Afterlives of Empire, featuring Min Jin Lee

Afterlives of Empire: A Symposium on History, Family, and Fiction in Min Jin Lee's Pachinko.

Author Min Jin Lee joins us in a symposium featuring her 2017 National Book Awards Finalist and bestselling novel Pachinko, a saga of four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fighting to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan. The symposium brings together the author with students and scholars of Korean and Japanese politics, literature, and history, who will reflect upon the themes of family, intimacy, gender, empire, and identity in the novel. Min Jin Lee will respond to the presentations and engage with the broader audience.

Schedule

• 1:30 - 1:40 PM Opening Remarks By Yumi Kim (History, Johns Hopkins)
• 1:40 – 2:30 PM Alyssa Park (History, University Of Iowa), Jenny Wang Medina (Korean Literature And Culture, Rutgers University), Erin Chung (Political Science, Johns Hopkins), Yeongsu Chang (Undergraduate, University of Tokyo)
• 2:30 - 2:45 PM Response By Min Jin Lee
• 2:50 - 3:30 PM Q & A With Min Jin Lee
• 3:30 – 4:00 PM Book Sales And Signing

Co-sponsored by the Japan Foundation and the Program in Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship.