The Journal of Contemporary Korean Studies (JCKS), published by the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History, is a new international journal created for the purpose of encouraging academic debate on issues related to Korean politics, economy, society, and culture.
We hope that JCKS will inspire new research into Korean society across the academic community and rouse more interest in Korea-related issues among people in general. Going forward, we would like to encourage scholars from around the globe to contribute to this endeavor and help make JCKS essential reading for all those interested in contemporary Korean Studies.
Journal of Contemporary Korean Studies
Volume 1 Number 1 December 2014
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Foreword: KIM Wang-Sik
Editor’s Note: JUN Sang-In
Special Issue: Reflections on Contemporary Korean Studies
Michael KIM, Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Transnationalism in Korean History
Charles K. ARMSTRONG, Development and Directions of Korean Studies in the United States
Andrei LANKOV, Studies of Korean History and Korean Society in the Russia of the Soviet Period
CHUNG Il-Joon, Rethinking and Recasting Korean Social History: Envisioning the Third Wave Korean Social History Problematic
CHO Seokgon, Korean History and Numbers: How Micro-Data and Case Studies Have Developed Studies on Korean Land System
Articles
KIM Young-Hoon, Exploring Korea through National Geographic: Shifting Images and Its Significance, from 1890 to 2013
Tamas MATURA, Central Europe and the Republic of Korea: Politics, Economy and Perceptions
Essays
YOON Hyung-sup, From Liberation to the Establishment of the Republic of Korea: A Personal Memory
Book Reviews
KIM Gi-Bong, How will Korean History Studies Overcome the Epigone Age? Towards a Historiography of Post-colonial Imagination, Yun Hae-dong
RO Sang-ho, Literature and Culture on the Edges_Literature and Film in Cold War South Korea: Freedom's Frontier, Theodre Hughes
Culture Critique
HA Kyehoon, Leeum, Tenth-Year Anniversary Exhibit
HA Seung-woo, The Return of Yi Sun-shin: Mediating the Present and the Past_Film The Adimiral: Roaming Currents
LEE Yeong-mi, The Sensation of My Love from the Star: Trends in Romantic Comedy Television Series in Korea
