The Koins

The Economic History of Chosôn Korea  Dr. James Lewis (University of Oxford)  Wann? Mittwoch, 18.12.2013, 18-20Uhr Wo? Koreanistik, Wilhelmstraße 133, Raum 30 Herr Dr. Lewis hat sich bereit erklärt, The Koins ein paar thematische und persönliche Fragen zu beantworten:  1. Where are you from? (Country and City)  Oxford, United Kingdom  2. Could you give us a short introduction of your presentation topic?  Title: ‘An Economic History of Chosŏn Korea’ The field of economic history has expanded immensely over the past fifteen years and great strides have been taken to gather quantifiable data on the Chosŏn period. The presentation addresses questions related to environmental, epidemiological, population, and agricultural histories and touches on political-economy to begin piecing together a macro system. Questions related to regions and economic sectors (royal household, government, farming sector, and merchants) introduce micro s...

Hwang Byungki:  Traditional Music and the Contemporary Composer in the Republic of Korea Dr. Andrew Killick (University of Sheffield) Wann? Mittwoch, 20.11.2013, 18-20Uhr Wo? Koreanistik, Wilhelmstraße 133, Raum 30 Herr Dr. Killick hat sich bereit erklärt, The Koins ein paar thematische und persönliche Fragen zu beantworten: 1. Where are you from? (Country and City) Sheffield, UK. 2. Could you give us a short introduction of your presentation topic? I'm talking about Hwang Byungki, a Korean composer who writes mainly for traditional Korean instruments.  3. When did you first get in contact with Korea? How did you gain interest in Korean traditional music? After learning about Indian classical music while growing up in Manchester and completing a bachelor's degree in music at Edinburgh University, I wanted to learn about other kinds of traditional music from around the world, how they work and how to listen to them. I went to the Univers...

Einführung des Ausländerwahlrechts.  Südkorea macht es (ganz Asien) vor?  Juniorprof. Dr. Hannes Mosler (Freie Universität Berlin)  Wann? Mittwoch, 06.11.2013, 18-20Uhr Wo? Koreanistik, Wilhelmstraße 133, Raum 30 Herr Dr. Mosler hat sich bereit erklärt, The Koins ein paar thematische und persönliche Fragen zu beantworten: 1. Where are you from? (Country and City)  Germany, Bremen 2. Could you give us a short summary of the topic you presented at our university? Since 2005 South Korea is the pioneer state in Asia to extend voting rights at the local and regional levels to foreign residents. The few explanations of this unlikely reform remain partial and contradictory. With this research I presented, I and my colleague intend to contribute to a fuller understanding of the political process that led to this electoral reform. (As I told you during the talk the presentation drew from a recent research my colleague Luicy Pedroza and I condu...