The organizers are proud to present the congress' Key Note Speakers for this September 2010: Miss Renata Salecl and Mr. Ko Un.
Ko Un grew up during the Japanese occupation of Korea at a time when speaking Korean was prohibited and considered a crime. Ko Un is one of the most prominent poets of his time and as such repeatedly mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Salecl is Centennial Professor in the Law Faculty at the London School of Economics, London and a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana. Her work focuses on bringing together law, criminology, and psychoanalysis. Salecl: "What happens when once powerful word empties out; what is the power struggle behind such emptying, is there a need for the reinterpretation of their meaning or the invention of new ones?”
Submit your own proposal within our "Best Practice Program" at www.waltic.com. Extended deadline June 7th.
Ko Un grew up during the Japanese occupation of Korea at a time when speaking Korean was prohibited and considered a crime. Ko Un is one of the most prominent poets of his time and as such repeatedly mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Salecl is Centennial Professor in the Law Faculty at the London School of Economics, London and a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana. Her work focuses on bringing together law, criminology, and psychoanalysis. Salecl: "What happens when once powerful word empties out; what is the power struggle behind such emptying, is there a need for the reinterpretation of their meaning or the invention of new ones?”
Submit your own proposal within our "Best Practice Program" at www.waltic.com. Extended deadline June 7th.
