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10th Conference of the Nordic Association of Japanese and Korean Studies (NAJAKS)17-19 August 2016Stockholm University, Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies&#160;About the conferenceThe Nordic Association of Japanese and Korean Studies (NAJAKS) has held conferences and workshops of scholars in the Humanities and Social sciences since 1988. The conferences which normally are held every three years cover a wide range of subjects, wishing to reflect the variety and breadth of Japanese and Korean studies in the Nordic countries. Although NAJAKS naturally emphasizes the collaboration between Nordic scholars, it always has encouraged the active participation of researchers from other parts of the world as well.The 10th conference of the Nordic Association of Japanese and Korean Studies (NAJAKS) will be held at Stockholm University on August 17-19, 2016. The conference is organized by Korean and Japanese studies at the Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies.The conference is sponsored by grants from the Academy of Korean Studies, Japan Foundation and Stockholm University.For more information please visit the NAJAKS website: http://www.najaks.org&#160;Papers on Korean Art and Cultural Heritage Wednesday 17 August 201613:30-14:30    Keynote 1: Pak Young-sook (SOAS): Seventeenth-Century Japan as Seen by Korean Envoys&#160;Thursday 18 August 20169:00- 9:30       Park He-min (Yonsei University): 18th Century Europe in the Chosŏn Geographical Imaginary10:45- 11:15   Mesci Beatrix (ELTE Budapest): Concepts behind the Differences of Visuality of Buddhist Figure Paintings in Korean and Japanese Art11:15- 11:45   Chang Chin-sung (SNU): The Trap of Nationalism: The Case of Kim Hongdo (1745-after 1806)15:00- 15:30   Sohn Heejeong (SUNY Stony Brook): Revisualizing the Missionary Subject at Crossroads. Korean Women and Early Photography: of Religion, Modernity, and New Identity (1880s- 1920)16:45- 17:15   Jaqueline Berndt (Stockholm University): The Manga Show that Never Happened: Revisiting the Controversy over the Manhwa Exhibit at the Angoulême Festival in 201417:15- 17:45   Ewa Machotka (Leiden University): The Politics of Ecological Art: Contemporary Art Projects in Japan and Korea&#160;Friday 19 August 20169:00- 9:30       Mark E. Caprio (Rikkyo University): War Museums and the National Narrative: Japan and the Republic of Korea9:30- 10:00     Guy Podoler (University of Haifa): The Past under the Roof of the Present: South Korea's Contentious Socio-Political History through Museums&#160;NAJAKS conference program&#160;&#160;