Marginal Men and Outsiders: The encounter of Western people and Koreans
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Course Introduction
The purpose of this course is to understand the history of Korea’s interaction with the world through the eyes of Westerners who came to Korea and Koreans who went to the West. In other words, the course aims to expand our understanding of the history of mutual interaction by looking at Korea in the context of world history rather than just focusing on the Korea’s national history. Specifically, the course will examine Westerners who came to Korea at the port-opening period by dividing them into advisors, diplomats, journalists, travelers, and missionaries, according to the purpose of their coming to Korea, and will find out how each Westerner participated in the history of Korea, how they interacted with Koreans, and how they influenced each other. In the case of the Koreans who went to the West during the ports-opening period, the course will scrutinize issues such as how Koreans perceived the West and the world, how they positioned Korea in the world, and how they thought about the problem of accepting Western civilization.
Course Structure
This course consists of 10 weeks of lectures, including a final. Each week’s lecture is composed of 3 to 4 videos according to the theme of lecture. To assist learners in organizing and reviewing the course materials covered each week, the course includes quizzes, supplementary reading materials, and non-video learning elements. 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
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7-1. No Westerners Who Resided in Korea and Interacted with Koreans as Deeply and as Long as Missionaries -
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7-2. Jejungwon, a Western-Style Hospital, Oliver R. Avison, and Bak Seoyang
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7-3. Western-Style Schools, Henry Appenzeller, and Mary Scranton
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7-4. Female Missionaries and Korean Women – Rosetta Hall and Esther Park
Sang Mee Oh
Sang Mee Oh is a professor at George Mason University Korea. She specializes in Korean history, with a research focus on the late nineteenth century and the early half of the twentieth century. She received her B.A. and M.A. from Yonsei University and her Ph.D. from UCLA in Korean history. Her primary research interest is the history of U.S.-Korea Relations in the global context, focusing on intellectual and cultural interactions. Her current research focuses on the American knowledge construction of Korea from the late nineteenth century throughout the colonial period and the formation of Korean Studies in the U.S. during the 1960s.
