HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONS OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY KOREA

This class presents an overview of Modern Korean history, from 1876 to the present, which had lots of historical turmoil and changes. Thus, this class provides a historical context for general modern Korea. Modern Korea spans stunning events such as Korean openings to the west, Japanese annexation of Korea, colonial hardship and change, an Korean liberation. Furthermore, it also covers the Korean War, Korean economic development, Korean democracy, and Korean globalization since 1990s. Thus, in this class, we will probe the historical trajectory of diverse Korean experiences.

Students will realize modern Korean experience is part of universal experience in the world as well as unique aspects. Students are expected to participate in lively discussions with careful reading of weekly assigned materials and to understand the current Korean society.

- Class attendance & Informed and Active participation in the discussion (strongly encouraged)

Please refer to our syllabus in the Moodle for each week's reading assignments.

- All the reading materials are reserved in our Asian Library.

Bruce Cumings, Korea’s Place in the Sun: A Modern History (NY: Nortons, 2005).
Kyung Moon Hwang, A History of Korea: An Episodic Narrative (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).
Ebrey, Patricia, Anne Walthal, and James Palais, East Asia: A Cultural, Social, and Political History. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2009 (2nd edition).
Jaeeun Kim, Contested Embrace: Trans-border Membership Politics in Twentieth-Century Korea (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2016).

- Final Exam (100%): Two Times, January, one time in June, and one time in September 2021 (TBC)

- Lecture and lively discussion

English

Do your best in preparation for each class. Please refer to all the details in Moodle.

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Climate change and energy" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development