HS Neuere Forschung Modernes Korea: The Global 1960s and the Transformation of International Relations, 1955-1975

Interdisciplinary Research Seminar organized by the Departments of History, Korean Studies and American Studies

Lecturers: Professor Johannes Grossmann, Professor You Jae Lee and Dr. Thomas Gijswijt
Date: Wednesday 12-14;
Room: 406 in Brechtbau.

The 'long' 1960s represent a period of profound change in virtually all parts of the world, involving a huge expansion of developed economies and international trade, revolutions in communication (television) and transportation (air travel), a massive increase in access to higher education and the growing importance of social and protest movements. At the same time, decolonization, the prospect of nuclear destruction, the process of détente in Europe and new patterns of confrontation between the communist and the non-communist spheres of influence in other parts of the world transformed the international stage. In this seminar, we will explore and analyze how these processes of domestic/societal, transnational and international change during the 'long' 1960s interacted and influenced each other. Some of the issues and themes we will discuss include: anti-Americanism, the Vietnam War, transnational dissent and protest movements, race relations, Cold War, Anti-communism, Decolonization, and Non-Aligned Movement.

This seminar will bring together students in history, Asian/Korean studies and American studies and will be jointly taught by Professor Johannes Grossmann, Professor You Jae Lee and Dr. Thomas Gijswijt. Languages: English and German.

Literature

Leffler, Melvyn P./Westad, Odd Arne (dir.): The Cambridge History of the Cold War, 3 Vol., Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 2010.

Irye, Akira (dir.): Global interdependence. The World after 1945, Cambridge (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press) 2014, dt.: 1945 bis heute. Die globalisierte Welt, München (Beck) 2013.