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Author: John P. DiMoia

1945-1950/1960s/1970s/Contemporary/Korea-Japan/Korean War/Science / Technology/US-Korea

Politics of Health / Medicine, post 1945

Posted on August 7, 2011 by John P. DiMoia / 0 Comment

I’ve been thinking again about the broader issue of beginning to approach the South Korean post-colonial state and post-1945 medicine, recognizing the imm...

1970s/General/Korea-Japan/Science / Technology/US-Korea

Nuclear Power in Korea / Domestic and International

Posted on March 17, 2011 by John P. DiMoia / 2 Comments

Just a quick note, even as the Japan situation continues to unfold, to recall that (1) the current ROK government wants to prioritize nuclear exports in the com...

1960s/Science / Technology/US-Korea

South Korea and Thailand–(Comparative) Developmental Contexts

Posted on May 18, 2010 by John P. DiMoia / 2 Comments

I’ve been playing with this image for quite some time now, and am still trying to build a “thick” context around it for a piece that should  (...

1945-1950/1960s/Contemporary/Economic/General/Korea-Japan/Science / Technology/US-Korea

Generating Power–Electric, hydroelectric, thermal (coal), atomic

Posted on February 15, 2010 by John P. DiMoia / 7 Comments

I’m back once again to this question of electricity and power in its various forms, as I think the long-term story of generating power in NE Asia (1880...

1945-1950/Colonial/General/Korea-Japan/US-Korea

Electricity, Infrastucture: “Reconstruction”

Posted on August 24, 2009 by John P. DiMoia / 0 Comment

This image comes from a USIS publcity shot taken at Masan in the mid-  1950’s, detailing the work of electrical restoration undertaken prior to,  during, ...

1960s

“Catching up”–conferences & SE Asia highways

Posted on May 16, 2009 by John P. DiMoia / 2 Comments

It’s been quite some time since I have posted (teaching two classes this semester has had that effect), but I wanted to catch up by mentioning several con...

1945-1950/Colonial/Korea-Japan

Cholera: Disease, Nation, and Identity?

Posted on November 1, 2008 by John P. DiMoia / 8 Comments

I’ve been looking at disease patterns in the early stages of the USAMGIK occupation, focusing on the cholera outbreak of spring and summer 1946, covering ...

1945-1950/Colonial/Film/General/Korean War/US-Korea

BAKS 2008

Posted on September 14, 2008 by John P. DiMoia / 5 Comments

     I just returned to SG this past weekend from BAKS (British Association Korean Studies) 2008, and wanted to post as the film panel in particular intersects ...

Cultural/General

South Korea As Seen from Singapore: The “Korea Boom,” “Korea” Mobilized~

Posted on August 13, 2008 by John P. DiMoia / 0 Comment

     I can’t resist adding this, my admittedly very superficial observations based on slightly more than two months of residence in Singapore: South Korea...

General

Introduction

Posted on August 7, 2008 by John P. DiMoia / 2 Comments

Hi, I’m new to the blog, and just wanted to introduce myself.  I just completed a Ph. D. in the History of Science (2007) on the formation of “state...

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