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David Fedman @dfeds.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

My department is hiring an assistant professor of (post-1945) Korean history. Come work with me! recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10290 Please don't hesitate to reach out with questions about the position. And I'd be ever so grateful if you could spread the word to potentially interested parties.

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Assistant Professor of Korean History (post-1945)

University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Reposting this excellent interview in @jacobinmag.bsky.social It really gets into the complexities of worker organizing in Samsung, the necessity of East Asian worker solidarity, internal movement dynamics and Yellow Envelope Law. I appreciate the take on recent Samsung agreement. Simply excellent.

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Samsung Workers’ Fight Is Just Beginning

Semiconductor workers at multinational South Korean corporation Samsung won significant contract gains after a credible strike threat this spring. Their struggle is a crucial one for the global labor ...

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ISA RC26 Sociotechnics - Sociological Practice @isa-rc26.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

⏳Friendly reminder! Only days left to propose your session for the XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology 🌏 Gwangju, Korea · 4–10 July 2027 Theme: "Global Sociology in Turbulent Times" Bring your idea to RC26 here👇 isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc20... ⬇️ Instructions below 📅 25 June, 23:59 UTC #ISAWCS27

Promotional poster for the XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology. Large white text at the top reads: “XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology”, accompanied by the title in Korean. The congress theme appears in English and Korean: “Global Sociology in Turbulent Times”. Event details at the bottom state: “Gwangju, Korea | July 4–10, 2027” and “Chonnam National University”. The poster features a vibrant geometric design in shades of pink, purple, coral, and green, with overlapping angular forms and a large circular motif on the right side. Four vertical bars near the top reference elements of the Korean writing system. The visual identity evokes movement, exchange, and global interconnectedness. Logos of the XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology, the Korean Sociological Association, and the International Sociological Association appear along the bottom edge. The congress will bring together sociologists from around the world to discuss major social transformations, inequalities, democracy, knowledge production, and other contemporary challenges under the theme “Global Sociology in Turbulent Times.”

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

New, short article out with Jinsoo Lee. We chart the embrace MAGA-scripts and anti-Chinese sentiment by the Korean far right as a type of political realignment in light of the US-China rivalry and in a context where the 'pro-North' bogeyman is not longer as effective in regimenting politics. 1/3

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The Geographical Journal | RGS Research Journal | Wiley Online Library

This article examines South Korea’s recent martial law crisis as an untimely or ‘late’ instance of authoritarian politics and notes the utility of a ‘global conjunctural frame’ for situating it withi...

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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Expect both Republicans and Democrats to throw a shitfest over this because despite Coupang being a Korean-primary company, they rely on American incorporation to bully ROK against any sort of enforcement action: www.wsj.com/business/ret...

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South Korea Fines Coupang $410 Million Over Data-Law Breaches

The fine on the e-commerce company is the largest ever imposed on a single company in South Korea.

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

@uofmpress.bsky.social have a spring sale on atm. SPRING26 gets you 50% off a range of titles. Sale includes my book on the dilemmas of contemporary Korean politics encountered by progressive efforts to resolve inequality and address the enduring power of the chaebol and the conservative bloc.

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The Postdevelopmental State

Over the last 25 years, South Korea has witnessed growing inequality due to the proliferation of non-standard employment, ballooning household debt, deepening export-dependency, and the growth of supe...

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The Hynix and Samsung ‘bonanza’ deals have raised a lot of questions about who and what unions fight for in Korea lately. Great for many direct employees but ‘divisionsal’ unionism seems just as bad if not worse than enterprise unionism. Not to mention the plight of undercompensated subcontractors.

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Samsung workers set for $400,000 bonus after deal to share AI profits

Agreement with union ends wrangling over how to share spoils of boom at memory-chip maker

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Just imagine what a Labour government could achieve with a 150+ seat majority

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Indeed. A three headed monster, that.

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Enjoyed this piece for its look at the esoterica of the ruling LG family's shareholding practices. I've written a bit about (cross)shareholding in my book and elsewhere in reference to Samsung, but every Chaebol has its own take on it. In this case 'borrowed-name' holdings are prominent.

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Secret Recordings, Hidden Shares and a Family Rift at the South Korean Giant LG

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Ah man, they are coming for work wear now? I don’t want to go back blazers.

