Yongusil 13: Adam Cathcart on “Manchukuo’s Afterlife” at the National University of Singapore
Adam Cathcart explores the hinterland of historiography and narrative construction in East Asia, particularly “Manchukuo’s Afterlife” at the National University of Singapore
Diplomatic Churning between Berlin and Pyongyang
The German government returns an Ambassador to Pyongyang with interests in cross-border trade in Sinuiju, North Korean succession issues, and “the liberal ’80s” in Beijing.
Defector Testimonies in a Polarized Society: From Implausible Story to Political Controversy
Nothing looms larger in the rear view mirror of South Korea’s democratic legacy than the South Jeolla Province city of Gwangju and the events that took place there in May 1980. That same democratization narrative was again abused in May 2013, this time along with some defector testimony of a most curious disposition.
Yongusil 12: “War of Words” at Leiden University: Lines of Flight in North Korean Narratology
In the second of our considerations of Remco Breuker’s “War of Words” ERC funded project at Leiden University, Robert Winstanley-Chesters comments on the flattening of historical space time in North Korea and the geist of Manchuria within.
Yongusil 11: “War of Words” at Leiden University: Korea in the Chinese Imaginary
Professor Remco Breuker and Leiden University’s “War of Words” project is considered in the first of three posts from the Yongusil. Adam Cathcart considers Manchuria’s place in Chinese narratology.
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