February 16th, 2011

Leif-Eric Easley discusses issues of Korean and U.S. identity

In the case of the Korean Peninsula, what is the possible political significance of soccer? How do South Koreans view the United States, especially vis-à-vis North Korea's nuclear program? Leif-Eric Easley, the 2010-2011 Northeast Asian History Fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, answered these and other identity-related questions in a recent news brief published by the University of Southern California's Korean Studies Institute (KSI). Easley is a former visiting fellow at KSI and has contributed to previous news briefs dealing with inter-Korean relations and South Korean politics.

• » USC Korean Studies Institute: Soccer and nuclear weapons: South Korean views of North Korea and the U.S.

December 16th, 2010

Building strategic trust in Northeast Asia: An interview with Northeast Asian History Fellow Leif-Eric Easley

How do military allies come to find each other more dependable on security issues, instead of less comfortable with mutual reliance? How do rival nations manage to build confidence and shared expectations for a collaborative future, rather than fall into a spiral of suspicions over each other's strategic intentions? Leif-Eric Easley, the 2010-11 Northeast Asian History Fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC), addresses these key questions in his recently completed dissertation, Perceived National Identity Differences and Strategic Trust: Explaining Post Cold-War Security Relations Among China, Japan, South Korea, and the United States. While at Shorenstein APARC, he is revising his dissertation into a book and will teach a course about nationalism and security relations in Northeast Asia. In a recent interview, Dr. Easley discussed his research and future plans. Read more »

June 22nd, 2010

Shorenstein APARC welcomes new research fellows for 2010-2011

Leif-Eric Easley joins the center as the Northeast Asian History Fellow, and Sookyung Kim becomes the Takahashi Predoctoral Fellow. Read more »

June 29th, 2009

Acknowledging the differences in historical memories in Northeast Asia

Gi-Wook Shin, Director of APARC, says "acknowledging the differences in historical memories is an important step toward reconciliation in Northeast Asia," in his interview with the Northeast Asia History Foundation in Seoul.

• » Interview with Northeast Asia Foundation (English)
• » Interview with Northeast Asia Foundation (Korean)

March 23rd, 2009

Matt Augustine Selected as Northeast Asian History Fellow, 2009-2010

The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center is pleased to announce that Matthew R. Augustine has been awarded the Northeast Asian History Fellowship for 2009-2010. This Fellowship is made possible through the generosity of the Northeast Asian History Foundation in Korea. The Fellowship supports a scholar to conduct research and writing on a historical subject that has an impact on modern and contemporary Northeast Asia. Read more »

November 3rd, 2008

Divided memories and reconciliation: history text books and war

An international conference on "Divided Memories and Reconciliation: History Text Books and War" was held on September 29, at Northeast Asia History Foundation in Korea. The first part of Divided Memories Project, a three-year joint project of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and the Northeast Asia History Foundation, is to study and analyze how high school history text books in Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan and US describe the violent history between the 1931 Manchurian Incident to the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty, as the textbooks serve as the master narrative that composes the historical memory of a nation. Read more »

May 14th, 2008

Shorenstein APARC announces Alisa Jones as center's first Northeast Asia History Fellow

Shorenstein APARC is pleased to announce that Alisa Jones has been chosen as the 2008-2009 Northeast East Asia History Fellow. Read more »