with

Katharine H.S. Moon
Professor of Political Science
Wellesley College

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Katharine Moon will discuss the factors behind the growing perception in the United States of South Korea's "new nationalism," particularly of the younger generations. She will also critique this view, explaining that the politics of national identity in Korea is much more complex. In particular, she will focus on current struggles with and explorations of transnational and pan-Asian identities among South Koreans.

About the Speaker

Katharine H.S. Moon is a professor of political science at Wellesley College and an associate fellow of the Asia Society in New York. She was awarded the Jane Bishop endowed Chair in 2001 and recently served as chairperson of the political science department.  Moon received her B.A. from Smith College, magna cum laude, and her Ph.D. from Princeton University, Department of Politics.

Moon is the author of Sex Among Allies: Military Prostitution in U.S.-Korea Relations (Columbia University; Korean edition by Samin Publishing Co.; Japanese edition forthcoming) and other publications on the U.S.-Korea alliance and social movements in Korea and Asia, especially democracy and anti-Americanism, local politics and U.S. bases, migrant workers’ movements, and North Korean human rights. Currently, Moon is writing a book on the rise of Korean social movements and civil society activism in alliance politics.