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DTSTART;TZID=KST:20260625T131500
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DESCRIPTION:This session explores how U.S. aid and transnational mobility r
 eshaped South Korea’s institutions\, infrastructures\, and state formati
 on from the 1950s to the 1970s. Moving beyond a state-centric diplomatic n
 arrative\, the panel approaches aid as a multidirectional process involvin
 g the circulation and appropriation of people\, knowledge\, technology\, a
 nd financial models across Cold War East Asia.\n	The papers shed light on 
 different dimensions of these mobilities. One analyzes the contested movem
 ent of Zainichi Koreans in Japan\, highlighting how repatriation and borde
 r control regimes exposed the tensions between mobility and sovereignty. A
 nother explores the reconstruction of the Seoul–Busan highway\, showing 
 how military-led infrastructure projects facilitated the transfer of techn
 ical expertise and the growth of civilian engineering capacity. A third in
 vestigates the establishment of the Korea Institute of Science and Technol
 ogy (KIST) and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science (KAIS)\, demonstrat
 ing how American technical assistance was selectively appropriated to inst
 itutionalize scientific expertise and consolidate a developmental state. T
 he final paper considers U.S. aid officials’ perceptions of traditional 
 rotating credit associations (kye) and their relationship to agricultural 
 cooperatives\, revealing how local financial practices were reconfigured w
 ithin broader development frameworks.\n	Together\, these studies questions
  the assumption that the South Korean developmental state emerged from dom
 estic initiative or American imposition to emphasize complex negotiations 
 within Cold War transnational networks. By foregrounding mobility and inst
 itutional transformation\, this session attempts to situate Korean history
  within wider debates in Cold War studies\, development history\, and glob
 al history.
DTSTAMP:20260412T140205Z
LOCATION:Room 201 (Seats 42)
SUMMARY:Cold War Mobilities: Reconfiguring People\, Technology\, and Capita
 l in the Making of South Korea - Seung Woo Kim\, Wonkeun Lee\, Minchang Je
 on\, Jae Won Na\, Taehyun Kim
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/RVP8AY/
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