[KS] new MA North Korean Studies commencing September 2015

Sun Jun 7 12:24:18 EDT 2015

Dear colleagues

Could I ask that you bring to the attention of your undergraduate students
the establishment of a new, full-time, one-year MA programme in North Korean
Studies at the University of Central Lancashire, commencing September 2015.

This is an intensive course that has a  social science disciplinary
foundation but will give students the option of following a social science,
language or mixed social science/Korean language pathway through the degree.

Discrete aims are

*         To widen and deepen students’ understanding of major issues,
developments and discourses about the history, politics, economy and society
of North Korea 

*         To raise students’ awareness of, and commitment to, the
significance of theoretical approaches, critical evaluation and
contextualisation in undertaking research and policy on North Korea 

*         To increase students’ ability to plan, project-manage and
implement a major, original, research project on North Korea, while
incorporating cross-cultural sensitivity and international perspectives

*         To enhance students’ critical, analytical, presentational and
organisational skills  with regard to research-based activity 

*         To equip students with the skills, knowledge and processes
required to undertake an advanced research-degree in North Korea, including
providing the opportunity for students to make a step change in Korean
language skills, at Beginners, Intermediate, and Advanced level

I will be directing the programme and welcome informal queries at
hasmith2 at uclan.ac.uk <mailto:hasmith2 at uclan.ac.uk> 

Further information and formal applications ae via
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/courses/ma_north_korean_studies.php

With best wishes

Hazel Smith

Hazel Smith Ph.D FRSA

New book
<http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relati
ons/east-asian-government-politics-and-policy/north-korea-markets-and-milita
ry-rule>
http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relatio
ns/east-asian-government-politics-and-policy/north-korea-markets-and-militar
y-rule

Professor and Director

International Institute of Korean Studies UCLAN (IKSU)

School of Language, Literature and International Studies

Adelphi Building AB107, University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), Preston,
PR1 7BQ, UK
Professor Emeritus, Cranfield University, UK

Professorial Associate, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK

+44 (0) 1772 896426 (office)

+44 (0) 784 174 5233 (mobile)

http://www.uclan.ac.uk/research/explore/groups/iksu.php

From: Hazel [mailto:hazel.a.smith at btinternet.com] 
Sent: 13 April 2015 21:34
To: 'koreanstudies at koreanstudies.com'
Subject: new book announcement Hazel Smith, North Korea: Markets and
Military Rule (Cambridge University Press). 

I wonder if I may announce the publication of my new book, with thanks,
Hazel 

Hazel Smith, North Korea: Markets and Military Rule (Cambridge University
Press). It is available in paperback. Summary and Table of Contents below.

Summary koreanstudies at koreanstudies.com
<mailto:koreanstudies at koreanstudies.com> 

In this historically grounded, richly empirical study of social and economic
transformation in North Korea, Hazel Smith evaluates the 'marketization from
below' that followed the devastating famine of the early 1990s, estimated to
be the cause of nearly one million fatalities. Smith shows how the end of
the Cold War in Europe and the famine ushered brought radical social change
to all of North Korean society. This major new study analyses how
marketization transformed the interests, expectations and values of the
entire society, including Party members, the military, women and men, the
young and the elderly. Smith shows how the daily life of North Koreans has
become alienated from the daily pronouncements of the North Korean
government. Challenging stereotypes of twenty-five million North Koreans as
mere bystanders in history, Smith argues that North Koreans are 'neither
victims nor villains' but active agents of their own destiny.

Table of Contents

Introduction: North Korea: politics, economy and society
Part I. Jettisoning Caricatures: Understanding History
1. Beyond the clichés
2. National identity
Part II. The Rise and Fall of Kim Il Sungism:
3. Colonial occupation and the rise of Kim Il Sung
4. War-fighting as state-building
5. 'Socialism in our own style'
6. Sisyphus as economic model
7. Social stratification in the workers' state
8. Famine and the end of Kim Il Sungism
Part III. Marketisation and Military Rule:
9. Marketisation from below
10. Military rule from above
11. The marketisation of well-being
12. The marketisation of the social structure
13. Going nuclear
14. Strategic paralysis
15. North Koreans as agents of change
Bibliography
Index.

Hazel Smith Ph.D FRSA

New book
<http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relati
ons/east-asian-government-politics-and-policy/north-korea-markets-and-milita
ry-rule>
http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relatio
ns/east-asian-government-politics-and-policy/north-korea-markets-and-militar
y-rule

Professor and Director

International Institute of Korean Studies UCLAN (IKSU)

School of Language, Literature and International Studies

Adelphi Building AB107, University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), Preston,
PR1 7BQ, UK
Professor Emeritus, Cranfield University, UK

Professorial Associate, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK

+44 (0) 1772 896426 (office)

+44 (0) 784 174 5233 (mobile)

http://www.uclan.ac.uk/research/explore/groups/iksu.php

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