East Asian History Seen through Diseases and Healthcare
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Course Introduction
This course examines key concepts and theories in the history of disease to reexamine the response of Korean society to the post- COVID-19 pandemic and changes in the global environment from the perspective of world history and East Asian civilization. This course aims to enhance our understanding of human society and East Asian civilizations through comprehending the history of disease, and further understand how new civilizations are formed during the spread of disease and the process of responding to it.
Course Structure
This course consists of 10 weeks of lectures, including a final. Each week’s lecture consists of three videos and is organized thematically. To help learners organize and review the material covered each week, non-video learning elements such as quizzes and supplementary reading materials are provided. Students are required to watch the weekly lecture videos and complete the learning activities to be credited for the course requirements each week.
Subtitles
Korean, English, Chinese
Kyuhwan Shin
Kyuhwan Shin graduated from the Department of History, Yonsei University and received his master's degree in research on urban culture in Shanghai and a doctorate in research on sanitary administration in Beijing from the same university. He is currently a professor in the Department of Medical Humanities at Korea University College of Medicine. He is the president of the Medical History Research Association and the director of the Institute for Women’s History of Medicine. He is recently conducting research on the origin of public healthcare in East Asia.
