Snapshots and Soundbites of Korean Culture

Section 1: Art and Culture

(i) Fine Art

Fine Art Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

1.       Green-Glazed Celadon Ceramics of the Koryŏ Period, Charlotte Horlyck

2.       Japanese Depictions of Music Among Korean Envoys (The Chōsen Shisetsu Gyōretsu Zukan, 1655?), Keith Howard

(ii) Songs and Music

Songs and Music Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

3.       Pansori, an Intercultural History of Korean Story-Singing, Chan E. Park

4.       From Squares to Triangles: How to Count Korean Rhythm, Jocelyn Clark

5.       Transcending Multiple Borders: Korean Performing Arts and Artists in the Early Twentieth Century, Sunhee Koo

6.       The Arrival of Punk Rock in Korea, Stephen Epstein

(iii) Performance and Theatres

Performance and Theatres Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

7.       Mask Dance Dramas (Kosŏng Ogwangdae), CedarBough T. Saeji

8.       The Seoul Drama Center, Jan Creutzenberg

9.       Madanggŭk (People’s Theatres) and Taehangno (Theatre District, Seoul), JooYeoul (Jy) Ryu

(iv) Popular Culture in the Two Koreas: South Korea

Popular Culture in the Two Koreas: South Korea Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

10.    The Metanarrative of the Nation in Shiri (Dir: Kang Je-Gyu, 1999), Hye Seung Chung 

11.    Hand-Painted Cinema Billboards in South Korean Cities, Roald Maliangkay

12.    K-Dramas That Hurt and Heal, Bonnie Tilland

(v) Popular Culture in the Two Koreas: North Korea

Popular Culture in the Two Koreas: North Korea Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

13.    Shin Sang-Ok and the New Wave of North Korean Cinema, Gabor Sebo

14.    North Korean Graphic Novels About the Korean War, Andrew David Jackson

Section 2: Religion, Philosophy, Thought, and Texts

(i) Shamanism

Shamanism Introduction, Michael Pettid and Andrew David Jackson

15.    Muga – the Songs of the Shaman, Boudewijn Walraven

16.    Pari Kongju (Princess Pari, the First Shaman), Michael Pettid

(ii) Buddhism

Buddhism Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

17.   The Korean Buddhist Canon: The Koryŏ Taejanggyŏng, Robert E. Buswell, Jr.

18.    The Chikchi and Its Global Impact, Kim Jongmyung

19.    Kwanseŭm – the Boddhisatva of Compassion, Antonio J. Domenech

20.    Toksŏng- the Mysterious Lonely Saint in Korea’s Buddhist Monasteries, Beatrix Mecsi

21.    Chŏng Yag-yong and Buddhism, Kim Daeyeol

(iii) Confucianism

Confucianism Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

22.    Confucianism During Chosŏn-Period Korea, Gregory N. Evon

23.    Korean Genealogy (Chokpo), Eugene Y. Park

24.    Chosŏn Dynasty Funerary Tablets (Myojimyŏng), Martina Deuchler

(iv) Christianity

Christianity Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

25.    On the Translation of the Bible Into Korean, Daniel Pieper

26.    The Ilsin Women’s Hospital, Hea-Jin Park 

(v) Communism

Communism Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

27.    On the Politician, Pak Hŏn-yŏng (1900-1956), Vladimir Tikhonov

(vi) Nationalism

Nationalism Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

28.    On Pre-Modern Korean Identity, John Duncan

29.    Personality Cults Past and Present, Kyung Moon Hwang

(vii) Authors, Texts, and Books

Authors, Texts, and Books Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

30.    On the Ten Injunctions (Hunyo sipcho) of the Koryŏ Dynasty, Remco E. Breuker

31.     The Poet, Thinker, and Politician, Yun Sŏn-Do (1587-1671), Anastasia A. Guryeva

32.    The Chosŏn Dynasty text, Chŏnggamnok (The Records of Chŏnggam), Anders Karlsson

33.    The Diary of Sim Wŏn-gwŏn (Sim Wŏn’gwŏn Ilgi), Holly Stephens

34.    Pak T’ae-Wŏn’s Novel A Day in Life of Kubo, the Novelist, as a Representative Korean Modernist Novel, Justyna Najbar-Miller

