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Modern Korean History

Course
2024-2025

Admission requirements

Excellent reading, listening, and writing skills in English.

Description

This course offers an essential overview of the history and historiography of Korea after 1876, contending with the political, economic and social reforms implemented in Korea during a tumultuous 150 years. The central themes we encounter are imperialism and colonization, nationalism and modern nation-building, collaboration and resistance, national division and the Cold War. The course arms the student with necessary context to inform their future studies.

Parallel to the course, a tutorial (seminar) will be provided by a student assistant in which the material will be reviewed in more detail. This will also include discussion and instructions on the course assignments. This tutorial is intended for BA Korea Studies students only.

Course objectives

This course has four primary objectives:

  • Foster knowledge of the modern history of Korea;

  • Introduce divergent historical interpretations of that modern history;

  • Cultivate critical approaches to concepts salient to modern Korean history; and

  • Learn sensitive handling of primary documents.

Timetable

The timetables are available through My Timetable.

Mode of instruction

  • Lecture

  • Tutorials

Assessment method

Assessment

  • Assignment (30%);

  • Written exam with open questions (70%)

Weighing

The final mark for this course is the weighted average of all test components. The written exam must be completed with a pass (5.50 and higher).

Resit

Only those students who have participated in all parts of the lecture will be admitted to the resit. The resit consists of a written exam with open questions worth 100% of the course grade.

Inspection and feedback

Information concerning exam review meetings will be released alongside the exam results at the latest. Students may make an individual appointment with the instructor within 30 days of the announcement of the exam grades in order to view their exam.

Reading list

There is one course text, which is available digitally via the university library:

  • Buzo, Adrian. The Making of Modern Korea (4th ed.). New York: Routledge, 2022.

A list of additional readings is contained in the course syllabus, which will be distributed in the period immediately preceding the beginning of the class.

Registration

Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.

General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website

Registration À la carte education, Contract teaching and Exchange

Information for those interested in taking this course in context of À la carte education (without taking examinations), eg. about costs, registration and conditions.

Information for those interested in taking this course in context of Contract teaching (with taking examinations), eg. about costs, registration and conditions.

For the registration of exchange students contact Humanities International Office.

Contact

  • For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.

  • For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office Herta Mohr

Remarks

Attendance to all lectures is expected. You are advised to inform the teacher by e-mail in advance if you will be absent.