Korean History / Studies

About the Event: 

In 2021, the White House brought in a new administration that prioritizes collaborative international relationships instead of de-globalization. While the United States and South Korea’s economic relationship has remained relatively strong amid the disputes on trade and defense cost, it faces new challenges. Geopolitical uncertainty, enduring impacts of the century’s worst virus outbreak, and the rise of digital power indicate it is time to review the current economic relationship between the US and South Korea.

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The Northeast Asian History Foundation continues to expand its interaction with scholars specializing in Asian history and related fields outside East Asia. The Foundation is also strengthening its ties with leading institutions and scholars by encouraging interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to research on geopolitical, cultural, educational, and other issues in East Asia.

Call for Applications for the 2021 Penn State Global Asias Summer Institute "The Politics of Food in Global Asias"

Penn State University invites applicants for its annual Global Asias Summer Institute, to be held June 21-25, 2021. The 2021 Institute, co-directed by Krishnendu Ray (NYU) and Jooyeon Rhee (Penn State), focuses on the topic of “The Politics of Food in Global Asias.”

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We are inviting submissions to the newly launched journal, Journal of East Asian Philosophy from Springer. The deadline for the inaugural issue is February 28, 2021, with expected publication in June 2021. We accept original papers, translations, and book reviews in all areas of Chinese, Japanese, and Koren philosophical traditions. We especially welcome East Asia-West and Intra-East Asia comparative philosophical studies.

In this webinar, co-editors Celeste Arrington (George Washington University) and Patricia Goedde (Sungkyunkwan University) will introduce their new book Rights Claiming in South Korea (Cambridge University Press) with fellow chapter contributor Erin Chung (Johns Hopkins University). Sociologists Paul Chang (Harvard) and Hae Yeon Choo (University of Toronto) will discuss the edited volume's findings and contributions to our understanding of rights-based activism in contemporary South Korea.

Relatively little known, and yet readily visible in the form of its conspicuous façade situated along Siem Reap’s present-day tourist trail, the Angkor Panorama Museum stands as a curious component of Angkor Archeological Park. Designed and built by Mansudae Overseas Project, a branch of North Korea’s central art studio, the space opened in December 2015 only to shutter its doors less than four years later in November 2019.

CALL FOR 2021 SUMMER LUCE POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS

CALL FOR 2021 SUMMER DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS

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