North Korea and the United States have been mired in enmity for over half a century. Such a relationship of mutual antagonism has affected the process by which each produces knowledge about the other: the knowledge so produced has reinforced the enmity.

This workshop attempts to problematize the reality of enmity and to raise questions about the almost hegemonic status of the mutually reinforcing hostility. To achieve the goal, it follows a dual track. First, it asks authors to investigate the social and discursive practices that reproduce and hegemonize North Korea's identity. Second, it asks each author to examine concrete and specific social realities of North Korea as a way to challenge the conventional narrative that overlooks or erases variegated historical realities and that privileges a particular conceptualization of a national identity over multiple alternatives.

This program is open to the public and participation in sections of the program is allowed.