The Korea–Japan Future Seminar series is organized by the Institute for Japanese Studies at Seoul National University (SNU-IJS) with support from the Hakbong Scholarship Foundation. The seminar invites experts, researchers, and practitioners from both countries across diverse fields to explore common challenges facing Korea and Japan through multidimensional analysis and dialogue. Through this initiative, SNU-IJS seeks to build a network of professionals dedicated to fostering cooperation, coexistence, and shared prosperity between the two nations.
The seventh session of the Korea–Japan Future Seminar series will feature FUKUNAGA Genya (福永玄弥), Associate Professor in the Diversity & Inclusion Section, College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo, who will deliver a lecture titled “The Transnational Circulation of Anti-Transgender Hatred in East Asia.”
Date/Time: March 26 (Thu), 2026, 15:00–16:30
Venue: Online via ZOOM
Pre-registration link: https://forms.gle/2hgrwdavdC1yWuW88
(Only registered participants are allowed to join the event.)
Speaker: FUKUNAGA Genya (福永玄弥; Associate Professor; Diversity & Inclusion Section, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Title: The Transnational Circulation of Anti-Transgender Hatred in East Asia (東アジアにおけるトランスジェンダー嫌悪のトランスナショナルな流通)
In this seminar, Professor Fukunaga will discuss how affective hostility toward transgender people and homosexuality circulates across national borders in East Asia, against the backdrop of the spread of right-wing movements and anti-gender movements in the region. In particular, the presenter will point out that a form of “single-issue alliance” (一点共闘) has emerged in various contexts, in which liberal groups, including leftists and feminists, and right-wing groups converge around hostile affect directed at transgender issues as a kind of “glue.” The seminar will examine the structures through which transphobia is amplified across borders.
Language: Japanese
Inquiries: Administration Office, Institute for Japanese Studies
(02-880-8503 / ijs@snu.ac.kr)
