Understanding the Koreas

A History Institute for Teachers

April 9-10, 2005

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Sponsored by the Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education
A Division of the Foreign Policy Research Institute
At the Gregg Conference Center, American College
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Over the weekend of April 9–10, 2005, the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education sponsored its History Institute for Teachers on “Understanding the Koreas.” Specially designed for secondary school teachers and curriculum supervisors, the weekend-long program featured a series of lectures by leading scholars. A conference report is available summarizing the major speakers and presentations.

Topics and Speakers

Keynote: Dealing with the North Korean Nuclear Threat

Don Oberdorfer, Johns Hopkins University

Why Americans Need to Know About the Koreas

Edward Schultz, University of Hawaii - Manoa

Early Korean History

Milan Hejtmanek, University of Pennsylvania

Modern Korean History

G. Cameron Hurst III, University of Pennsylvania/FPRI

Post-1953 ROK Political and Economic Developments

Soon Won Park, Howard University of Washington DC

Korean Religion

Don Baker, University of British Columbia

Contemporary Korean Society

Mikyoung Kim, Portland State University

Panel on Korean Reunification

Classroom Lessons

Exploring Korea (63K Microsoft Word document)
Susan Harter
Impact of Russo-Japanese War (1904–05) on Korea (1.9M Microsoft Word document)
T. Siefring
Understanding the Koreas (35K Microsoft Word document)
Elizabeth Trentanelli

Thanks to Our Sponsors

The History Institute for Teachers is supported by grants from The James and Agnes Kim Foundation and The Annenberg Foundation.