학술대회

2009년 미국학연구소 국제학술대회

주제 Elites and Elitism in American Democracy
기간 2009. 11. 12 ~ 2009. 11. 13
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2009-12-03
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Keynote Address I

“Media Spectacle from 9/11 to the 2008 US Presidential Election and the Obama Era: Some Critical Reflections” - Douglas Kellner (UCLA)



Session I: The Power Elite in American Democracy

“Elite Education in Democratic America” - Seongho Lee (Education, Chung-Ang University, Korea)

“‘As Rich as Rockefeller’: Wealth and Worthiness in New York City” - Gordon E. Slethaug (American Studies, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)

“Elite Ideologies and Popular Support for U.S. Foreign Policies” - Naoko Shibusawa (History, Brown University, USA)

“Climate Justice, Climate Change Discourse, and the Failure of the Elite-Driven Democracy” - Maxine Burkett (Law, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, USA)



Session II: Representing Elites and Elitism

“Photography and the Production of an African American Elite” - Leigh Raiford (African American Studies, University of California at Berkeley, USA)

“Do Model Minorities Drink Wine or Beer? The Representation of Race, Elitism and American-ness” - Konrad Ng (Visiting Scholar, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program, USA)

“Benjamin Strong International Financial Cooperation during the 1920s” - Eiichi Akimoto (Economics, Teikyo Heisei University, Japan)

“American Exceptionalism as ‘Fantasy’” - Woosung Kang (English, Seoul National University, Korea)



Session III: Critiquing Ideologies of Elitism

“The Rise of the New Militarism: The U.S. Military Elite and the War on Terrorism” - Jongnam Na (Military History, Korea Military Academy, Korea)

“America the Unfree: How the Politics of Race and Region Built a Prison Nation” - Robert Perkinson (American Studies, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, USA)

“Who Frames the Message? Countermovements and Public Perception of Social Movements’ Legal Agendas” - Gwendolyn Leachman (Law, University of California at Berkeley, USA)

“Radical Democracy in N. Scott Momaday’s The Names: A Memoir” - Hsinya Huang (Indigenous Studies, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan)



Session IV: The Elite and the Popular in American Democracy

“Concepts of Democracy and Elitism in American Intellectual History” - Hyung-Dae Lee (American History, University of Maryland University College Asia, Korea)

“At the Convergence of the Elite and the Everyday: The Democratic Potential of Virtual Worlds” - Kimberly Lau (American Studies, University of California at Santa Cruz, USA)

“The ‘Natural Man’ and Natural Leadership in the Western” - Jae H. Roe (English, Sogang University, Korea)

“Who Controls America’s Public Spaces?: Elitism and Commercialism in the Development of Popular Culture” - Masako Notoji (American Studies, The University of Tokyo, Japan)



Keynote Address II

“Ivy Halls and Ivy Walls: The Continuing Legacy of the Ivy League” - Jane Desmond (President, International American Studies Association)