[KS] [GWIKS] 05/04 Soh Jaipil Lecture Series with Benjamin Young

Wed Apr 20 16:14:43 EDT 2022

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The GW Institute for Korean Studies presents:
*Wednesday, May 4th, 2022*
*3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EST*
Hybrid Event
Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, Elliott School of International Affairs
Virtual via Zoom
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Event Description
This talk examines the ways in which the North Korean regime exported its
own theory of insurgency to the Third World during the Cold War era and
used mountains as the primary source of inspiration and revolutionary
struggle. Unlike the rural-oriented Maoists in China or the urban-focused
Soviet Union, North Korea perceived its revolution to be mountain-based and
derived the Kim family's legitimacy from their historical closeness to
Mount Baekdu, a sacred mountain to all Korean people.

*Speaker*
*BENJAMIN R. YOUNG* is an Assistant Professor of Homeland Security and
Emergency Preparedness at Virginia Commonwealth University's Wilder School
of Government and Public Affairs. He is the author of *Guns, Guerillas, and
the Great Leader: North Korea and the Third World* (Stanford University
Press, 2021). He received his Ph.D. in history from The George Washington
University in 2018. He has previously taught at the U.S Naval War College
and Dakota State University. He has published peer-reviewed articles on
North Korean history and politics in a number of scholarly journals and is
a regular contributor to NKNews.org.
*Moderator*
*GREGG A. BRAZINSKY* is Professor of History and International Affairs and
Deputy Director of GW Institute for Korean Studies. His research seeks to
understand the diverse and multi-faceted interactions among East Asian
states and between Asia and the United States. He is the author of *Nation
Building in South Korea: Koreans, Americans, and the Making of a
Democracy* (University
of North Carolina Press, 2007) and *Winning the Third World: Sino-American
Rivalry during the Cold War* (University of North Carolina Press, 2017). He
served as Interim Director of the GW Institute for Korean Studies during
the Spring 2017 semester.
Program (PDF) <https://t.e2ma.net/click/4br26g/obwd9snc/w54201>

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