Jin Hee Kim, American Studies, Kyung Hee Cyber University. “The Republic of Samsung: Labor, Governance, and the Crisis of Korean Democracy.”

Event Date: 

Friday, May 25, 2018 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Event Location: 

  • Humanities and Social Sciences Building
  • Room 4041

Currently a visiting fellow at the Center for the Study of the Work, Labor, and Democracy, Kim is the author of Labor Law and Labor Policy in New York State, 1920s-1930s (2006) and translator into Korean of John Dewey’s Liberalism and Social Action (2011). The editor and author of numerous books and articles on U.S. and Korean labor, Kim serves on the steering committee of the Seoul Labor Center. 

See here for some recent news articles on Samsung and its workers:

http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=21668

A light lunch will be served.