[KS] AAS Korea panels announcements

[Edward Shultz]

Dave raises an interesting question but I wonder if the number of advanced students in the social sciences is as thin as it might appear at first glance. For example, at the University of Hawai'i we have a number of excellent grad students in political science and economics and related areas who for reasons stated earlier prefer to present in discipline specific fields. And if one looks at the recent phds in these same fields who have returned to work in Korea, you will also find many highly qualified individuals fluent in both Korean and English producing excellent scholarship.
Ned Shultz

----- Original Message -----
From: David.C.Kang at Dartmouth.EDU (David C. Kang)
Date: Saturday, April 1, 2006 9:06 pm
Subject: Re: [KS] AAS Korea panels announcements
To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws



Just two clarifications to the post I made earlier: first, I was writing about
the field of Korean Studies in general, not just about AAS panels. 

Second and more importantly, I don't see this at all in terms of humanities
versus social science. I'm delighted there's such vibrance in the history and
literature and "cultural" fields. My point was different: taken on its own
terms, the study of Korean political science and economics is much more thin
than I had thought. Regardless of one's own scholarly interests, I can't imagine
that this is a good trend. That is, issues of North Korea, regional integration,
economic and political development, Japan-China-Korea relations, etc., are of
substantive importance, and of great interest to students. That we have so few
graduate students studying in these areas is somewhat worrisome to me, and I'm
not sure why this is the case. 


Dave