35.    Children’s Literature, Dafna Zur

Section 3: Korean Places, Spaces, Pastimes, Food, and Language

(i) Korean Places and Spaces

Korean Places and Spaces Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

36.    The Diving Women of Chejudo, Haenyŏ, Jae-Eun Noh

37.    The Kumŏng Kage (Old-Style Corner Shops), Hye-jin Park 

38.    Korean Bathing Culture: Spaces for Social Communication and Cultural Identity, Jung Youn Moon

39.    Ondol/Kudŭl, the Korean Underfloor Heating System, Sungkon (SK) Moon

(ii) Education

Education Introduction, Andrew David Jackson (Monash University)

40.    Sunŭng, the South Korean College Entrance Exam, Hyein Cho

(iii) Korean Sports and Pastimes

Korean Sports and Pastimes Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

41.    A Brief Historical Account of the General Evolution of Taekwondo, Udo Moenig

(iv) Nutrition

Nutrition Introduction, Andrew David Jackson (Monash University)

42.    Korean Ginseng, James B. Lewis

43.    The Chilli in Korea, Niamh Calway

44.    Sinsŏllo – a Rediscovered Treasure of Korean Cuisine, Maria Osetrova 

(v) Language

Language Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

45.    On Sinographs (Chinese Characters Used in the Korean Language), Ross King

46.    On the Invention of Hangul, Young-Key Kim-Renaud

47.    The Other Uses of the Korean Alphabet: Foreign Language Learning in Pre-Modern Korea, Sixiang Wang

48.    On the Publication of Korea’s First Unabridged Monolingual Dictionary (Chosŏnmal k’ŭn Sajŏn), Daniel Pieper

49.    Honorifics, Politeness and Social Change, Lucien Brown

Section 4: Social, Political, and Historical Developments

(i) Social Change

Social Change Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

50.    Early Korean Migrants to Hawai`i, Kyounghee Moon

51.    The Meaning of Multiculturalism (Tamunhwa) in South Korea, Erin Aeran Chung

52.    Markets and North Korean Women, 2015, Andrew David Jackson

(ii) Invasions

Invasions Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

53.    Waegu (Japanese Pirates), 1350 to 1419, Damien Peladan

54.    The Court Debate Over the 1637 Qing Invasion, Seung B. Kye

(iii) Factionalism in Chosŏn

Factionalism in Chosŏn Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

55.    Political Factionalism in Chosŏn Korea, Andrew David Jackson

(iv) The Korean War and the Vietnam War

The Korean War and the Vietnam War Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

56.    On the POW Issue During the Korean War, Park, Tae-gyun

57.    On the 1954 US-ROK Agreed Minutes, Park, Tae Gyun

58.    South Korean Participation in the Vietnam War, Christopher Lovins 

(v) Democratisation and Protest

Democratisation and Protest Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

59.    On the Kwangju Uprising, 1980, Don Baker

60.    On the 1987 Seoul Demonstrations (the June Uprising), Roland Bleiker

61.    On the 1987 Constitutional Reforms, Hannes B. Mosler

62.    The Student Movement of the 1990s, Tae-sik Kim 

(vi) Historical Controversies

Historical Controversies Introduction, Andrew David Jackson

63.    The Koguryŏ Controversy and Korea’s ‘Shared History’ With China, David Hundt

Index

Biography

Andrew David Jackson is Associate Professor and Director of Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH) at Monash University, Melbourne, where he has worked since 2017. He also taught Korean Studies at the University of Copenhagen and is the author of The Musin Rebellion: Politics and Rebellion in Eighteenth-Century Korea (2016).

Sandy Nguyen graduated with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Korean Studies. She previously worked as a Korean-language in-class student support assistant for the Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH), assisting  with introductory-level Korean. Sandy is currently the Hub Coordinator and is responsible for managing the MUKSRH website, coordinating Korean studies events, and leading outreach programmes that teach Korean language and culture to the local community.

Eva Richards is a PhD student in Korean Studies at Monash University. Her research focuses on gender, sexuality, and desire in contemporary South Korean popular culture and digital media, particularly in Korean video games. She completed her master’s in Korean Studies at Yonsei University in 2024.