California State University, Long Beach Department of Asian and Asian American Studies Assistant Professor of Asian Studies (Korean Language and Culture) Recruitment #2462 Position Assistant Professor of Asian Studies (Korean Language and Culture) Effective Date August 20, 2018, (Fall Semester) Salary Range Commensurate with qualifications and experience Minimum Qualifications Ph.D. in East Asian languages and cultures, applied linguistics, foreign/second language… Read more →
Princeton University: Director of the Korean Language Program at the rank of Senior Lecturer
The Department of East Asian Studies at Princeton University invites applications for a full-time position as Director of the Korean Language Program at the rank of Senior Lecturer, to begin on September 1, 2018. Applicants must have native fluency in Korean and an excellent command of English. Please provide a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching interest, teaching… Read more →
Sam Pack, ‘If It’s Korean, It Must Be Good’: The Nation Branding of South Korean Popular Culture in the Philippines
Sam Pack, ‘If It’s Korean, It Must Be Good’: The Nation Branding of South Korean Popular Culture in the Philippines, European Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Spring, 2018), 85-101. Abstract: Filipinos are avid consumers of exported South Korean media products. Teenagers and young adults know the lyrics and dance moves of their favorite K-Pop performers while older viewers are… Read more →
Eungseo Kim, The Sino-DPRK Split and Origins of US-DPRK Bilateralism
Eungseo Kim, ‘The Sino-DPRK Split and Origins of US-DPRK Bilateralism,’ European Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Spring, 2018), 72-80. Abstract: North Korea has identified its official foreign policy as being focused on ‘self-reliance’ since the mid-1906s. Kim Il Sung (Kim Il-sŏng) had been long preoccupied with external interference in internal affairs, so the escalation of the Sino-Soviet schism created… Read more →
Martin Weiser, Unseen Laws: A Quantitative Approach to Developments in North Korea’s Legal System
Martin Weiser, ‘Unseen Laws: A Quantitative Approach to Developments in North Korea’s Legal System,’ European Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Spring, 2018), 22-62. Abstract: While little North Korean legislation is available to scholars outside the DPRK, the legislative numbering usually given with every legal text allows us to measure the activity of all major institutions of the legal system. This… Read more →
Natalia Kim, New Nationalism and New Democracy: Assessing An Jae-hong’s Legacy
Natalia Kim, ‘New Nationalism and New Democracy: Assessing An Jae-hong’s Legacy,’ European Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Spring, 2018), 63-72. Abstract: To provide a glimpse into this period and the ideas prominent at the time, the article explores the ideas of the Korean intellectual An Jae-hong, a scholar-gentleman whose career spans colonization and was entwined with debates over Korean nationalism, channeling the… Read more →
Charles Armstrong, The Korean War and the East Asian Peace
Charles Armstrong, ‘The Korean War and the East Asian Peace,’ European Journal of Korean Studies,’ Vol. 17, No. 1 (Summer 2017). Abstract: Following a century of nearly continuous violent conflict, the East Asian region has not experienced major inter-state warfare since 1979. At the same time, the divided Korean peninsula has been in a state of military tension and hostility just short of warfare… Read more →
Vladimir Tikhonov, Kim Saryang’s Ten Thousand Li of a Dull-Witted Horse: Remembering the Anti-Colonial Struggle
Vladimir Tikhonov, ‘Kim Saryang’s Ten Thousand Li of a Dull-Witted Horse: Remembering the Anti-Colonial Struggle,’ European Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Winter 2017), 1-21. Abstract: Kim Saryang (real name: Kim Sich’ang, 1914-1950) was among the Korean authors of the 1930s and 1940s who wrote abundantly on the issues related to the Korean ethno-national identity, both in Korean and in Japanese. When dispatched… Read more →
David Kim, A Socio-Religious Volunteerism: The Australian NGO Movement during the Korean War (1950-1953)
David Kim, ‘A Socio-Religious Volunteerism: The Australian NGO Movement during the Korean War (1950-1953),’ European Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Summer 2017), 32-55. Abstract: The Korean peninsula, like Taiwan (1895-1945), was one of the colonies of Japan in the first half of the twentieth century (1910-1945). The end of World War II brought an opportunity to be independent, but the… Read more →
Natalia Kim, Political Memoirs and Collective Memory in South Korea: Turning Points in the Autobiographical Writings of Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun
Natalia Kim, ‘Political Memoirs and Collective Memory in South Korea: Turning Points in the Autobiographical Writings of Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun,’ European Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Summer), 7-31. Abstract: The present research focuses on the autobiographical writings of two outstanding political figures, the former presidents of South Korea, Kim Dae-jung (1998-2003) and Roh Moo-hyun (2003-2008). The study aims… Read more →