Culture
Scholarly Publications
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.
Internationalizing Higher Education in Korea: Challenges and Opportunities in Comparative Perspective
June 2016
Student mobility in Asia has reached unprecedented levels.
The Colonial Origins of Ethnic Violence in India
March 2016
The neighboring north Indian districts of Jaipur and Ajmer are identical in language, geography, and religious and caste demography.
Other Publications
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.
Korean Food, Korean Identity: The Impact of Globalization on Korean Agriculture
December 2005
One of the few ways to get a taste of North Korea, short of leaping through numerous hoops to get a visa to visit the country, is to eat cold noodles (naengmyen).
News
Opinion: Next Korea, Next Generation
June 2018
Researchers in the Korea Program regularly contribute to Korean media on the Korean affairs ranging from education and economics to politics and North Korea nuclear issues.
Applications for Travel Awards: Conference on Future Visions in Korean Studies
June 2018
The Korea Program invites junior faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students to apply for travel awards to attend an upcoming two-day conference organized by the Korea Program at Stanford...
The role of science and ethics in Korean literature
June 2017
Dafna Zur, assistant professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford, discusses her current research on literary and scientific education in postwar North and South Korea.The complete...
Events
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.
Intimate Brushes: Manuscript Exchange between Korean and Chinese Intellectual Communities in the late 18th and Early 19th Centuries
February 1, 2018
Free and open to the public.
The Moral Economy of 'Face': Gift-Exchange, Recognition, and Depoliticized Solidarity
January 29, 2018
The metaphors of ‘face’ are often found in South Korea’s fair trade activism, as fair trade and ethical consumption are frequently described as ‘trade with persons whose faces you know’ and their...
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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