Transnationalism as a methodological approach, a circulation of images/objects, and a distributed network of scholars has been an important development in the field of Asian Studies. To be held August 22-23, 2025 at the University of South Carolina, this symposium on transnational Asian visual culture will reflect, and build on, this twofold current in Asian studies and the studies of global visual culture in North America. It also seeks to reconceptualize multiple temporalities of global modernity by exploring photographic image-making and image-circulation and compel decolonial imaginations from a transnational perspective. This in-person interdisciplinary conference will bring together speakers and discussants specializing in visual culture, Korean Studies, art history, comparative literature, Asian studies, and related fields, as we collectively explore images of, from, and beyond Korea, Hong Kong, and Burma. The conference will consist of three sessions, a roundtable discussion between speakers and graduate students, and a visit to USC’s Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC) to explore footage from their military and other collections.

• Jae Won Chung(Rutgers University) 
• Jingtao Harry Gu  (William and Hobart Colleges) 
• Jie Guo (University of South Carolina) 
• Jung Joon Lee (Rhode Island School of Design) 
• Minna Lee (Princeton University)
• Sohl Lee (Stony Brook University)