/news-archive/tag/seoul-international-summer-school/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Mon, 25 Jun 2018 15:31:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/06/25/wiebelhaus-brahm-teach-south-korea/ Mon, 25 Jun 2018 15:31:13 +0000 /news/?p=70874 ... Wiebelhaus-Brahm to teach at international summer program in South Korea]]> A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor has been selected to teach in a prestigious international college exchange program in South Korea.聽 Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm, assistant professor in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, will teach during the program at the University of Seoul. 鈥淭he goal for the summer program is to bring students from around the world to South Korea,鈥� Wiebelhaus-Brahm said. 鈥淭hey want to put South Korea on the map and to promote better understanding, appreciation, and knowledge of the country. International students get to see the country and experience the culture. The program also seeks to recruit faculty from around the world to teach in the program.鈥� First established in 2000, the program has provided international students with a great opportunity to learn about Korean culture and tradition. During the five-week program that meets from June 26 to July 26, students will take three courses in topics ranging from economics and business, international studies, Korean language, Korean studies, and urban studies. Students will also take cultural visits to Jeju Island, a volcanic island and World Heritage Site, Hwaseong Fortress, and the Demilitarized Zone. The course Wiebelhaus-Brahm is teaching, Globalization and Multicultural Societies, is a new introductory course for the International Studies program at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. Globalization and Multicultural Societies is an interdisciplinary introduction to the way in which international influences shape the world鈥檚 economies, governments, and societies, and their consequences for global conflict and cooperation. He is thankful to get the opportunity to teach a pilot version of the course to international students before the course debuts at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in the fall. Outside of teaching, Wiebelhaus-Brahm will research South Korea鈥檚 experience with transitional justice and explore how the country deals with past human rights violations. 鈥淚n the past 15-20 years, remembering and memorializing past atrocities in South Korea has become more accepted,鈥� he said. 鈥淵ou have efforts to memorialize atrocities that happened during the Japanese occupation in the first half of the 20th century and major massacres during the Korean War in the early 1950s. After the Korean War, South Korea was ruled by a series of military dictatorships, which periodically used mass violence against pro-democracy uprisings. I鈥檓 fascinated to learn more about South Korea鈥檚 experience with dealing with these events.鈥� Wiebelhaus-Brahm also plans to make contacts he can use in future research that will explore the international adoption of children. 鈥淚鈥檝e long been interested in developing a new stream of research outside of post-conflict/transitional justice and look at the politics of the international adoption of children,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 something political scientists have not paid much attention to.鈥�]]>