| 授業科目名 | 年度 | 学期 | 開講曜日・時限 | 学部・研究科 | 全担当教員 | 単位数 |
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| 13322:[2025 秋セメスター]IR18‐GE304 Korean Studies(R) § 13323:RUIR-3621 Korean Studies(R) § 13324:IR-FS304 Korean Studies(R) | 2025 | 秋セメスター | 金5 | 国際関係学部 | 張 瑛周 | 2 |
キャンパス
授業施設
授業で利用する言語
授業の概要と方法
Information for “+R-Jugyo” will be posted on the “Course Introduction” on moodle+R by September 20. Be sure to check the “Course Introduction” on moodle+R.
This course explores the politics and foreign policy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea). The focus is to think critically about the North Korea’s pressing issues of security (namely nuclear and missile development) and external behaviors based on our conceptual/ theoretical understandings and knowledge of International Relations. The course is formed by four sections. In the first section, we overview and understand general information about and contemporary issues that the international community faces about North Korea in a broader context of International Relations. In the second section, we explore the history of North Korea. Tracing back to the Japan’s colonization of the Korean Peninsula, we look into how North Korea was established and how its political and social systems including its ideology were built. The third section covers and evaluates international efforts to deal with the North Korean leadership in the post-Cold War era. Here we primarily explore North Korea’s foreign policy behavior vis-à-vis the United States, South Korea, Japan, China, and Russia. The final section looks into specific debates: the North Korea’s cultural diplomacy, North Korea’s relation with pro-North organization in Japan, and the prospect for North Korea’s future.
受講生の到達目標
・improve their ability to think critically and analytically about North Korea and its nuclear development from multiple perspectives;
・take into account the historical, political, and international foundations of North Korea today;
・understand the specific local context which North Korean issues originate from and relate it to the larger scholarly literature and policy debates pertaining to North Korea.
事前に履修しておくことが望まれる科目
授業スケジュール
| 授業回数/ 担当教員（複数担当の場合） |
テーマ |
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| キーワード・文献・補足事項等 | |
| week 1 | Course introduction, Description and class organization |
Basic data about North Korea: CIA World Factbook, available sources from North Korea |
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| Week 2 | Debates about North Korea |
Contemporary issues (security, economy, and human rights) |
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| Week 3 | History of North Korea: during the WWII |
Japan’s colonization of the Korean Peninsula, the activists’ protests in the northern part of Korea |
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| Week 4 | Making of North Korea: post-WWII |
Establishment of Juche (self-reliance) ideology, the roles of the leader and the Workers’ Party of Korea |
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| Week 5 | Society of North Korea |
Three Kim’s eras and the development path of domestic economy |
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| Week 6 | Foreign relations: the United States (I) |
The Korean War, diplomatic downtime, and nuclear negotiation (1990s – 2000s)
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| Week 7 | Foreign relations: the United States (II) |
Nuclear negotiation (2010s – 2024)
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| Week 8 | The Inter-Korean relations |
The divided Koreas: Nuclear crises, unification, and negotiation
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| Week 9 | Foreign relations: Japan |
The close but distanced states: Issues of history, abduction, and negotiation
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| Week 10 | Foreign relations: China |
The patron state with dilemma
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| Week 11 | Foreign relations: Russia |
Swinging alliance: Ups and downs over the bilateral history
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| Week 12 | North Korea and the pro-North organization in Japan: |
General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) and Korean schools |
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| Week 13 | North Korea’s cultural diplomacy |
Tools of propaganda?: Sports, art troupes, and tourism |
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| Week 14 | Wrap-up |
The value of critical thinking from multiple perspectives and future prospects |
授業実施形態
授業外学習の指示
成績評価方法
| 種別 | 割合(%) | 評価基準等 |
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| 定期試験（筆記） | ||
| レポート試験 （統一締切日を締切とするレポート） |
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| 上記以外の試験・レポート、平常点評価 （日常的な授業における取組状況の評価） |
100 | 30%: Active class participation including attendance and discussion
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成績評価方法(備考)
2. Late arrival for 30 minutes or more will be considered as absence.
3. The above course schedule may get changed depending on circumstances and such changes will be informed to the students in advance.
受講および研究に関するアドバイス
教科書
教科書(使用頻度、その他補足)
参考書
| 書名 | 著者 | 出版社 | ISBNコード | 備考 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stanlinist Utopia | Andrei Lankov | Oxford University Press | 9780199390038 | |
| The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future | Victor Cha | HarperCollins | 9780062906366 | |
| North Korea: Ideology, Politics, Economy | Han. S. Park | Prentice Hall | 9780131021613 |
参考書(使用頻度、その他補足)
参考になるwwwページ
授業内外における学生・教員間のコミュニケーションの方法
備考
URL:https://secure.ritsumei.ac.jp/students/pathways-future/course/curriculum.html/