Instructors
Gi-Wook Shin - Professor, Department of Sociology

The basic purpose of this class is to understand society, politics, and international relations in twentieth-century Korea (both North and South) from historical and comparative perspectives. It is not aimed at surveying the history of Korea, but rather at discussing major sociological and theoretical issues in social change and development (economic and political) vis-a-vis the Korean experiences. Although Korea will be the focus of the course, it will often be contrasted with other East Asian nations and even with countires elsewhere in the world.

The class will include lectures and seminar-like discussions on the course readings. Please make sure to do the assigned readings (the distribution of the reading is somewhat uneven with some weeks requiring more readings) and be prepared for class discussion.

Level
Graduate and undergraduate

Department
Department of Sociology
School of Humanities and Sciences