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Author: noja

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Passing of Professor Mikhail Nikolaevich Pak (1918-2009)

Posted on May 2, 2009 by noja / 3 Comments

On April 16 this year, my teacher and the man who basically created the Korean history studies in the former USSR, Mikhail Nikolaevich Pak, has passed away. His...

1970s/Contemporary/Economic/General/Labor/Politics

KTX female attendants – “contingent labour” fights back

Posted on July 16, 2007 by noja / 4 Comments

There was a time in Korean labour movement history in the 1970s when it were the female workers who actually led the most militant part of the struggle. The rea...

General

“Anti-americanism” – an important law of thumb

Posted on December 15, 2006 by noja / 6 Comments

I guess it is not only my experience – looking upon the past and getting oneself surprised about “how could I say/do this?” 15 years ago, when...

General

“Resistant collaborators” and “collaborative resisters”

Posted on September 15, 2006 by noja / 7 Comments

I am in a small room on Kyushu University’s campus now trying to finalize the second volume of my Russian textbook on Korea’s history, and while plo...

Colonial/English/Intellectual

English craze as a modern Korean tradition

Posted on August 15, 2006 by noja / 6 Comments

Even having seen for around 15 years how one’s ability to follow the CNN anchors’ pronounciation habits functions in South Korea as the modern equiv...

1960s/Economic/Politics

“Mass-based dictatorship”? A little info on S. Korea’s welfare policies in the 1960s

Posted on July 27, 2006 by noja / 0 Comment

In South Korean academia, one of the most long-standing and productive discussions (I have been following it for around 3 years now, but it may have begun even ...

Books and Articles/Colonial/English/General/Military/Postwar

Patriotic School Athletics – under the Japanese and After

Posted on July 20, 2006 by noja / 2 Comments

To observe that modern “physical culture” (athletics) training in the compulsory schooling system is something closely linked to the conscription sy...

1960s/1970s/Books and Articles

Kim Hwanp’yo and his “Ssalpap chŏnchaeng”

Posted on July 16, 2006 by noja / 1 Comment

Several days ago, I was happy to be presented a newly published book by the publishers who had also earlier printed two of my own books – that is, by Seou...

Books and Articles/Conferences/Economic/English/US-Korea

Prof. Yi Hŏnch’ang (이헌창) and his “Outline of Korean Economic History”

Posted on July 10, 2006 by noja / 4 Comments

A couple of days ago, I had the happy opportunity to meet Prof. Yi Hŏnch’ang (이헌창, 고려대), one of Korea’s leading economical historians. The meeting t...

General

A letter from the headman of Taech’uri Village, currently in detention

Posted on May 20, 2006 by noja / 18 Comments

Dear friends, I guess I should share with you the English text of a letter sent by Mr. Kim Chit’ae (Ji Tae), the headman of Taech’uri Village, which...

Contemporary/Economic/General/Nationalism/US-Korea

Manifesto from the Suyu Research Institute on the S.Korea-USA FTA plans – The Twilight of Empire?

Posted on May 12, 2006 by noja / 10 Comments

Dear colleagues, Below I put the English text of the manifesto penned by two of the most promising post-nationalist scholars I know in South Korea, namely Dr. K...

General

Petition to reinstate expelled Korea University students

Posted on May 4, 2006 by noja / 2 Comments

Dear colleagues, What follows below is a petition for the annulment of the severe punishment meted out by the Korea University (KoryO taehakkyo) authorities to ...

General/Intellectual/Politics/Textbooks

History, or politics by other means

Posted on January 22, 2006 by noja / 10 Comments

I would like to share my musings and solicit opinions on one issue I always was interested in – namely, to what degree the ways in which states attempt to...

General

Market economy and exchange in ancient Korea

Posted on November 22, 2005 by noja / 9 Comments

Dear all, one topic that might be interesting to discuss is the degree of the development of market relations, exchange economy and internal trade in early trad...

English/General

Self-introduction: Vladimir (Pak Noja)

Posted on November 17, 2005 by noja / 4 Comments

I am working with Oslo University (Norway) currently teaching a strange combination of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, which include East Asian religion...

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