Category: My Publications

China, My Publications, Pensee, Sino-North Korean relations, Yanbian, 新闻自由

The Guardian’s North Korea Network, and a Note on Journalism, Fieldwork, and Academia

The Guardian has created a new North Korea Network, of which the web journal which I edit, Sino-NK, is very much a part. Graciously, the editors in London also saw fit to endorse my Twitter feed (@adamcathcart)  as a must-follow for micro-analysis of the DPRK and its foreign relations. There are, naturally, hard limits to the Guardian‘s partnership with our website. While I was in Yanji … Continue reading The Guardian’s North Korea Network, and a Note on Journalism, Fieldwork, and Academia

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Art, Cultural Politics, Korean War, My Publications, North Korea, Sino-North Korean relations, War Crimes

Enemies and Allies in North Korean Art and Archives, 1948-1952

This is the introduction to a paper which I prepared for an Association of Asian Studies panel on captured wartime documents in Korea, Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 29 March 2014.  The panel was organized by Chuck Kraus and the discussant was Bruce Cumings. The images that accompany the presentation can be accessed via clicking on this link for PowerPoint slides. — Adam Cathcart Usually in modern … Continue reading Enemies and Allies in North Korean Art and Archives, 1948-1952

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Moved to Leeds

As some readers may have noted, I have moved from my previous position at Queen’s University, Belfast, and am presently (and happily) lodged as a lecturer in history at the University of Leeds.  My new faculty webpage at the University of Leeds is here. In due course, I will be uploading more course material and links to my courses at Leeds, which in 2013-14 include … Continue reading Moved to Leeds

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My Publications, Op-Ed, Sino-North Korean relations

Ears Plugged, Fuses Lit

Just prior to the tolling of the bells that marked the turning of the year, I was fortunate to have an essay published in South China Morning Post on the subject of China’s leadership and the evolution of their attitudes toward North Korea. Written with two excellent co-authors (Roger Cavazos of Nautilus Insitute and Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga of London School of Economics), the full version of the essay … Continue reading Ears Plugged, Fuses Lit

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Art, Cultural Politics, EU-East Asia relations, French, Hip-hop, Music, My Publications, North Korea, Sino-North Korean relations

Blockages and Breakthroughts: Cultural Diplomacy and North Korea

[A cross-post of an essay which I posted on SinoNK.com. — AC] Yesterday, Corée_Actualités launched a short missive which functioned as a kind of bouleversement of the normal: a 90-member delegation of the DPRK’s Unhasu Orchestra (consisting of 70 players) will be performing at the Salle Pleyel in Paris this coming March 21.  The French Radio Symphony Orchestra (l’Orchestre de Radio France) will be playing alongside Unhasu, under the direction … Continue reading Blockages and Breakthroughts: Cultural Diplomacy and North Korea

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Chinese Avant-Garde, Chinese communist party, Cultural Politics, EU-East Asia relations, German, Huanqiu Shibao, My Publications, North Korea, Op-Ed, Sino-German Relations

Two New Essays on China Beat: Sino-German and Sino-Korean Relations

I’ve got a few more changes in store for Sinologistical Violoncellist in the new year (most of them involving the bass clef and Japan, not necessarily in that order), but in the meantime, readers may appreciate being directed to two longer essays I recently published on China Beat, cited here in modified Chicago style: Adam Cathcart, “Bow Before the Portrait: Sino-North Korean Relations Enter the … Continue reading Two New Essays on China Beat: Sino-German and Sino-Korean Relations

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