The Interrogation Rooms of the Korean War: The Untold History (Princeton University Press, 2019), by Monica Kim (NYU Department of History), is a trans-Pacific history of decolonization told through the experiences of two generations of people creating and navigating military interrogation rooms of the Korean War. Kim demonstrates how the Korean War evolved from a fight over territory to one over human interiority and the individual human subject, forging the template for the US wars of intervention that would predominate during the latter half of the twentieth century and beyond.
Following a reading from Marie Myung-Ok Lee (Columbia University) and a presentation from Kim, Crystal Baik (University of California, Riverside), Joan Scott (Institute for Advanced Study), and Naoko Shibusawa (Brown University) offer comments, and E. Tammy Kim (The New York Times contributing opinion writer) moderates a discussion.
Presented by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. Co-sponsored by the NYU Department of History, NYU Department of East Asian Studies, and Nodutdol for Korean Community Development.
About the Author
Monica Kim is assistant professor of history at New York University. She lives in New York City.