ISARS 2026 SEOUL · Program

Four-day program at a glance. Click any session to open its day page; click presentation titles there to read abstracts.

24Wednesday, June 24Day One

Time

J207

J209

J215

J307

J309

09:00–10:00

Registration and Welcoming

10:00–10:30

Opening Ceremony (Mary Hall)

10:30–11:00

Keynote 1 — Fr. Daniel A. Kister, SJ (Mary Hall)

11:00–11:30

Conference Orientation

11:30–14:00

Lunch (Provided) & Korean Dance Performance

14:00–15:30

ACKR Documentary Film Premiere (Mary Hall)

15:30–16:00

Coffee Break

16:00–17:30

Voices of the Spirits: Vietnamese Shamanism between Religion, Power, and Heritage4 people Shamanism in Transition: Indigenous Knowledge, Power, and Representation in Southeast Asia4 people

Gender, Ecology, Sustainability & Non-human Beings4 people

17:30–19:00

Dinner (On your own)

19:00–21:00

Music Performance — Korean Shamanism

25Thursday, June 25Day Two

Time

J118

J207

J217

J307

J209

J215

J309

09:00–10:00

Registration and Welcoming

10:00–11:30

Changes in Shamanism and Modern Society5 people Shamanism in History, Archaeology & Mythology3 people South Asian Shamanism and the Power of the Word – Part I2 people Theory, Definition & Comparative Study3 people South Asia & Iu-Mien Shamanism4 people Korean Shamanism in Cinema, Media & Popular Culture4 people

11:30–12:30

Keynote 2 — Dr. Laurel Kendall (J302)

12:30–14:00

ISARS General Assembly (For Members) (J302)

12:30–14:30

Lunch (Provided) & Korean Dance Performance

14:30–16:00

Multimedia Perspectives on Shamanic Arts3 people Appropriation and Transmission of Sacredness: Shamanism as a Contemporary Folklore4 people

South Asian Shamanism and the Power of the Word – Part II3 people Taiwan Indigenous Communities4 people China & East Asian Shamanism4 people Post-Soviet Siberian Shamanism4 people

16:00–16:30

Coffee Break

16:30–18:00

Cinematic Explorations of Healing and Truth3 people Art Derived from Shamanism5 people The Shaman's Experience and Musical Creativity/Sacredness in Korean Shamanism5 people

Entangled Power: Money, Heritage, Technology, and Metaphysics in Korean Shamanism4 people Interferences: Shamanic Traditions and Christianity in Interaction4 people

18:30–21:00

Conference Banquet & Korean Nongak Performance

26Friday, June 26Day Three

Time

J207

J217

J219

J209

J215

J307

J309

09:00–10:30

The Global Appeal of Korean Shamanism5 people

Contemporary Shamanism, Power, the Arts and Modern Expressions – Part I4 people

Shamanism, Art, Materiality & Performance4 people

10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

11:00–12:30

K-pop Demon Hunters and Shamanism4 people Shamanism and Contradictions in Africa and Beyond – Part 14 people Negotiating Spirits: Contemporary Shamanism in China (I)3 people Theory, Movement & Yakutia3 people Contemporary Shamanism, Power, the Arts and Modern Expressions – Part II5 people Digital, Media & Contemporary Shamanism3 people Mongolian Shamanism3 people

12:30–14:00

Lunch (Provided) & Korean Dance Performance

14:00–15:30

Sounding Shamanic Worlds: Music, Rhythm, Dance, and Voice from Court and Shrine to the Secular Stage5 people Cross-Cultural Asia-Pacific4 people Negotiating Spirits: Contemporary Shamanism in China (II)4 people

Shamanism and Contradictions in Africa and Beyond – Part 24 people Korean Shamanism: Ritual, Music & Region (J311)4 people Methodology & Ethics in Shamanism Research4 people

15:30–16:00

Coffee Break

16:00–17:30

Multibeing Agencies, Joint Power: Mediating Power Through Craft, Ritual, and Relationships4 people

Maritime Southeast Asia & Global Contexts4 people

Korean Shamanism: Urban, Religion & Modernity (J311)5 people Cross-Cultural Healing, Power & Cosmologies4 people

17:45–18:00

Closing Ceremony (J302)

18:00–19:00

Dinner (Sandwich Provided, Mary Hall)

19:00–21:00

Performance Art (Mary Hall)