Dong-A University Gender and Affect Research Institute, Ritsumeikan University Korea Research Center Joint International Research

‘Affect Politics of Affection and Hatred’ Theme

Ritsumeikan University Secures Research Funding for 2 Years

The Gender and Affect Research Institute at Dong-A University (Director: Professor Kwon Myung-ah) is launching an international joint research program in collaboration with the Korea Research Center at Ritsumeikan University (立命館大?) in Japan (Director: Katsumura Makoto (勝村誠)).

Commemorative photo of the MOU signing last July between Dong-A University Gender and Affect Research Institute and Ritsumeikan University Korea Research Center officials.

This joint research project is part of an international joint research promotion initiative led by Ritsumeikan University and will be conducted over the next two years.

The research topic focuses on the "Affect Theory" and explores the "affective politics" surrounding the "affection" and "hatred" in Korea-Japan relations.

The two institutions planned this joint research in response to the mixed situation of "affection" arising from increased exchanges in economics, culture, language, and education between Korea and Japan, and "hatred" amid the rapidly changing Korea-Japan relations since 2015.

This joint research program, initiated to find solutions to Korea-Japan relations related to various fields in the humanities and social sciences (such as political consciousness, popular culture, history and perception, and post-colonialism), is expected to focus on the affective dynamics surrounding "affection" and "hatred" from the perspectives of gender and minorities.

The Gender and Affect Research Institute explained, "The dangerous relationship mixing 'affection' and 'hatred' in Korea-Japan relations is a common global phenomenon occurring in conflicts among nations, genders, ethnicities, and generations worldwide."

Ritsumeikan University stated that the reason for selecting Dong-A University's Gender and Affect Research Institute as a research partner was that it was evaluated as the optimal research partner in terms of the research direction and achievements of "affective politics."

The research leaders of the two institutions have maintained cooperation since 2010 and previously held a joint academic conference titled "Affective Geography Beyond the Nation" at Ritsumeikan University in July last year, during which they also signed an MOU.

Building on the ongoing research collaboration, the two institutions will actively continue academic exchanges through this international joint research program.

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