Health, History, and Technology in Korea | John P. DiMoia

Korea Deconstructed

English - March 03, 2024 02:45 - 3 hours - 264 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
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John DiMoia is Associate Professor of Korean History at Seoul National University, South Korea. He is the author of Reconstructing Bodies: Biomedicine, Health, and Nation-Building in South Korea since 1945 (2013)

Discussion Outline

0:00 What is History?

7:20 Korean Medicine

30:30 Plastic Surgery

39:30 Korea and the Pandemic

57:05 Korean Health

1:00:10 The Joseon Dynasty

1:27:30 Japanese Colonization

1:50:00 The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

2:09:33 The Division of Korea

2:26:55 Seoul National University

2:36:07 The Future of Korea