News from EcoS

This section compiles all of the news from the EcoS program. You can also see the articles according to the following categories: EcoS up to Date or EcoS in the News.

If you are interested in keeping up-to-date with student-organized events, please make sure to monitor the social media accounts managed by our student representatives

15.01.2025
 

[Event] Cultural Representations of North Koreans in South Korean Popular Culture:The Intersectionality of Gender, Class & the Division System

Save the date for an University of Vienna guest lecture by Prof. Sung Kyung Kim on January 15, 2025.

EcoS Online
08.01.2025
 

[Event] Reconciling Divided States: A Comparative Perspective on Korea and Ireland

Save the date for an University of Vienna guest lecture by Prof. Dong Jin Kim on January 8, 2025.

EcoS Online
12.12.2024
 

[Article] Die Welt hat gewählt – und jetzt? (German)

Alfred Gerstl and Fabio Wolkenstein review 2024, an election year of records.

EcoS Online
12.12.2024
 

[Op-ed] Seeing red: Yoon’s ‘pro-North Korea forces’ rhetoric evokes authoritarian past

Dan Gudgeon writes about the anti-communist logic behind the martial law declaration in South Korea to root out "anti-state forces."

EcoS Online
10.12.2024
 

[Publication] How peace narratives avoid or invoke ontological insecurity: South Korean language games about building peace with North Korea

Dr. Dan Gudgeon published a peer-reviewed journal article about peace narratives and ontological security.

EcoS Online
09.12.2024
 

[Event] Art of the Deal Redux: Prospects for Diplomacy in the Second Trump-Kim Era

Save the date for a guest lecture with Prof. John Delury on December 9, 2024.

EcoS Updates
08.12.2024
 

[Interview] Staatsbankett und Streetfood – Wie mit Essen Politik gemacht wird (German)

In an interview with SWR, Martin Mandl discusses cuisine and dining as instruments of diplomacy.

EcoS Online
06.12.2024
 

[Article] The Coup of December 3, 2024, in South Korea: Background and Lessons for Democracy

An assessment by Prof. Rüdiger Frank.

EcoS Online
04.12.2024
 

[EcoS Program] Sneak peek at the Summer Semester 2025

Learn about the courses we are offering in the upcoming semester.

EcoS Updates
02.12.2024
 

[Event] Data Knowledge, and North Korean Scholarship

Save the date for a guest lecture with Prof. Hazel Smith on December 2, 2024.

EcoS Updates
22.11.2024
 

[Discussion] Russia and North Korea Against the West: Is Escalation Looming? (German)

Prof. Rüdiger Frank and Dr. Tereza Novotná engage in a discussion with hosted by the Friedlich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF).

EcoS Online
18.11.2024
 

The Webster Vienna Private University hosts a special panel discussion on November 21st about ASEAN's role in Southeast Asia.

EcoS Updates
14.11.2024
 

[Podcast] Disastrous Consequences of Sending North Korean Troops Onto Ukrainian Soil (German)

In an NDR podcast, Prof. Rüdiger Frank talks about the Russian-North Korean partnership that raises the stakes for global security.

EcoS Online
13.11.2024
 

[Podcast] North Korea and the Return of the Cold War (German)

In a podcast by 48forward, Prof. Rüdiger Frank discusses North Korea's growing alliance with Russia and China amid rising global tensions positions it...

EcoS Online
12.11.2024
 

[Journal Article] Old Wine in New Bottles? A Triple Nexus Approach to Linking Aid Cooperation to Peacebuilding on the Korean Peninsula

Dr. Dan Gudgeon published a peer-reviewed article about the concept of the Triple Nexus and linking it to the Korean Peninsula.

EcoS Online