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Hi all,</div>
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I'm responding to the below job desecription because it raised a question for me. As far as I understand it, South Korea has recently broken into the top 10 in size for global economies, whereas the below (relevant passage bolded) has fourteenth. I'm guessing
the ad was taken over from a previous search and not updated, but I'm now wondering how long ago South Korea might have been at #14--or perhaps there are multiple methods of calculation that are being used, and an economist can enlighten me?</div>
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Cheers, Stephen</div>
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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 21:23:17 -0400<br>
From: ncks info <ncks.info@umich.edu><br>
To: koreanstudies@koreanstudies.com<br>
Subject: [KS] [Job Posting] University of Michigan- Korean Politics<br>
Position<br>
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The University of Michigan?s Department of Political Science and the Nam<br>
Center for Korean Studies at the International Institute seek qualified<br>
applicants for a 50/50% jointly appointed tenure-track position at the<br>
Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor rank with research and teaching<br>
interests in Korean politics. Preference will be given to the candidates<br>
who will be hired at Associate or Full rank. The successful candidate will<br>
be appointed to the Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies.<br>
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We seek an interdisciplinary scholar whose work sheds light on important<br>
political issues in the Korean peninsula and beyond. Korea has gone through<br>
dramatic transformations in the last decades: from colonial occupation to<br>
divided nation-building compounded by the Cold War; <b>from a poor agrarian<br>
society to the fourteenth largest global economy grappling with inequality<br>
and environmental issues</b>; from a military dictatorship to an electoral<br>
democracy with vibrant social movements; and from the major source of<br>
emigrants to one of the most popular immigrant destinations in East Asia.<br>
We welcome scholars whose work comparative political understanding of<br>
economic development and inequality; democratization and social movements;<br>
geopolitics and national security; globalization, immigration, and<br>
diasporas; or any other topics that are critical in contemporary Korean<br>
politics.<br>
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