Uncovering Chains of Transformation
By historically uncovering and tracing the chains of transformative movements in the recent East Asian past, this agenda reconstructs a shared experience for the present.
History and Place
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HistoryandPlace
By renewing East Asian discourse, we redefine
the nature of critical engagement with reality aimed at by K-Humanities.
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Introduction About this agenda
History and Place
FUTURISTIC TURN
OF K-HUMANITIES
By renewing East Asian discourse, we redefine the nature of critical engagement with reality aimed at by K-Humanities.
The Rise of Populism
Examining the rise of populism, now a decisive variable in East Asian politics.
Post-geopolitics
Through the study of transformative and political movements past and present, seeking a post-geopolitics of East Asia.
Relevance
Relevance to
Relevance to
the Agenda
# Chains of Transformation# Populism# Post-geopolitics# East Asia
With the Korean Peninsula and its neighbors carrying the seeds of political, economic and military conflict over world hegemony, contemplating the possibility of a new geopolitics is essential.
As a new terrain for K-Humanities, ‘History and Place’ thinks through the affective currents of the region’s people, the recomposition of class and the possibility of a radicalized democracy, and lays the groundwork for post-geopolitics for a new East Asia.
Research Plan
Research Content and Plan
Phase 1 · Year 01
Year 1
Chains of Transformation and East Asia: A Comparative Study of Anti-regime Movements in East Asian Countries
- Reconstructing the historical context of Maoism in Korea, China and Japan — its circulation and activation
- Critically examining the commonalities and divergences of transformative thought across East Asia, and its negative legacy in the present
Phase 1 · Year 02
Year 2
The Interaction between the Reception of Western Human Rights Discourse and East Asian Anti-regime Movements
- Examining how the Western concept of human rights was received, recontextualized and reconstructed
- Analysing how discursive appropriation functioned as a key medium for transformative practices, including East Asian anti-regime movements
Phase 1 · Year 03
Year 3
The Rise of Populism and Challenges to East Asian Democracy
- Comparing the global current of populism with the historical catalysts and manifestations of populism in East Asia
- Surveying how populist affect combines with authoritarian politics and with radical democracy
- Contemplating post-geopolitics for a new vision of East Asia
Phase 2 · Year 04–06
Phase 2 (Years 4–6)
- Planning and running educational programs
- Planning and hosting international conferences
- Publishing volume 2 of the Post–East Asia research series