Compiling a History of North Korea in the 21st Century: Methodology of Fact Selection and Analysis
Friday, February 9, 2018
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch will be provided.
The Elliott School of International Affairs
Chung-Wen Shih Conference Room
Sigur Center for Asian Studies
RSVP
with Sergei O. Kurbanov
Professor, St. Petersburg University; Visiting Scholar, GWIKS
Sergei O. Kurbanov is a professor and the chair of the newly established Department of Korean Studies at St. Petersburg University. In 1997, he developed and opened the “Korean History Major” BA Program. His spheres of interest are wide, including the general history of Korea (with books published in 2002 and 2009), Korean Confucianism (book in 2007), and the everyday lives of North and South Koreans in 1987 – 2000s (books in 2013 and 2017). He also wrote and compiled a biography (published in 2016) of Kim Gu, the head of the Provisional government of the Republic of Korea in China, as well as a book on the theory of historical science (book in 2016). Currently, Prof. S.O. Kurbanov has undertaken a project to write a book on the history of North Korea in 2000 – 2018.
The Soh Jaipil Circle is named after the famous champion of Korean independence who earned a medical degree at GW. The circle will bring together people from the academic and think tank communities for serious and engaged conversations of Korea issues.
