[KS] Distinguished Lecture Series: Reactionary Politics in South Korea: Historical Legacies, Right-Wing Intellectuals, and Political Mobilization

[Charlotte Hammond]

*Apologies for cross-posting*


Dear all,



You are warmly invited to the following Distinguished Lecture Series held
by Scottish Centre for Korean Studies on Monday 22nd April at 3:00pm.



*Scottish Centre for Korean Studies*

* Distinguished Lecture Series*



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Reactionary Politics in South Korea: Historical Legacies, Right-Wing
Intellectuals, and Political Mobilizatio*n*



Myungji Yang

(University of Hawai'i)



*Monday 22nd April*

*1500 – 1700*

*Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square*



*Abstract: *This talk tackles how the right-wing has shaped the
post-authoritarian South Korean politics over the last four decades. I will
examine why, despite the arrival of electoral democracy in 1987, rapidly
changing geopolitical conditions, and popular demands for socioeconomic
reforms, the South Korean Right continues to deploy outdated anti-communist
rhetoric and authoritarian legacies as their ideological arsenal, and why
many ordinary citizens support a right-wing movement that strongly resists
prodemocratic changes. Drawing from rich qualitative data collected through
ethnographic observation, in-depth interviews, and archival sources, I
demonstrate that right-wing forces have maintained their hegemonic position
by capitalizing on Cold War contestation and constantly engineering fear
and hate toward North Korea and South Korea’s left-leaning forces.
Examining how interactions between right-wing intellectuals, political
institutions, and historical legacies of war and authoritarianism have
constructed conservative identity and narratives, my talk will broaden the
understanding of the dynamics and mobilization processes of the Right.



*Bio: **Myungji Yang* was born and raised in South Korea and is a political
sociologist who studies the ways in which the relationship among historical
legacies, political institutions, and civil society shape political
processes and outcomes. Pursuing comparative historical and qualitative
methods. She is interested in understanding the social origins of
contemporary political dynamics and outcomes. Myungji Yang earned her PhD
in Sociology from Brown University in 2012, and has worked at the
University of Hawai'i Mānoa since 2013. She has also served as a visiting
fellow at the USC Korean Studies Institute (2015-16), MaxPo (2019-20), and
the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social
Sciences (2020-21). Myungji Yang's research has appeared at Politics and
Society, Mobilization: An International Inquiry, Urban Studies,
Sociological Inquiry, and she is the author of From Miracle to Mirage
(2018, Cornell University Press)


The event is free, and registration is not required.



We look forward to seeing some of you there.



Best wishes,

Charlotte Hammond

PhD student in Korean Studies
Administrative Assistant, Scottish Centre for Korean Studies, University of
Edinburgh
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