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Class
Schedule
Week I: The Establishment of North Korea
January 4th: The Establishment of the DPRK
January 10th: The Korean War
Week II: The Heyday of Kim Il Sung
January 15th: Purges and the Transition to Socialism
January 17th: Mobilizational Industrialization and the "Dual Advance" Policy
Week III: The Son Takes Command
January 22nd: The Non-aligned Movement and the 1972 Constitution
January 24th: Kim Jong Il Takes Command
Week IV: The DPRK and the Collapse of the Soviet Block
January 29th: Understanding the North Korean Economy
January 31st: Collapse of the Soviet Block and South Korean Nordpolitik
Week V: The North Korean Famine
February 5th: In Class Midterm
February 7th: The North Korean Famine
Week VI: The Subjectivity of Famine in North Korea
February 12th: Social Cohesion and What Can Be Named
February 14th: Life and Disillusion
Week VII: Succession of the Grandson
February 19th: The Selection and Succession of Kim Jongun
February 21st: The Jong Un Purges
Week VIII: The Apparatus of Kim Jong Un's Power
February 26th: The Family Family Apparatus
February 28th: The Internal Security Apparatus
Week IX: Marketization from Below
March 5th: Stumbling toward the Market
March 7th: Guest Speaker Linda Lewis, then "who is in charge?"
Paper Due by March 8th, 11:59 PM
Week X: What's Happneing Lately?
March 12th: Life in North Korea Today
March 14th: The Nuclear Issue?
Final Exam: Friday, March 22: 2:30-4:20 MGH 251 |