Art… Resources on North Korean Music Diplomacy 21 Jan 201821 Jan 2018 One strand of my ongoing academic work as a historian of Northeast Asia concerns music and cultural diplomacy in and by North Korea. My published online work on this…
Uncategorized Kim Ki-nam and North Korea’s Orchestral Politics 3 Jun 20149 Jun 2014 Kim Jong Eun commands attention for obvious reasons. His charismatic heft, however, also manages to obscure a number of the other personalities at the apex of North Korean politics who…
My Publications… A Note for North Korea Readers: Launching SinoNK 20 Dec 2011 Amid the proliferation of China-related blogs on the Web, it is hoped that this blog has a place -- be it stable, intermittent, annoyed, essential or otherwise -- on your…
American Foreign Policy… “US-China Musical Diplomacy” at the US Consulate in Chengdu 28 Jul 2011 25 July 2011 Dr. Adam Cathcart Sino-U.S Relations Lecture at the Chengdu U.S Consulate [Transcription by Mycal Ford, Pacific Lutheran University] Part I: Conflict and Culture: It is often thought…
American Foreign Policy… A Little Musical Diplomacy 20 Jul 201121 Jul 2011 China is presently thundering its way into some heavily-historically-documented commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the PLA's arrival in Tibet, while at the same time bringing the rhetorical hammer down…
Art… Catching Up on French Reports from China 25 Apr 201125 Apr 2011 Today, prepping a piece on Ai Weiwei in the German press, I popped a few dozen links (beginning with my own "European Sources on East Asia" in my homepage sidebar)…
American Foreign Policy… Karaoke Will Save the World 28 Jan 201028 Jan 2010 What to do when you've had a bad year? How to press forward, gamely or doggedly, with the new tasks thrust upon you by time and those relationships whose original…
Art… Successful Musical Diplomacy 1 Sep 20091 Sep 2009 One area of research competence and interest for me involves musical diplomacy, particularly as it has effected the US-China bilateral relationship. I spoke about the topic at this State Department…
French… Kamikaze Mozart [II] 30 May 200929 Aug 2009 [Updated and augmented, May 31, 2009] The novel Kamikaze Mozart interests me greatly for several reasons, most of which are superficial but nevertheless persistent. (Perhaps this description holds in many…
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