Notes on the Korean Job Market, Part 1: A Decade in the Academic Job Market: My Journey and Why I’m Sharing It

I want to start with full transparency about who I am and why I'm writing this guide. I completed my Ph.D. in History at Yale University in 2014, and it took me six years to secure my first tenure-track position in Korea at the Academy of Korean Studies. Four years later, in 2024, I moved … Continue reading Notes on the Korean Job Market, Part 1: A Decade in the Academic Job Market: My Journey and Why I’m Sharing It

China/North Korea talk by Shen Zhihua (2017.04.24)

An interesting talk by Professor Shen Zhihua (wiki / official) who recently gained a lot of attention after openly criticizing the Chinese government on the China-North Korea relations and also how the Chinese responded to the deployment of the THAAD in South Korea (NYtimes article). The title of the talk was quite provocative (?), but the … Continue reading China/North Korea talk by Shen Zhihua (2017.04.24)