http://ksp.stanford.edu/Recent news, events + publications from KSPen-usPublic domainhttp://ksp.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://ksp.stanford.edu/60http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1617In looking back at President Lee's first 100 days, Gi-Wook Shin and a former Pantech Fellow, John Feffer, assess the issues in Korea today. "With a big margin in his victory, President Lee thought and misunderstood that he had a mandate to do whatever he wanted to do and that backfired, " says Shin.]]>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1617http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1550"The policy that John McCain proposes is the policy that George W. Bush pursued--and that policy failed," says Shorenstein APARC's associate director for research %people1% tells Slate magazine in an interview.]]>Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1550http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1539New Beginnings, a nonpartisan policy study group of former senior U.S. officials and other experts on Korea, will discuss the results of President Lee's visit and the prospects for forging a real partnership with South Korea at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco on June 3.]]>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1539http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1535Ten 2008 POSCO NGO Fellows were selected by the Fellowship admission committee during the second POSCO NGO Fellowship Conference held on May 1 and 2 at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.]]>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1535http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1517The Second Annual POSCO NGO Fellowship Conference to be held on May 1 at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada]]>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1517http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1511%people1%, Shortenstein APARC director, urges President Lee to start strengthening U.S.-South Korea alliance, particularly, with cooperation on ratification of FTA and North Korea policy.]]>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1511http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1513The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center is pleased to announce that General (ret.) Byung Kwan Kim will join the Center for the 2008-2009 academic year as the first recipient of the Koret Fellowship in the Center's Korean Studies Program.]]>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1513http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1500David Straub, currently a Pantech Fellow at Shorenstein APARC, has been appointed associate director of the Korean Studies Program. "David has been a tremendous asset to us with his expertise and experiences on U.S.-ROK relations," said Shorenstein APARC Director Gi-Wook Shin. "As he takes on his new role with us, he will provide important leadership to the Korean Studies Program that has been expanding fast."]]>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1500http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1495The report of New Beginnings group suggests U.S. conduct comprehensive evaluation of Korean peninsula and Northeast Asian situations.]]>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1495http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1494Shorenstein APARC Distinguished Fellow Michael Armacost discusses U.S.-South Korea ties and points out challenges ahead. "From free trade to North Korea's nuclear threat," writes Armacost in the Christian Science Monitor, "both sides must move past years of missteps."]]>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1494http://ksp.stanford.edu/events/5264By Invitation Only
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This is a slightly revised version of remarks from the December 20th panel discussion of "South Korea's Presidential Elections: Growing Pains of a Young Democracy," held by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in conjunction with the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University.]]>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:50:06 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/22087http://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/21407Rowman & Littlefield vol. 11, Fall 2006
Between 1979 and 1992, the Journal of Korean Studies became a leading academic forum for the publication of innovative in-depth research on Korea. Now under the editorial guidance of Gi-Wook Shin and John Duncan, this journal continues to be dedicated to quality articles, in all disciplines, on a broad range of topics concerning Korea, both historical and contemporary.]]>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:45:31 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/21407http://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/21318Inter-Asia Cultural Studies vol. 6, December 2005
This article examines Korea's politics of identity in the form of Asianism in the modern period, especially since Korea's incorporation into the modern world system in the late nineteenth century. Asianism, and regionalism generally, has become a salient policy strategy for the current South Korean government. However, Asianism has been a primary ideological current in modern Korea whose most recent incarnation should be understood in the larger historical context. This study traces the development of Asianism in four different periods: precolonial, colonial, Cold War, and postCold War. Initially emerging as a bulwark against Western encroachment, the Asianism narrative became irrelevant upon Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910 and only survived as a discourse about a glorified cultural past during colonial rule. Upon liberation, Asianism rescinded as the Japancentered regional order was replaced by a new Cold War alignment, capitalist (Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan) versus communist (China and North Korea). Although discussion about Asianism and a new East Asian regional order have recently resurfaced, the historical legacy of colonialism, war, and national division has added much complexity to the debate. Explicating how the Asianism narrative emerged and evolved through these various historical contexts sheds light on the complexities and difficulties inherent in the current attempt to forge an Asian regional order. By looking at Asianism from a historical perspective, we can also better appreciate the continuity and discontinuity in Korea's politics of identity. While it is still uncertain what the foundation of a new Asianism will be, it is equally obvious that regional interactions will continue to be an important part of the global world order. This study concludes with policy implications of how a historically sensitive understanding of the development of an Asian regional identity can further interaction and integration of East Asian nations.]]>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:15:35 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/21318http://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/21265Routledge, 2006
The book aims to move beyond a nation-state oriented analysis of Korea as the victim/aggressor, seeking instead to understand reconcilation as a mutual, interactive concept.]]>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:27:39 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/21265http://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/21264International Sociology vol. 17, December 2002
This article seeks to identify the social origins of authoritarianism in South Korea and social democracy in Costa Rica. Although both countries entered the modern world system through colonialism, they developed contrasting regime types in the postcolonial period. It is claimed that the key to divergent regime formation rested on the contrasting patterns of power distribution and coalition opportunities among the state and various social classes. This thesis uses historical evidence drawn from South Korea and Costa Rica.]]>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:08:06 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/21264http://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/21079Stanford University Press: Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, March 2006
This book explains the roots, politics, and legacy of Korean ethnic nationalism, which is based on the sense of a shared bloodline and ancestry.]]>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:17:41 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/21079http://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/20991Rowman & Littlefield vol. 10, Fall 2005
Between 1979 and 1992, the JKS became a leading academic forum for the publication of innovative in-depth research on Korea. Now under the editorial guidance of Gi-Wook Shin and John Duncan, this journal continues to be dedicated to quality articles, in all disciplines, on a broad range of topics concerning Korea, both historical and contemporary.]]>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:47:09 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/20991http://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/20815Shorenstein APARC, 2005
This paper examines the four waves of globalization that have swept over the Korean peninsula, the crisis in agricultural production affecting both North and South Korea, and the impact of globalization on the Korean diet and identity.]]>Thu, 01 May 2008 10:24:20 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/20815http://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/20800Nations and Nationalism: Journal of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism vol. 5, Part 4 October 1999
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