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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 30/04/2026

baker's jacket (automated killchain jacket)

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Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Running a fieldcourse built on practitioner access is harder to organise than tours or a transect survey, but the pedagogical payoff is fantastic. Huge credit to my co-instructors, esp @jamiedoucette.bsky.social for making it happen.

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Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Students also ran their own research projects across the week. Interviews, observation, field notes and it was great to see their semester’s worth of prep materialise into fieldwork and initial findings!

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Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The visit to L'Olivera was a highlight of the week. A worker cooperative producing wine and olive oil in a model that integrates people with disabilities as full cooperative members, not as recipients of charity but as owners of the enterprise.

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Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Day 1 we visited Can Batlló, a former industrial complex in Sants reclaimed by neighbours and transformed into a community hub. Emphasis on community ownership and alternate social relations.

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Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Back in Manchester after a great week in Barcelona with our 2nd year geographers @uomseed.bsky.social. Fieldcourse on coop economies and alternative economic spaces. We took students into the world of Barcelona's solidarity economy. Worker co-ops, housing cooperatives, social currencies...

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Coupang has been flying an American flag of convenience and cosying up to MAGA. The latest salvo is a letter cosigned by 56 Republicans. Is this the new shape of globalization: Maga-adjacent geopolitical positioning to leverage the US state to help protect domestic tech monopoly rents back home?

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Seoul rejects US Republicans' claims of discrimination against Coupang - The Korea Times

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected claims by dozens of U.S. Republican lawmakers that Seoul is discriminating against American companies oper...

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Samsung had a 'no union' policy until less than a decade ago. So it is nice to see worker organizing catching up, especially as the share of semiconductors in Korea's exports deepens based in part on exploitation and evasion of labour rights recognition for subcontracted workers.

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Samsung Electronics labor unions vow no retreat in wage talks - The Korea Times

Samsung Electronics labor unions staged a mass rally on Thursday, stepping up pressure on management with the threat of a full‑scale strike next mo...

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I've only recently come across @phenomenalworld.bsky.social but have really enjoyed what I've read to date. Great interview here with Brazilian PT Finance Minister F Haddad. It's got me thinking about looking afresh on similar debates within Korea years back about tax reform and welfare expansion.

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Brazil and the World System

An interview with Brazil's Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Was reading a bit about the hype surrounding prediction markets and relation to crypto. Thought this was a good quote. www.cnbc.com/2026/02/05/b...

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Choe Sang-Hun has a good update on the long running struggles of Guryong Maul in Seoul’s Gangnam district.

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‘Nowhere Else to Go’: The Squatters in the Richest Part of Seoul

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Felicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I searched under 'geography' when first exploring the site, and Wiesam Essa appeared alongside Abdel Nasser Mustafa Salim al-Saqqa, Ali Taysir al-Rantisi and Naim Salman Mohammed Baroud: 4 Palestinian geographers killed by Israel since 7 October 2023 rememberinggazascholars.org/the-scholars...

Photos of 4 Palestinian geographers killed by Israel: Abdel Nasser Mustafa Salim al-Saqqa, Ali Taysir al-Rantisi, Naim Salman Mohammed Baroud, Wiesam Ali Essa. See https://rememberinggazascholars.org/the-scholars/?q=geography&directory_type=post-your-need&sort=title-asc

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Includes our UoM-CARA fellow colleague Wiesam Essa. We’d often joke about the Manchester weather. Colleagues had found another post for him when his university and apartment was bombed in Jan 2024.

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Anyone remember ZNET? Back in the mid 2000s I wrote a number of articles there on South Korea about migrant labour, precarious work, free trade agreements, and more. They were offline for years and I didn't save any copies. The site is back up so I've downloaded them and put them up on academia.

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Weird. Thought he was more the Rene Girard type.

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Aufhebunga Bunga @bungacast.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

If Fordism characterised the mid-20th century, do we now live under Muskism? We discuss w/ the authors of "Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed" 👇

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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Some great visualizations here. Need to do this for similar East Asia — US networks.

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

🆕 The Authoritarian Stack IIPP Honorary Professor @francescabria.bsky.social's latest research project maps the "Authoritarian Stack"— a network of tech firms, funds, & political actors turning core state functions into private platforms. 🔗 Learn more about the project here: buff.ly/lLhM9k6

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