Introduction to Korean History from a Global Perspective: Korea and East Asia
This course reorganizes Korean history, which has been researched within a geographical, political, and historical boundary of Korea, in the ...
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Course Introduction
This course reorganizes Korean history, which has been researched within a geographical, political, and historical boundary of Korea, in the context of the broader flows of East Asian and world history. With a new understanding of Korean history, the course’s glocal perspective on Korean history will provide practical knowledge that enables the envisioning of peace and solidarity of a future of East Asia beyond conflict, strife, and hatred and reflections on the place and role of the Korean Peninsula in the future.
Course Structure
This course consists of a total of 10 weeks, four video lectures a week. To help learners organize and review the content covered each week, the course includes non-video learning materials such as quizzes, discussions, and supplementary reading materials. In the fourth week, students are required to choose one book from the reading list and write a review paper. In the tenth week, short essay questions are provided to enhance students’ understanding of the entire course.
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Korean, English, Chinese
1. [Prologue] Interlocking Relations of East Asia and Glocal Perspective/Sensibility: Glocal Experience Permeating Our Everyday Language Life
2. Interlinking History of East Asia, Its Structure and Agents (1): The Imjin War and the Manchu Invasion of Korea
3. Interlinking History of East Asia, Its Structure and Agents (2): The First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, and the Japanese Colonization of Korea
4. Interlinking History of East Asia, Its Structure and Agents (3): The Korean War
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4-1. The Glocal Significance of the Korean War -
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4-2. People Shaped by the Korean War
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15
4-3. What Kind of East Asia Did the Korean War Create?: The San Francisco System and the Divided Korean Peninsula
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16
4-4. The Korean War as a Catalyst for the Collapse of the Cold War Order: The World Peace Movement and Third World Solidarity
5. Interlinking History of East Asia, Its Structure and Agents (4): The Normalization of Diplomatic Relations between South Korea and China
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17
5-1. Post-/Cold War and Korea–China Normalization from a Glocal Perspective: Background and Impact
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18
5-2. Normalization of Diplomatic Relations between South Korea and China, Achievements and Limitations over the Past 30 Years
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19
5-3. People Crossing the Korea–China Border (1): Chinese in Korea
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20
5-4. People Crossing the Korea–China Border (2): Koreans in China and North Korean Defectors
6. Border-Crossing Culture (1): Discussing East Asia through Food
7. Border-Crossing Culture (2): Discussing East Asia through Youth
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25
7-1. The Birth of Youth in Early 20th-Century East Asia and Japan’s Role
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26
7-2. The Birth and Social Role of Youth in Early 20th-Century China and Korea
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27
7-3. The Kaleidoscope of Early 21st-Century Youth Culture (1): Youth Movements in Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong
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28
7-4. The Kaleidoscope of Early 21st-Century Youth Culture (2): Is sohwakhaeng a Model for Alternative Living?
8. Future History of Interlocking East Asia (1)
9. Future History of Interlocking East Asia (2)
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9-1. Historical Trajectories of Korea–China Mutual Perceptions
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34
9-2. The Present and Future of Mutual Perceptions between Korea and China: Hostile Sentiments between the Two Countries
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35
9-3. Historical Trajectories of Korea–Japan Mutual Perceptions
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36
9-4. Present and Future Outlook on Korea–Japan Perceptions: Hostile Sentiments and the San Francisco System
10. Epilogue: Rethinking Korean History from a Glocal Perspective
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37
10-1. East Asian Solidarity Movement (1): Is an East Asian Community Possible?
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38
10-2. East Asian Solidarity Movement (2): The Joint History Textbook
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39
10-3. The Dynamism of Korean History and the Role of a Mid-Level Developed Country
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40
10-4. Korean History / East Asian History / World History that I Create: Future Projects and Me
Young-Seo Baik
Young-Seo Baik is Professor Emeritus of History, Yonsei University and Chairman of the Segyo Research Institute. He holds BA in Oriental History and PhD in contemporary Chinese history from Seoul National University. He has been a professor of history at Hallim University and at Yonsei University. He has served as the president of the Korean Association for Contemporary Chinese Studies and the Korean Association for Studies of Modern Chinese History. He also was the co-editor of a quarterly, Creation and Criticism.
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40
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