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June 6, 2022
Glory Hole
Kim Hyun
Hosted by
Jennifer Lee
In this episode, co-translators Suhyun J. Ahn and Archana Madhavan discuss their Korean-to-English translation of Glory Hole by Kim Hyun (Seagull Books, 2022). Released as part of The Pride List …
Korean Studies
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Interviews with scholars of Korea about their new books.
Gender Studies
May 18, 2022
Gender Politics at Home and Abroad
Protestant Modernity in Colonial-Era Korea
Hyaeweol Choi
Hosted by
Ann Choi
Postcolonial feminist scholarship on the formation of gender relations primarily uses the analytic of colonizer-colonized dyad. In her new monograph, Gender Politics at Home and Abroad: Protestant Modernity in Colonial-Era …
East Asian Studies
May 17, 2022
Corruption Control in Authoritarian Regimes
Lessons from East Asia
Christopher Carothers
Hosted by
Keith Krueger
Political corruption remains … one of the most intriguing and challenging issues in social science research and public policy, perhaps because although it occurs in virtually all polities, its causes …
Nordic Asia Podcast
May 13, 2022
The New Political Cry in South Korea?
The History of Feminist Activisms and Politics in South Korea
Ju Hui Judy Han
Hosted by
Myunghee Lee
The anti-feminist movement in South Korea is gaining global attention. The story has been covered by many western mainstream news outlets including the New York Times, CNN, and BBC. Is …
East Asian Studies
May 6, 2022
Dancing on Bones
History and Power in China, Russia and North Korea
Katie Stallard
Hosted by
Ed Pulford
Present-day relations between ‘the West’ and each of China, Russia and North Korea are often fractious to say the least, yet today’s global atmosphere of menace or crisis just as …
Political Science
May 2, 2022
Outsiders
Memories of Migration to and from North Korea
Markus Bell
Hosted by
Lamis Abdelaaty
In this timely and insightful new book, Markus Bell presents the case study of Korean-Japanese – “Zainichi” – who have escaped North Korea in the years following the end of …
Nordic Asia Podcast
March 28, 2022
The Security Dilemma in the Korean Peninsula
Foreign Policy of Yoon Seok-youl, the Incoming President of South Korea
Sungmin Cho
Hosted by
Myunghee Lee
South Korean presidential election ended and the conservative party candidate, Yoon Suk-yeol won the election. How will he balance the relationships between Korea and the US and China? The current …
Folklore
March 25, 2022
Contemporary Korean Shamanism
From Ritual to Digital
Liora Sarfati
Hosted by
Timothy Thurston
Once viewed as an embarrassing superstition, the theatrical religious performances of Korean shamans--who communicate with the dead, divine the future, and become possessed--are going mainstream. Attitudes toward Korean shamanism are …
Literary Studies
March 22, 2022
The Intimacies of Conflict
Cultural Memory and the Korean War
Daniel Y. Kim
Hosted by
Adhy Kim
In this episode I talk with Daniel Y. Kim, Associate Professor of English and American Studies at Brown University, about his 2020 book Intimacies of Conflict: Cultural Memory and the Korean War …
On Religion
March 10, 2022
On Korean Zen Buddhism
A Discussion with Anita Feng
Anita Feng
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Anita Feng (Zen Master Jeong Ji) serves as the guiding teacher at Blue Heron Zen Community in Seattle, Washington. She has practiced Zen in the lineage of Zen Master Seung …
Japanese Studies
February 23, 2022
Shakespeare and East Asia
Alexa Alice Joubin
Hosted by
Amanda Kennell
Shakespeare’s plays enjoy a great deal of popularity across the world, yet most of us study Shakespeare's local productions and scholarship. Shakespeare & East Asia (Oxford University Press, 2021) addresses this …
Asian American Studies
February 11, 2022
Minor Transpacific
Triangulating American, Japanese, and Korean Fictions
David S. Roh
Hosted by
Jennifer Lee
In Minor Transpacific: Triangulating American, Japanese, and Korean Fictions (Stanford University Press, 2021), David S. Roh brings Asian Americanist study of Korean American literature in conversation with Asian studies scholars’ …
General History
February 2, 2022
Making the World Safe for Dictatorship
Alexander Dukalskis
Hosted by
Miranda Melcher
In Making the World Safe for Dictatorship (Oxford University Press, 2021) Dr. Alexander Dukalskis looks at the tactics that authoritarian states use for image management and the ways in which …
Japanese Studies
January 3, 2022
Kenkoku University and the Experience of Pan-Asianism
Education in the Japanese Empire
Yuka Hiruma Kishida
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Shatrunjay Mall
Kenkoku University and the Experience of Pan-Asianism: Education in the Japanese Empire (Bloomsbury, 2019) by Yuka Hiruma Kishida makes a fresh contribution to the recent effort to re-examine the Japanese …
Nordic Asia Podcast
December 27, 2021
East Asian Cold War History with a Maritime Twist
Kuan-Jen Chen
Hosted by
Duncan McCargo
When did the Cold War in East Asia really begin? According to ADI-NIAS researcher Kuan-Jen Chen, the answer is 1945 – if we view the Cold War through a maritime …
Nordic Asia Podcast
December 20, 2021
Understanding South Korea’s Taegukgi Rallies
A Conversation with Myunghee Lee
Myunghee Lee
Hosted by
Petra Alderman
Why did so many of South Korea’s senior citizens take to the streets between 2016 and 2019? What motivated their participation in rallies? And what do these rallies tell us …
East Asian Studies
November 24, 2021
Sound of the Border
Music and Identity of Korean Minority Nationality in China
Sunhee Koo
Hosted by
Ed Pulford
When faced with some of the complex identity questions which often arise in borderlands, Koreans in China – known as Chosonjok in Korean, Chaoxianzu in Chinese – have long seemed …
East Asian Studies
September 7, 2021
Imperial Romance
Fictions of Colonial Intimacy in Korea, 1905-1945
Su Yun Kim
Hosted by
Ed Pulford
As in colonial situations elsewhere, Korean experiences of Japanese empire featured many attempts by the imperial authorities to regulate intimate aspects of Korean life, including intermarriage between colonizer and colonized …
Asian Review of Books
September 2, 2021
North Korea: Like Nowhere Else
Two Years of Life and Photos from the World's Most Secretive State
Lindsey Miller
Hosted by
Nicholas Gordon
It’s a cliche to call North Korea the most isolated country in the world. Those of us living outside the country often have very little idea of what life there …
Anthropology
August 24, 2021
Glossolalia and the Problem of Language
Nicholas Harkness
Hosted by
Amir Lehman
Speaking in tongues, also known as glossolalia, has long been a subject of curiosity as well as vigorous theological debate. A worldwide phenomenon that spans multiple Christian traditions, glossolalia is …
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