Monthly Meeting – Thursday, February 19, 2026: An Update on the Korean Peninsula
Topic: An Update on the Korean Peninsula
Speaker: Jiyul Kim – Visiting Instructor of History- Oberlin College & Conservatory
Overview:
Jiyul Kim is a historian of East Asia, Cold War, U.S. foreign policy, and, more broadly, war in human civilization. He has been teaching in the history department since 2012. Prior to Oberlin College, he served for nearly 30 years in the U.S. Army (1981-2009) with assignments in the United States, Germany, Korea, and Japan.
His final years in the army was as professor of national security and director of Asian studies at the U.S. Army War College (Carlisle, PA), where he developed a curriculum on regional studies based on history and culture.
He has published broadly on history, culture, archaeology, and the military. He brings his real world and academic experiences to his teaching.
His first course, HIST 393 History and the Formulation of U.S. National Security Policy and Strategy (2012-2014), examined the use of history in the formulation of U.S. national security policy and strategy using case studies of historical and contemporary security issues to examine how historical knowledge can better inform U.S. foreign and military policy and strategy.
His next courses, HIST 392 Theory and History of War (2015) and HIST 399 War and Civilization, examined the role and place in history of war from the evolutionary origin of conflict some 10,000 years ago through the impact of wars on the course of human civilization to the present.
His most recent course, HIST 343 Research Seminar: War, Military and the American Nation, explored the impact of wars and the military in how the United States developed as a nation.
Education
BA, anthropology and biology, University of Pennsylvania, 1981
MA, Asian studies, Harvard University, 1991
ABD, history and east Asian languages, Harvard University, 2004
FPA Coordinator: Shirley Keith Knox
Venue:
The Susquehanna Club
Menu:
Marinated Chicken
Rice Pilaf
Peas with Onions
Salad
Key Lime Pie
Social hour & Dinner Information
5:30-6:30 Social Hour
6:30-7:30 Dinner
7:30—Announcement, Speaker followed by question and answer session
Cost for FPA Members: $38.00
Non-Members: $43.00 – We Welcome Non-members to attend dinners.
There is no charge for anyone to attend the program presentation only, beginning at 7:30 PM.
Dinner reservations must be made NO LATER THAN 10 a.m. Monday, February 16. Because the Susquehanna Club has no back-up kitchen, if you come for dinner without a reservation or register late, we may not have a meal for you.
To make a reservation, fill out the form below or telephone or email Shirley Keith Knox at skeithknox@comcast.net or (717) 319-4512.
To CANCEL your reservation, please telephone or email Shirley Keith Knox at skeithknox@comcast.net or (717) 319-4512. Please be sure to give your complete name, address and phone number.
