When: October 9, 2010
From: 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
NOTE: DR. ARMSTRONG REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED SPEAKER.
Subject: North Korea under Kim Jong-il
Speaker: Charles K. Armstrong
Location: The Forum, Santa Fe University of Art and Design (formerly College of Santa Fe), 1600 St. Michael’s Drive
Cost: $15 CIR Members
$20 Non-members & Guests
Charles K. Armstrong is the Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences at Columbia University and serves as director of graduate studies in its History Department. He did his undergraduate work at Yale University, earned an M.Sc. at the London School of Economics, and completed his doctorate at the University of Chicago. He specializes in modern Korean, East Asian, and international history. His current projects include a study of North Korea in the Cold War international system and a history of modern East Asia.
His most recent book is The Koreas (Global Realities) (Routledge, 2006.)



