7 CHRIS WEARDEN, SOAS University of London History, Heritage, and Legend in Colonial-Era Tourism: Kyŏngju and P’yŏngyang as Sites of Ideological Contestation 49 ANNA JUNGEUN LEE, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign New Woman and Colonial Materiality: “How To” Articles and Everyday Consumption 71 AH-REUM KIM, Hokkaido University Modernizing the Notion of Domesticity in Early and Mid-Colonial…
Individual Papers 1 HELEN KIM, University of Leeds Embracing the Funk: Celebrating Authenticity and Nation at the New Malden Kimjang Festival in 2021 29 SEONOK LEE, NHAN NGUYEN, ROBERT VENGERS, JOANA DUARTE, University of Groningen and SUZANNE V. DEKKER, Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning / Fryske Akademy Exploring the Educational Power…
Special Section 1 MARK E. CAPRIO, Rikkyo University Introduction: Four Interpretations of the North Korean “Dream” of Building a Socialist Society: 1945–1960 5 SERGEI KURBANOV, St. Petersburg University Dreams of Socialism Reflected in a 1947 North Korean School Textbook 23 MARK E. CAPRIO, Rikkyo University Preparing to Fail: Growing North–South Divisions during the Period of…
EJKS 25.1- Bert Edström – Twists and Turns in the Life of a Remarkable Scholar
Abstract In the early 1950s, Europe was still marked by the chaos and trauma caused by the world war that had ravaged the continent. Sweden was an exception. Stubbornly clinging to its centuries-long neutrality policy to the extent possible, the country had been spared many horrors other countries had had to endure. With its industrial…
EJKS 25.1 – Wonhyong Cho – Cho Seung-bog (1922-2012) as a Linguist: Focusing on ‘A Phonological Study of Korean with a Historical Analysis’ (1967)
Abstract Cho Seung-bog was a Korean linguist and thinker who worked in Sweden. He had connections with both North and South Korea and was a pioneer in conducting the first comprehensive research and writing on the Korean language in Northern Europe. To date, his achievements have not yet been the subject of in-depth research. The…
EJKS 25.1 – Kyounghwa Lim – Opposing War in the Heart of the West: Cho Seung bog’s Antiwar Activism after the Korean War
Abstract This paper explores the overlooked antiwar activism of Cho Seung-bog (1922–2012), a Korean intellectual who publicly opposed the Korean War while residing in the United States. Drawing on Cho’s unpublished Japanese-language memoirs, diaries, and archival materials from Uppsala University, the study situates his activism within the broader contexts of Cold War politics, postcolonial nation……


