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…
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…
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 Drawing on Cho’s unpublished Japanese-language memoirs, diaries, and archival materials from Uppsala University, the study situates his activism within the broader contexts of Cold War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……
Abstract This article reconstructs the transnational life and academic career of Cho Seung-bog (1922-2012)—a pioneering founder of Japanese and Korean studies in post-war Scandinavia—through a biographical and intellectual-historical lens. Tracing Cho’s trajectory from pre-war Manchuria and wartime Japan to Cold War America and neutral Sweden, it examines how his overlapping positionalities shaped… Members Please login for…
Abstract This special issue deals with the multifaceted roles of Professor Cho Seung-bog (Cho Sŭngbok 趙承福, 1922-2012), one of the founders of post-war Korean and Japanese studies in Sweden. Concurrently with his academic career, he was active in Korean diaspora sociopolitical movements, including those advocating peace, democratization and reunification of North and South Korea. This…