Patrick Vierthaler
Patrick Vierthaler (he/his) holds a PhD in contemporary history from Kyoto University. He is currently employed as assistant professor at the Hakubi Center for Advanced Research / the Institute for Research in Humanities at Kyoto University. His main research fields are South Korean contemporary history and Cold War history.
Kyoto University
Session
This panel brings together a diverse group of scholars to explore the transnational history connecting the Korean peninsula to the international system, through processes of conflict and cooperation engendered by the Cold War and decolonization. While these diverse papers cover a range of perspectives from diplomatic history to media studies, they share a general focus on the early post-war era on the Korean peninsula and ways in which North and South were affected by and integrated into the international system as they attempted to navigate a perilous Cold War landscape. Collectively the panel presents a transnational and world history perspective on modern Korean history that highlights how key historiographical questions are addressed by examining the interests, conflicts, and agency animating the peninsula’s global linkages.