Culture
Scholarly Publications
Being in North Korea
August 2020
**See our dedicated book page for more information about the book, including praise, reviews, and author commentary.**In 2010, while working on a PhD in South Korea, Andray Abrahamian visited the...
1919 in Korea: National Resistance and Contending Legacies
May 2019
The year 2019 is the centennial of several anti-colonialist movements that emerged in Asia, including the March First Movement of Korea, the first nationwide political protest in Korea under...
Divergent Memories: Opinion Leaders and the Asia-Pacific War
July 2016
No nation is free from the charge that it has a less-than-complete view of the past.
Other Publications
Future Visions: Opportunities and Challenges of Korean Studies in North America
December 2018
On November 1-2, 2018, the two-day conference "Future Visions: Opportunities and Challenges of Korean Studies in North America" was convened by Shorenstein APARC's Korea Program to examine the...
Behind the Comfort Women Agreement
January 2016
The breakthrough agreement on the comfort women issue between Japan and South Korea on Dec. 28, 2015, was the culmination of at least four years of negotiations between the two governments.
Demographic Change in East Asia: Economic, Social, and Security Implications
December 2011
Japan leads, chased closely by South Korea, with China, on a vastly larger scale, not far behind.
News
A Closer Look at Samsung Offers Insights into South Korean Society
July 2020
On the Business Insider's podcast "Brought to You By. . .", APARC and the Korea Program Director Gi-Wook Shin discusses how Samsung Electronics became so entwined with the history and...
APARC Names 2020-21 Postdoctoral Fellows
February 2020
APARC is pleased to announce that two young scholars, Jeffrey Weng and Nhu Truong, have been selected as our 2020-21 Shorenstein postdoctoral fellows on contemporary Asia. They will begin their...
The Human Rights Crisis in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
November 2019
Shall I tell you why we have brought you here? To cure you! To make you sane! Will you understand, Winston, that no one whom we bring to this place ever leaves our hands uncured?
Events
APARC International Potluck Day
February 7, 2020
The Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center cordially invites its faculty, scholars, staff, affiliates, and their families to join APARC's first International Potluck Day!
Conversation with Choi Si-won: K-Pop Super Junior
October 5, 2018
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Red Stage, or Bringing the Authoritarian Streak Out
February 12, 2018
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is often labeled a hermit kingdom, supposedly one of the most isolated, mysterious, and inaccessible countries on earth.
Projects
The Korea Colloquium on History and Culture
The lectures of the Korea Colloquium on History and Culture are sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies, Korean Studies Program and the William J.
English
Hana-Stanford Conference on Korea for U.S. Secondary School Teachers
Hana-Stanford Conference on Korea for U.S. Secondary Teachers was established at the Korean Studies Program in 2012 with the generous support of Hana Financial Group.
English
Divided Memories and Reconciliation
There are two obstacles to understanding how historical memory about the wartime period has been formed in Northeast Asia.
English
Multimedia
A Conversation with the Author of "Superficial Korea"
October 2017
Dafna Zur, assistant professor of East Asian Language and Cultures at Stanford University, leads a discussion of Superficial Korea, a book by Gi-Wook Shin, professor of sociology and Shorenstein APARC director, which was recently published in...
15th Annual Shorenstein Journalism Award Keynote Speech by Ian Johnson: Religion After Mao
May 2017
Video and transcript from "15th Annual Shorenstein Journalism Award Keynote Speech by Ian Johnson: Religion after Mao" on May 1, 2017, with keynote speaker and Shorenstein Journalism Award winner Ian Johnson.Following a century of violent anti...
Eight Threats to Freedom of Expression in India
April 2017
Audio and transcript from the Shorenstein APARC colloquium, "Eight Threats to Freedom of Expression in India," on April 5, 2017, with Ramachandra Guha.India prides itself on being the "world's largest democracy." In some respects it is certifiably...
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