Reacting to the Past
I found out about this through an email announcing a Korean studies module currently in development: “Korea at the Crossroads… more
[Resource] Mapping history of empires
Interesting use of Flash animation. This is a “Imperial History of the Middle East” or as a friend puts it… more
[App] Mellon Visiting Assistant Professorship in environmental history/literature at UC Davis
MELLON VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSORSHIP ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY/LITERATURE Departments of History and English University of California, Davis The departments of History and… more
[CFP] Conference on Korean Religions in Inter-Cultural and Global Contexts, May 2011
CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on ‘Korean Religions in Inter-Cultural and Global Contexts’ 20-21 May 2011 / Sogang University, Seoul… more
[App] Korean Studies Postdoc in Berlin, Germany
Call for Application Post-Doctorate Scholarship For the Project “Circulation of Knowledge and Dynamics of Transformation” At the Freie Universität Berlin,… more
[CFP] “Material Asia” conference in Jeonju, Korea in August 2011
The joint 2011 conference between Society for East Asian Anthropology and Korean Society for Cultural Anthropology SEAA 2011 Conference will… more
[Resource] Download free outline & blank maps
Very useful! d-maps.com offers 16416 maps to date, each one in 6 graphic formats (GIF, PDF, CDF, SVG, AI, WMF).
[Resource] BBC News – Audio slideshow: Mapping Africa
I just took a look at this and would recommend it for not only the content, but also as an… more
[App] SSRC Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop, July 2011
The Social Science Research Council Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop seeks to create a sustained network of advanced graduate students and faculty engaged in research on Korea. The four-day workshop provides an informal setting for participants to give and receive critical feedback on dissertations in progress.… more
Beyond good intentions and evil regimes: North Koreans in Korean/American missionary custody
I’ll be giving a talk next week at the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies at UBC. It’s an updated… more