Postwar South Korea - Politics, Economy, and Society

Undergraduate / Graduate

This seminar examines recent English-language monographs in Korean Studies to explore how scholars have approached South Korea's politics and socioeconomic change since 1945. Each week, we will engage with major works that address themes of class, gender, modernization, and development politics. Through close reading and discussion, students will deepen their understanding of South Korean society and its intersections with the family, the state, civil society, popular culture, and the economy in both local and global contexts.