Contemporary Asia: webinars on Korean response to Covid-19 and cultural challenges of modern day Mongolia
Korean Economic Success in the Midst of Global Pandemic by Kyle Ferrier. May 4 6pm CEET
South Korea stands out for its success in handling the COVID-19. While the country was hit with the virus early on in the pandemic, the quick rollout of a sweeping testing regime combined with other measures have helped to keep caseloads low, even as the numbers have risen in recent weeks. This successful management of the virus has directly translated into South Korea’s economic performance. However, South Korea is still not exempt from many of the challenges other countries are facing, including an uneven economic recovery that threatens to widen economic inequality. Questions also remain about the tradeoffs of efficiency versus privacy in shifting to a contactless economy.
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Mongolian World Across the State Borders: Global Challenges, Local Concerns and National Responses by Alevtina Solovyeva. May 5 6pm CEET.
Mongolia is situated in between the world’s superpowers: China and Russia. The lecture looks at traditional and contemporary cultures of Mongolian peoples in Mongolian Democratic Republic, People’s Republic of China and Russian Federation. During the lecture listeners will be introduced to the particularity of Mongolian traditions – languages, folklores and mythologies, religions and today’s beliefs. The lecture will also discuss specific features of the development of Mongolian societies, their roles in contemporary relations of Inner and Central Asia and ways of dealing with modern local and global challenges.
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Webinar series is organized by University of Tartu Asia Centre and personnel of Contemporary Asian and Middle Eastern Studies MA programme.