01 Prototype of Ancient Korean Culture Seen through Myths, Legends, and Tales
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Professor
Mi-seon Bak
Week 1. Myth of Dangun
Week 2. Founding Myths of Ancient States
Week 3. Strange and Mysterious Nature of the Ancient Kings in Tales and Legends
Week 4. Tales and Legends behind the Acceptance of Buddhism
Week 5. Issues on the Role of Buddhism in Ancient Korean Societies
Week 6. Mid-term
Week 7. Love and Marriage of the People Living in the Ancient Times
Week 8. Issues on Filial Piety
Week 9. Issues on Loyalty
Week 10. Issues on Faith and Death
Week 11. Tales on Ancient Customs and Cultural Activities
Week 12. Final Exam
02 History of Family, Sex, and Love
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Professor
In-ho Kim
Week 1. Introduction and the Family from the Primitive Society to the Bronze Age
Week 2. Family, Sex, and Love of the Ancient Period
Week 3. Royal Household and the Characteristics and Changes of the Family Institution of the Goryeo
Period
Week 4. Marriage of the King and the Issue of Sex during the Joseon Dynasty
Week 5. Marriage and Divorce during the Joseon Dynasty
Week 6. Mid-term
Week 7. Love and Sexual Crimes in the Joseon Dynasty
Week 8. Family Law in the Joseon Dynasty
Week 9. Inheritance, Genealogy, the Official Household Register, and Family Conflict
Week 10. Marriage and Family in the Modern Period
Week 11. Characteristics and Changes in the Family and Marriage in the Present Day.
Week 12. Final Exam
03 Lives of Kings and Queens
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Professor
Jin-hyeong So
Week 1. Monarchy and the Characteristics and Definitions of Kings in the East and the West
Week 2. Good Kings and Bad Kings: Confucianism and the Ruling Ideology in East Asia
Week 3. King and Queens as the Symbol of the Natural Human Relationship
Week 4. Ascension of the King
Week 5. Public Lives of the Kings of Joseon
Week 6. Mid-term
Week 7. Lives of the Queens of Joseon
Week 8. King of Joseon as the Neo-Confucian Ruler
Week 9. Governance of the Kings of Late Joseon
Week 10. Governance of the Queen
Week 11. Lives of the Kings and Queens of Joseon
Week 12. Final Exam
04 Social Status System and Yangban of the Joseon Dynasty
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Professor
Seong-u Kim
Week 1. Social Status System of the Joseon Dynasty
Week 2. Operation of the Social Status System in Early Joseon
Week 3. Collapse of the State Corvee System and the Weakening of the Commoner and Base People
System
Week 4. New Social Class of the Scholar-Officials in the 1520s
Week 5. Emergence of the Neo-Confucian Literati and the Spread of the Neo-Confucian Order
Week 6. Mid-term
Week 7. Scholar-Officials as the Defenders of the State
Week 8. Establishment of the Ruling Structure of Scholar-Officials
Week 9. Division of the Scholar-Official Class the Adjustment of Hierarchy
Week 10. Resistance of the Offspring of the Concubines of Yangban
Week 11. Emergence of Powerful Families and the Ossification of Society
Week 12. Final Exam
05 History of Religion through Events in Joseon Korea
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Professor
Seung-hun Han
Week 1. What is the History of Religion: Methodology, Sources, and a Case Study
Week 2. Representative Religious Rebellions of Late Joseon
Week 3. Four Types of Religious Figures and their Roles in the Rebellions
Week 4. Culture of Political and Religious Prophecies
Week 5. Meaning and Significance of Ture Man during the Rebellions of Late Joseon
Week 6. Mid-term
Week 7. Magical and Ritual Dimension of the Rebellions during the Joseon Dynasty
Week 8. Rituals of the Rebels during Late Joseon
Week 9. Magical Practices Aiming to Harm Others
Week 10. Case Study: Yeohwan Incident in 1688
Week 11. Religious Imagination and the Changing World/Worldview
Week 12. Final Exam
06 Rivalry in Korean History
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Professor
Gap-dong Kim
