GENERAL EXAMINATION FIELDS

Modern Korean History

Candidates are expected to have a broad knowledge of the political, social, economic, and intellectual developments in the history of Korea from about 1800 to the present. They will be expected to demonstrate a firm grasp of key historiographical issues in the English secondary literature, together with a knowledge of scholarly trends in relevant Korean and Japanese scholarship, and to be able to discuss these issues and trends in a critical fashion. Students for whom this is the primary field are ordinarily expected to have written at least two graduate seminar papers in this area and to have prepared a secondary field in modern Japanese history.

Primary Research Language

The primary research language is modern Korean. In addition, students will be expected to demonstrate a reading ability in late-nineteenth-century Sino-Korean materials, as well as in modern Japanese scholarship. These language requirements may be satisfied through appropriate language and/or seminar courses, in consultation with the examiner.

SPRING COURSES

Freshman Seminar 48v. North Korea as History and Crisis
Korean History 255r. Modern Korean History: Seminar (full year course)