Yuri Doolan
History 392-0-28
LEGACIES OF THE FORGOTTEN WAR: THE KOREAN WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH
Day/Time: TTH 3:30 - 4:50 p.m.
Office Address: Harris Hall
Office Phone: N/A
Email Address: [email protected]
Maximum enrollment: 15
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The Korean War is called "The Forgotten War" within American historical memory.
But to Koreans, the war was too brutal to be forgotten—resulting in nearly 3 million civilian casualties,
mass movement, national division, and the militarization of Korean society. Today, Koreans and
Americans alike are still living with the consequences of a war that is still ongoing. This seminar explores
the lasting legacies and human consequences of the Korean War through a look at North Korean,
South Korean, US Military, and Korean American History. Some topics we will cover are the war itself, the
North Korean state, US military bases in South Korea, camptowns/militarized sex work around those
bases, and the Korean War diaspora (Military brides, transnational adoptees, and the third-wave of
Korean American immigration to the US). Students will leave the course with a better understanding of
issues such as the Cold War, Race, Gender, Sexuality, Migration, and the long-term ramifications of
America's global military presence.
AREA OF CONCENTRATION: Asia/Middle East and Americas
PREREQUISITES: None
TEACHING METHOD: Seminar
EVALUATION METHOD: Participation, Papers, and Final Project
GRADING BASIS: ANC
TENTATIVE READING LIST:
Jane Jeong Trenka. The Language of Blood: A memoir. 9781555974268.
Bruce Cumings. Korea's Place in the Sun. 9780393327021.
Katharine H. S. Moon. Sex Among Allies. 9780231106436.
Ji-Yeon Yuh. Beyond the Shadow of Camptown: Korean Military Brides in America. 9780814796993.
Bruce Cumings. North Korea: Another Country. 9781565848733.
Grace M. Cho. Haunting the Korean Diaspora: Shame, Secrecy, and the Forgotten War. 9780816652754.
INSTRUCTOR PROFILE: Yuri Doolan is a PhD Candidate in History at Northwestern University. He specializes
in Asian American history with a minor in Modern Korea. Yuri is currently working on a dissertation project
titled, "America's Comfort Women"—a study that examines the institutionalization of sex work for the US
military in South Korea (1945 to present) and the global legacies of such a system in the US and the
Pacific. In the past, Yuri has conducted research on a number of Korean/American issues including:
camptown women's activism, mixed race Koreans (Amerasians), and Korea's international adoption
program. In 2012, Yuri received a B.A. with Honors Research Distinction in History and Korean Studies
(with minors in Asian American Studies and English) from The Ohio State University. In 2013, he was
awarded an MA in History from Northwestern. Yuri is a former Traveling Scholar of the University of
Chicago in addition to Visiting Scholar of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea.