Monthly Archives: January 2017
Third World Studies Center 40th Anniversary Conference
The University of the Philippines Third World Studies Center is organizing “The Third World Studies Center in Its 40th Year: An International Conference” to celebrate its 40th anniversary this year. This conference will be held on 9-10 February 2017 at … Continue reading
Khmer Rouge Trials
In a new and long review, JCA co-editor Geoffrey Gunn reviews Man or Monster? The Trial of a Khmer Rouge Torturer, by Alexander Laban Hinton and published by Duke University Press in 2016. The book examines the crimes considered by … Continue reading
Neo-liberalism and Mining in India
Matilde Adduci of the Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società at the University of Turin has a new article, just made available at the JCA publisher’s page. Neo-Liberalism, Mining and Labour in the Indian State of Odisha: Outlining a Political … Continue reading
Roh’s last interview widely covered
A couple of weeks ago, JCA published an important commentary and interview with President Roh Moo-Hyun. That last interview was conducted and introduced by Hyung-A Kim of the School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific … Continue reading
Area studies promoted
JCA editor-in-chief Kevin Hewison has reviewed Area Studies in the Global Age. Community, Place, Identity, edited by Edith W. Clowes and Shelly Jarrett Bromberg (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2016.1274130), published by Northern Illinois University Press at DeKalb in 2016. His review has appeared … Continue reading
Markets and conscription in South Korea
The final article to be published in 2016 came out during the holidays. It will appear in print later in 2017. That article is “Of Soldiers and Citizens: Shallow Marketisation, Military Service and Citizenship in Neo-Liberal South Korea” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2016.1269264) … Continue reading
JCA 