SemesterSpring Semester, 2025
DepartmentFreshman Class of Department of Korean Language and Culture
Course NameCurrent Issues of South Korea
InstructorCHEN QING-ZHI
Credit2.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule




































































1



Course Overview (2/20)



2



The Birth of Mixed-Race Koreans (2/27)



Kun Jong Lee, “The Black Amerasian Experience in Korea”



3



The Current Status of Mixed-Race Koreans (3/6)



Benjamin Han, “Melodramatizing Racialized Korea: the Impasse of



Black Representation in Itaewon Class



Screening: clips from Itaewon Class



4



Korean Adoptees (3/13)



Yuri Doolan, “The Camptown Origins of International Adoption and the Hypersexualization of Korean Children”



5



Korean Diaspora in the United States (3/20): On-site lecture



Kimberly McKee, “Korean American Women Negotiating



Confucianism, Christianity, and Immigration”



6



Korean Diaspora in Japan (zainichi) (3/27)



Kazuko Suzuki, “A Comparative Analysis of the Korean



Diaspora in Japan and the United States”



7



Holiday (4/3)



8



Midterm (4/10)



9



Marriage Migration in South Korea (4/17)



Euna Lee, Seung-kyung Kim & Jae Kyung Lee, “Precarious Motherhood: Lives of Southeast Asian Marriage Migrant Women in Korea”



10



Migrant Workers in South Korea (4/24)



Hae Yeon Choo, “Decentering Citizenship Perils, Promises, Possibilities”



11



Refugees in South Korea (5/1)



Kyung Hye Kim & Jinsil Choi, “Discourses on Islamic Refugees in the South Korean News: A Corpus-Based Approach”



12



Defectors in South Korea (5/8)



Screening: Crash Landing on You, 1st episode



13



Ethnic Korean-Chinese in South Korea (5/15)



Hee-seung Irene Lee, “In Search of Korean Dream: Zhang Lu’s



Cinema of Inaction”



14



Reverse Migration (5/22)



Screening: YouTube clips from Solid, Lena Park, Jay Park, etc.



15



Presentation Project Due (5/29)



16



Final Exam (6/5)




 



 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

曾助理 110557005@nccu.edu.tw


Requirement/Grading








  1. Attendance (15%)

  2. Presentation Project (15%)

  3. Midterm (35%): Virtual exam

  4. Final (35%): Virtual exam



Textbook & Reference

1. Articles and book chapters in pdf forms will be available.



https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qWTuvJonzFIl3Vx7IyVIkjNonezCvDEK?usp=drive_link



2. You will also be required to watch some dramas and movies in preparation of class meetings.


Urls about Course
https://hufs.webex.com/meet/jooylee
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