South Korea’s Modernization in a Comparative Perspective

Oct. 25-26, 2024

University of Washington

Thomson Hall 317

 

AGENDA

Conference Chair – Professor Anand Yang, University of Washington

OCT 25.  8:50 a.m. – 4 p.m.

8:50 – 9 a.m.            Welcome – questions

SESSION 1     Late Industrialization and Perceptions of Backwardness

9 – 9:30 a.m.           Beom Shik Shin, Seoul National University, Late Industrialization in the USSR and South Korea: New Perspectives on Backwardness

9:30 – 10 a.m.         David Bachman, University of Washington, Generations of Late Modernizers

10 – 10:05 a.m.       BREAK

10:05 – 10:35 a.m.       Discussants:  Scott Radnitz and Daniel Bessner, University of Washington

SESSION 2     Trajectories of Political Economy

10:35 – 11:05 a.m.       Hyun-Chin Lim, Seoul National University, South-Korea’s Neo-liberal Developmentalism and China’s State Capitalism: The Different Evolution of Developmental State in Asia

11:05 – 11:35 a.m.         Seung Joo Lee, Chungang University, Embedded Neo-familism: The Case of South Korea in a Comparative Perspective

11:35 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.        Discussants: Robert Pekkanen and Claire Yang, University of Washington

12:05 – 12:45 p.m.        LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 3     Social and Political Dynamics of Late Industrialization

12:45 – 1:30 p.m.         Yong-Chool Ha, University of Washington, and Dong-Guk Kang, Nagoya University, Park Chung Hee’s Perceptions of Tradition and Social Changes –With a Comparative Reference to Japan

1:30 – 2 p.m.          Discussants: Uk Heo, University of Wisconsin, and James Kim, University of Washington

2 – 2:30 p.m.          Steven Pfaff, Chapman University, Neo-Familism and the Sociological Consequences of Late Industrialization in Postwar Italy

2:30 – 2:35 p.m.          BREAK

2:35 – 3:05 p.m.          Hyeong-Ki Kwon, Seoul National University Troubled Democratization: Weimar and Korea Compared

3:05 – 3:35 p.m.          Discussants: Beatrice Magistro, California Institute of Technology, and Amir Abedi, Western Washington University