airport (ARN), take the commuter train SL or the faster SJ line. Payment with credit or debit card is possible and easy. At Uppsala central station take a taxi. Walking distance from the station to the conference venue is just 15 minutes.
Conference Venue: Humanistiska Teatern, Thunbergsvägen 3C, 75238 Uppsala
- Best Western Svava, Bangårdsgatan 24, 75144 Uppsala
- Best Western, Trädgårdsgatan 5A, 75309 Uppsala
- Akademihotellet, Övre Slottsgatan 5, 75310 Uppsala
- Grand Hotell Hörnan, Bangårdsgatan 1, 753 20 Uppsala
- Clarion Hotel Gillet, Dragarbrunnsgatan 23, 75320 Uppsala
Technical advice: You can connect HDMI and 3.5 mm audio cables with our equipment. If you use an Apple computer, you need to have an adapter. If you send your presentation file to us before the conference, we can test it for you.
Every speaker in panels and sessions has 30 minutes. Please prepare a presentation of 20 minutes and leave time for a 10 minute discussion.
Contact: k-popology2025@musik.uu.se
The symposium is co-hosted by Uppsala University and the Korean Cultural Center in Sweden. Organizing committee: Tobias Plebuch (Uppsala University), Anders Reuter (Lund University), Naoko Takayanagi (Lund University).
The combined fee for conference and symposium is 1 000 SEK, and for students 500 SEK. No fee for Uppsala university students and staff but they also need to register. After May 31 2025 fees are 1 500 SEK (normal) and 750 SEK (students). Students must provide valid proof of their enrolment (e.g. PDF scan of student ID or confirmation from the enrolment department) to the address: k-popology2025@musik.uu.se
2025-06-06