[KS] Koreanstudies Digest, Vol 218, Issue 5

[Stephen Epstein]

Hi all,

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?

Cheers, Stephen

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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 21:23:17 -0400
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Subject: [KS] [Job Posting] University of Michigan- Korean Politics
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The University of Michigan?s Department of Political Science and the Nam
Center for Korean Studies at the International Institute seek qualified
applicants for a 50/50% jointly appointed tenure-track position at the
Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor rank with research and teaching
interests in Korean politics. Preference will be given to the candidates
who will be hired at Associate or Full rank. The successful candidate will
be appointed to the Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies.

We seek an interdisciplinary scholar whose work sheds light on important
political issues in the Korean peninsula and beyond. Korea has gone through
dramatic transformations in the last decades: from colonial occupation to
divided nation-building compounded by the Cold War; from a poor agrarian
society to the fourteenth largest global economy grappling with inequality
and environmental issues; from a military dictatorship to an electoral
democracy with vibrant social movements; and from the major source of
emigrants to one of the most popular immigrant destinations in East Asia.
We welcome scholars whose work comparative political understanding of
economic development and inequality; democratization and social movements;
geopolitics and national security; globalization, immigration, and
diasporas; or any other topics that are critical in contemporary Korean
politics.


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