CANCELLED! Cornerstone of the Nation: The Defense Industry and the Building of Modern Korea under Park Chung Hee

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Location
Connolly House, Andover Room, Boston College, 300 Hammond St., Chestnut Hill, MA

Book Talk

Speaker/Author: Peter Kwon, University of Albany, SUNY

Peter Kwon is Assistant Professor of Korean studies at the University at Albany, SUNY.  His research focuses on the history of the Korean defense industry, military-civilian relations, the dynamics between authoritarian politics and civil society in East Asia, US-Korea relations, the political economy of East Asia, and Korean nationalism. His works have been published in the Journal of Asian Studies, Journal of Korean Studies, National Interest, East Asia Forum, and Journal of Social History, among others. He earned a Master's degree in Regional Studies-East Asia and a Ph.D. in History and East Asian Languages (with a focus on modern Korean history) from Harvard University. 

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