Peace Corps Volunteers and the Making of Korean Studies in the United States

Peace Corps Volunteers and the Making of Korean Studies in the United States
Author: Seung-Kyung Kim
Publisher: Center for Korea Studies Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Korea (South)
ISBN: 9780295748122

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"Among the scholars who have built the field of Korean studies are former Peace Corps volunteers who served in South Korea in the 1960s and 1970s before pursuing advanced degrees in anthropology, history, and literature. These scholars, who formed the core of the second generation of Korean Studies scholars in the US, reflect in this volume on their personal experience of serving during Korea's period of military dictatorship, on issues of gender and the Peace Corps experience, and on how random assignment to Korea sparked fascination and led to lifelong professional involvement with the country. Two chapters by Korean studies scholars who were not Peace Corps volunteers (one American and one Korean) assess how Peace Corps volunteers have influenced development of the field"--

Peace Corps Korea

Peace Corps Korea
Author: Peace Corps (U.S.). Korea
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 196?
Genre: Korea (South)
ISBN:

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This volume is a compilation of Peace Corps Volunteer experiences in Korea.

The Korean War Remembered

The Korean War Remembered
Author:
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 347
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 1496236041

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Transnationalism and Migration in Global Korea

Transnationalism and Migration in Global Korea
Author: Joanne Miyang Cho
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2023-11-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1003803407

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Contrary to the image of Korea as a largely self-contained country until its economy became global during the 1990s, this book shows that transnationalism has firmly been part of modern Korea’s national experience throughout its existence. The volume portrays Korea’s frequent transnational entanglements with other nations in East Asia and the West from the start of its annexation into the Empire of Japan in 1910 to the present day. It explores how modern Korea negotiated its complicated colonial relations with imperial Japan and its political and economic relations with the West in meeting the challenges of the globalized world. Early chapters cover the origins of Korea’s democratic republicanism among Korean immigrants in the United States, the Royal-Dutch oil industry in Korea, military hygiene and sex workers, and prisons in the Japanese empire. From the latter half of the twentieth century to the present, the book probes Cold War politics between Korea and Europe, transnational Korean communities in China, Japan, the Russian Far East, and the West, and ethnic Korean returnees from the Russian Far East. With contributions from leading international scholars, this collection’s attention to modern Korean history, economy, gender studies, and migration is ideal for upper-level undergraduates and postgraduates.

The Peace Corps

The Peace Corps
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1961
Genre:
ISBN:

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Finding Our Way

Finding Our Way
Author: Steven Gallon
Publisher: Peace Corps Writers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-09-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781950444434

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In the summer of 1967 a young couple departed home and family in Southern California to embark on a grand adventure. Finding Our Way chronicles two years of their life together as Peace Corps Volunteers in South Korea. Living with a host Korean family, they discovered the patterns and rhythms of everyday life in a country whose culture and customs were unfamiliar. Stationed in Taegu, Korea's third largest city, they introduced spoken English to Korean middle school students. As guests in a foreign land they faced cultural dilemmas, embraced adventures of discovery, experienced trying times and built lifelong friendships. Korea in the late 1960s was emerging from decades of Japanese occupation, and a devastating war with cultural neighbors and political enemies in the North. It was a time of economic hardship for much of the population as the country worked to establish itself in a competitive world. As the author was introduced to local traditions, the couple developed insights into their own lives. When troubling events occurred back home, they grappled with their own emotions and struggled to answer difficult questions. And when they encountered puzzling events they learned to accept and understand contrasting values. Adventure was a constant in their odyssey of discovery. Camping in the mountainous countryside, a summer time trek along the peninsula's east coast, visits to friends in rural villages, and teaching seventh-graders create a mosaic of life as members of the Peace Corps. So much was new: the diet, local markets, family relationships, public transportation, and communal baths. All were part of the experience. The story that unfolds in this memoir is unique, as is that of every Peace Corps Volunteer, no matter where they serve. Historic events of the late 1960s, in both Korea and the United States, are woven into a story that illustrates the impact of Peace Corps service. The experiences described by the author-some humorous, some joyful, some troubling, and others mysterious-are the stuff of lifetime memories.

Peace Corps in the Far East

Peace Corps in the Far East
Author: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 1966
Genre:
ISBN:

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Voices from the Peace Corps

Voices from the Peace Corps
Author: Angene Wilson
Publisher: Kentucky Remembered: An Oral H
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2021-07-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780813151816

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President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps on March 1, 1961. In the fifty years since, nearly 200,000 Americans have served in 139 countries, providing technical assistance, promoting a better understanding of American culture, and bringing the world back to the United States. In Voices from the Peace Corps: Fifty Years of Kentucky Volunteers, Angene Wilson and Jack Wilson, who served in Liberia from 1962 to 1964, follow the experiences of volunteers as they make the decision to join, attend training, adjust to living overseas and the job, make friends, and eventually return home to serve in their communities. They also describe how the volunteers made a difference in their host countries and how they became citizens of the world for the rest of their lives. Among many others, the interviewees include a physics teacher who served in Nigeria in 1961, a smallpox vaccinator who arrived in Afghanistan in 1969, a nineteen-year-old Mexican American who worked in an agricultural program in Guatemala in the 1970s, a builder of schools and relationships who served in Gabon from 1989 to 1992, and a retired office administrator who taught business in Ukraine from 2000 to 2002. Voices from the Peace Corps emphasizes the value of practical idealism in building meaningful cultural connections that span the globe.

Digital Development in Korea

Digital Development in Korea
Author: Myung Oh
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2011-03-14
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1136813136

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This book explores the role of digital information and communications technology in South Korea’s development, starting with and building upon the crucial developments of the 1980s. Its perspective draws on the information society concept and on a conceptual model of strategic restructuring of telecommunications. It also draws on firsthand experience in formulating and implementing policies. The analysis identifies aspects of the Korean experience from which developing countries around the world might benefit. Oh and Larson describe the revolutionary developments of the 1980s including the TDX electronic switching system, a major surge forward in semiconductors, the start of privatization and color television and the thoroughgoing restructuring of Korea’s telecommunications sector. They further explore government leadership, the growing private sector and international trade pressures in the diffusion of broadband, mobile communication, and convergence toward a ubiquitous network society. The role of education in these developments is explored in detail, along with both the positive and negative aspects of Korea’s vibrant new digital media. The book also looks at Korea’s growing international involvement, its role in efforts to build a world information society, and finally, its future place in cyberspace. This book will be of interest to students, scholars and policy makers interested in communications technologies, Asian/Korean Studies and development studies.