Center for Korean Research Workshop "Critical Studies in Modern Korean Literature and Culture, 1945-1980: Creating the Groundwork for a Cooperative/Reciprocal System between South Korea and the United States to Promote Research on Modern Korean Literature and Culture" Jinsoo Ahn, UC Berkeley Steven Chung, Princeton University Theodore Hughes, Columbia … [Read more...]
“The North Korean Nuclear Crisis and UN Sanctions”
Center for Korean Research Lecture "The North Korean Nuclear Crisis and UN Sanctions" His Excellency Oh Joon, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations in New York 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Kent Hall, Room 403 No registration required. Co-sponsored by the Asia Pacific Affairs Council (APAC), Korea Focus, and the Center for … [Read more...]
“Powerplay: The Origins of the American Alliance System in Asia”
Lecture "Powerplay: The Origins of the American Alliance System in Asia" Victor Cha, D.S. Song-KF Professor of Government and International Affairs, Georgetown University 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. Lunch will be served. Co-sponsored by the Asia Pacific Affairs Council (APAC), Korea Focus, and the Center … [Read more...]
Andrew J. Nathan Asks “Who is Kim Jong-un?” in The New York Review of Books and on WBUR’s “Here and Now”
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, wrote the article "Who is Kim Jong-un?" in the August 18, 2016 edition of The New York Review of Books. On September 14, 2016, Professor Nathan talked with host Jeremy Hobson on WBUR Radio's "Here and Now" about the mysterious North Korean dictator. Examining the historical and social … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Sheena Chestnut Greitens’ “Dictators and Their Secret Police”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Dictators and Their Secret Police: Coercive Institutions and State Violence, published by Cambridge University Press. The book's author is Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the … [Read more...]
