[KS] Friday, February 6 at UC Berkeley (Namhee Lee): The Persistence of Cold War Regime in South Korea

[Berkeley Center for Korean Studies]

*The Center for Korean Studies*

*University of California, Berkeley*

*Cordially invites you to the following **colloquium*





The Persistence of Cold War Regime in South Korea: The discourse of
"chongbuk chwap'a"

Colloquium: Center for Korean Studies | *February 6 | 4 p.m.* | 180 Doe
Library <http://www.berkeley.edu/map/googlemap/?doe>

Speaker: *Namhee Lee* <http://www.international.ucla.edu/korea/person/364>,
Associate Professor of Modern Korean History, UCLA
<http://www.international.ucla.edu/korea/person/364>

Sponsor: Center for Korean Studies (CKS) <http://ieas.berkeley.edu/cks/>

How might one explain the rise of the discourse of “chongbuk chwap’a” (a
term commonly translated as “pro-North leftists”) given South Korea’s
recent history of the democratization movement and the transition from a
series of authoritarian regimes to a parliamentary democracy? In what ways
does this discourse differ from the anticommunism of the authoritarian
regimes of the earlier period? What are some of historical and political
implications of the discourse in contemporary South Korea? These are some
of the questions that I’m interested in exploring in this presentation. I
do so by situating the discourse broadly within the context of the
sociopolitical transformations of post-1987 South Korea and the discourse
of failure of revolutionary experiences worldwide.

Event Contact: cks at berkeley.edu, 510-642-5674


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*And other upcoming events...*



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Korean Economic Development: Aid Dependence To Sustainable Development, Why
Korea Succeeded

Colloquium: Center for Korean Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies |*
February 20 | 4 p.m.* | 223 Moses Hall
<http://www.berkeley.edu/map/googlemap/?moses>


Speaker: *Joon-Kyung Kim* <http://www.kdi.re.kr/kdi_eng/about/president.jsp>,
President, Korea Development Institute
<http://www.kdi.re.kr/kdi_eng/main/main.jsp>

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS) <http://ieas.berkeley.edu/>
, Center for Korean Studies (CKS) <http://ieas.berkeley.edu/cks/>


*Bio*

Joon-Kyung Kim is President of the Korea Development Institute (KDI) School
of Public Policy and Management. He served as Senior Vice President of KDI
and Secretary to the President in Financial Policy. He was also an
Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech; Visiting Professor at Columbia
University and a World Bank Consultant. His recent research has focused on
Sino-Korean economic integration, on restructuring and institutional
reforms in Korea's financial and corporate sectors, and on the role of
organizations in Korea's economic development. His has written number of
research articles on Korean Economy. Kim has a Ph.D in Economics from the
University of California at San Diego, and a B.S. in Computer Science and
Statistics from the Seoul National University.


Event Contact: cks at berkeley.edu, 510-642-5674
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