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DESCRIPTION:This presentation examines how temporal erasure has shaped U.S.
  understandings of the Korean War. Cold War era historians commonly dated 
 the war’s origins to 1950\, when the Korean People’s Army invaded the 
 South with Soviet support. This framing\, however\, erased the deeper root
 s of the conflict and their entanglement with US policy and global history
 : Korea’s artificial division after 1945\, the U.S. military occupation 
 of South Korea from 1945 to 1947\, and the U.S.-backed rise of Syngman Rhe
 e’s authoritarian government in 1948. By exploring the institutional and
  political forces that produced and sustained this temporal erasure\, I ho
 pe to reveal how historians have participated in reshaping public memory o
 f the war. Exposing this history reveals s a need for further change in ac
 ademic treatments of the war.  While scholars such as Bruce Cumings and Al
 lan R. Millett have long argued for understanding the war’s origins in t
 he broader post–World War II context\, the 1950 narrative continues to d
 ominate in U.S. education. Even contemporary textbooks\, including those u
 sed in Advanced Placement U.S. History courses\, still reproduce Cold War
 –era framings. In alignment with the conference theme\, “Being Global 
 after Globalization”\,  I argue that addressing this persistent erasure 
 requires an institutional effort across both higher education and general 
 education—revising how the Korean War is taught\, remembered\, and situa
 ted within U.S. and global histories.
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LOCATION:Room 204 PC Desk (Seats 30)
SUMMARY:Firefighting Arsonists: The Temporal Erasure of the Korean War - El
 iam Weinstock
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/YVYJET/
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