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DESCRIPTION:Charles Armstrong\, Columbia UniversityPostmodern Pyongyang: No
rth Korea&\;#39\;s Transformations through its Changing Built Environme
ntNorth\nKorea is usually seen as a country stuck in a Stalinist time-warp
. In fact\,\nNorth Korea&\;#39\;s urban landscape has evolved in numero
us ways over the last\nseveral decades. Its architecture since 1989—the ye
ar Pyongyang hosted the 13th\nWorld Festival of Youth and Students—can be
characterized as &\;quot\;socialist\npostmodernism\,&\;quot\; still
dictated by the directives of the central state yet\nsurprisingly resonant
with both Western postmodernism and post-socialist trends\nin the former
Soviet Union and China. Charles Armstrong will discuss\nPyongyang’s built
environment as a reflection of broader changes in North\nKorea’s culture a
nd society.&\;#160\;Professor\nCharles Armstrong is\nThe Korea Foundati
on Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences at\nColumbia Univers
ity. His latest book is Tyranny\nof the Weak: North Korea and the World\,
1950 – 1992 (Cornell\nUniversity Press\, 2013)\, won the 2014 American His
torical Association John\nFairbank Prize for East Asian History.Sponsored
by the Department of History\, the Maxwell School\, and the East Asia Prog
ram at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
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SUMMARY:Department of History presents: Charles Armstrong
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Charles Armstrong\,
Columbia University
Postmodern Pyongyang: North Korea
&\;#39\;s Transformations through its Changing Built Environment
North\nKorea is usually seen as a country stuck in a Stalinist time-wa
rp. In fact\,\nNorth Korea&\;#39\;s urban landscape has evolved in nume
rous ways over the last\nseveral decades. Its architecture since 1989—the
year Pyongyang hosted the 13th\nWorld Festival of Youth and Students—can b
e characterized as &\;quot\;socialist\npostmodernism\,&\;quot\; stil
l dictated by the directives of the central state yet\nsurprisingly resona
nt with both Western postmodernism and post-socialist trends\nin the forme
r Soviet Union and China. Charles Armstrong will discuss\nPyongyang’s buil
t environment as a reflection of broader changes in North\nKorea’s culture
and society.&\;#160\;
Professor\nCharles Armstrong is\nThe Korea
Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences at\nColumbi
a University. His latest book is Tyranny\nof the Weak: North Korea and the
World\, 1950 – 1992 (Cornell\nUniversity Press\, 2013)\, won the 2014 Ame
rican Historical Association John\nFairbank Prize for East Asian History.<
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Sponsored by the Department of History\, the Maxwell School\,
and the East Asia Program at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
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