Week 1. Course Introduction and the Conflict among Three Kingdoms and the Rivalry between King
Seong and King Jinheung
Week 2. Formation of the Northern and Southern States and the Rivalry between Kim Chun-chu and
Yeon Gaesomun
Week 3. Buddhism in Korean History and the Rivalry between Wonhyo and Uisang
Week 4. Founding of Goryeo and the Rivalry between Wang Geon and Gyeon Hwon
Week 5. Society of mid-Goryeo and the Rivalry between Myocheong and Kim Bu-sik
Week 6. Mid-term
Week 7. Fall of Goryeo and the Rivalry between Choe Yeong and Yi Seong-gye
Week 8. Confucian Rule during Early Joseon and the Rivalry between Seong Sam-mun and Sin Suk-ju
Week 9. Imjin War and the Rivalry between Yi Sun-sin and Won Gyun
Week 10. Factional Politics during Late Joseon and the Rivalry between Song Si-yeol and Yun Jeung
Week 11. Isolationist Policy and the Enlightenment Policy during the Final Years of Joseon and the
Rivalry between Daewongun and Queen Myeonseong
Week 12. Final Exam
07 Lives and Dreams of Korean Modern Female Intellectuals
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Professor
Young-eun Jang
Week 1. Women’s Education and Social Participation: Life of Na Hye-seok
Week 2. Women’s Magazine: Life of Kim Il-yeop
Week 3. Life and Literary Work of Choe Jeong-hui
Week 4. Life and Literary Work of Bak Hwa-seong
Week 5. Life and Activities of Heo Jeong-suk and Yi Hwa-rim
Week 6. Mid-term
Week 7. Life and Writings of Jeong Jeong-hwa
Week 8. Lives of Kim Hwal-ran and Go Hwang-gyeong
Week 9. Lives and Autobiographies of Bak In-deok and Im Yeong-sin
Week 10. Life of Choe Eun-hui
Week 11. Life and Artistic Achievements of Cheon Gyeong-ja
Week 12. Final Exam
08 Newly Writing Korean Contemporary History through Oral History
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Professor
A-ram Kim
Week 1. What Is Oral History
Week 2. Oral History Research Unfolded in Korea
Week 3. Jeju April 3 Incident and the May 18 Democratization Movement
Week 4. Experiences of National Division and the Korean War
Week 5. Seeking Refuge and the Refugee Resettlement Project
Week 6. Mid-term
Week 7. Social Control and Violation of Human Rights During the 1960s and 1970s: the Pioneering Group
and the Fishermen Who Returned After Being Kidnapped to North Korea
Week 8. Sabuk Coal Mine Struggle of the 1980s and Women’s Institutions
Week 9. Sewol Ferry Disaster
Week 10. Methodology of Oral History: Preparation for Oral Storytelling
Week 11. Methodology of Oral History: Carrying Out the Oral Storytelling
Week 12. Final Exam
09 Birth of the Examination People
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Professor
Gyeong-suk Yi
Week 1. Introduction and the Birth of the Examination People
Week 2. State Examination System (1)
Week 3. State Examination System (2)
Week 4. Entrance Examination
Week 5. Foreign-Language Examinations
Week 6. Mid-term
Week 7. Politics of Examinations (1)
Week 8. Politics of Examinations (2)
Week 9. Examinations and Meritocracy
Week 10. Globalization of Examinations
Week 11. Summary and Guest Talks
Week 12. Final Exam
10 Modern and Contemporary Korean History Seen through Gender
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Professor
Ji-min Kim
Week 1. How to View the Modern and Contemporary History of Korea through the Perspective of
Gender
Week 2. Women and the Family of Joseon under Japanese Colonial Rule: 1910s-1930s
Week 3. The Pacific War and Women under the Total Mobilization System: 1930s-1940s
Week 4. History of the Comfort Women and the Stories of the Victims: 1940s-1950s
Week 5. Women under Liberation, National Division, and the Korean War: 1940s-1950s
Week 6. Mid-term
Week 7. US-South Relationship, the US Forces in Korea, and the Issue of Camptown Women: 1950s-
1970s
Week 8. Modernization, Family, and Women’s Identity: 1960s-1970s
Week 9. Industrialization and Female Workers: 1970s-1980s
Week 10. Women’s Movement and the Comfort Women Movement:1990s
Week 11. Changes in Gender and Family in the Korean Society: 1990s-2000s
Week 12. Final Exam