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Military Aspects of the Imjin War
Kubík, Lukáš ; Glomb, Vladimír (advisor) ; Maršálek, Jakub (referee)
This thesis deals with Japanese invasion to Korea between years 1592 - 1598, known as Imjin War. The thesis analyses historical development of the conflict and defines basic tactics and strategy with focus on Korean participation in this war and Korean army. Secondarily, this thesis deals with Japanese and Chinese participation in the conflict. KEY WORDS: Joseon, Imjin war, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japan, Ming dynasty
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The Rise of China and Its Impact on East Asia
Horák, Milan ; Karásek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kučerová, Irah (referee)
History of international relations suggests that rising power brings challenges and creates unstable environment in the international system. This thesis deals with the rise of China and its implications to the East Asia region. China has experienced massive economic growth over the last few decades which is likely to influence the dynamics not only of the region, but also of the international system as a whole. There is an ongoing discussion in the academic literature regarding the rise of China. In this thesis, the offensive neorealism theory of John J, Mearsheimer is employed. This paper focuses on the region of East Asia, namely to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Since the region is heavily penetrated by the US power, its position is also discussed. The question is how China will behave when it gets more powerful and what strategies the neighbouring countries choose in order to deal with China's rising power. The theory assumes that rising great power strive to dominate its region in order to establish regional hegemony. The main aim of this thesis is to examine whether or not the aforementioned states act according to the prism of offensive neorealism.
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Military Prostitution and its Organization in Colonial Korea
Graňák, Tomáš ; Glomb, Vladimír (advisor) ; Mazaná, Vladislava (referee)
The aim of this work is to describe the issue of military prostitution during the colonial period in Korea. After a brief introduction and terminological and methodological definition, which will define further considerations discussed, paper describes the historical background of military prostitution in colonial Korea. A description of the socio-economic consequences of the historical development with focus on specifics of military prostitution in Korea, resulting from historical and socio-economic context will follow. The work also outlines the issue of legal and illegal prostitution and its place in Korean history in the context of the colonial period. After the theoretical part, the task is to present context, the work will elaborate the issue of military prostitution, focusing on the description of the structure and organization of military prostitution during the Japanese occupation of Korea from its beginnings until its formal repeal, respectively. Extinction. The work will focus on defining the framework in which the supply of sexual services by Korean women for imperial troops was happening and to map the socio- economic functioning. For closer description of the issue the work will describe various institutions and organizations that oversaw the operation of military prostitution,...
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Perception of Homosexuality in Contemporary Korean Cinema
Vildová, Marie ; Glomb, Vladimír (advisor) ; Löwensteinová, Miriam (referee)
The main subject of this bachelor's thesis is displaying the homosexuality through korean movies and the perception of homosexuality by the general public. First part is mostly dedicated to korean homosexual community, it's origin, organizations, but also to historical outset that should point at the fact, that Korea was not always such a homophobic country. Second part of the thesis is focused on movie production, it's progression and also on few brief analysis of a concrete movies. Their main plots, characters and what kind of response did they receive from korean public.
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Prenatal dreams tchämong in Korea
Mudruňková, Kateřina ; Zemánek, Marek (advisor) ; Löwensteinová, Miriam (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to present tchämong, a specific Korean dream of conception, that if properly interpretated can provide some information pertaining to the conception and other qualities of the unborn child to the dreamer. This thesis contextualizes tchämong into a broader category of dreams of conception, and then focuses on its specific features in Korea's culture. The fundamental aim of this paper is to exemplify the claim that tchämong is embedded in the system of traditional beliefs, practices and myths, which act as a main factor in continuing this tradition into modern times. The primary focus is given to tchämong within the framework of pregnancy practices and beliefs and close relation between tchämong and myths, which is expressed especially in its symbolism.
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Etiquette, Manners and Customs in Korean Society
Řeháková, Hana ; Ferklová, Blanka (advisor) ; Horák, Tomáš (referee)
(in English): The focus of this thesis is to examine Korean customs, manners and etiquette within the life cycle. The aim of this work is not to describe the various rituals from either anthropological or sociological perspective, but to overview customs, rituals and social etiquette rules which that accompany these rituals. The work is divided into four main chapters, including a general description of Korean society, childbirths, wedding ceremonies and finally death and ancestor worship.
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Reintegration in International Adoptions in ROK
Cibulková, Marie ; Glomb, Vladimír (advisor) ; Löwensteinová, Miriam (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to introduce international adoption issues in Republic of Korea and reintegration of Korean adoptees to Korean society. The first part focuses on history of international adoptions in Republic of Korea, the second part introduces individual reintegration programs of governmental and non-governmental agencies. The third part deals with media and Korean society and government's stance.
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History and Developement of Paduk
Žaloudková, Klára ; Glomb, Vladimír (advisor) ; Löwensteinová, Miriam (referee)
(česky) The thesis introduces traditional Korean game of paduk, it concerns at its rules, history and nowadays situation with all the players organizations and developement of paduk in Korea and internationally as well. Paduk rules are explained in the first part which follows by the list of the most important and necessary technical and theoretical terms. The next part describes basic strategy and flow of the game, visual demonstrations are included. In the part of Korean historical developement the thesis describes the import to Korean Peninsula and its development in all the historical parts of Korean history from the Three kingdoms to the modern age. There is a special attention on the transformation of the game in the Colonial period (1910 - 1945). During this time the traditional Korean version of the game was left and forgotten, or forced to be forgotten and players have been playing the modern version since then. The modern paduk is shown with foundations of paduk organizations, story of famous masters and the characteristic of Korean paduk in the international field. The focus is also on the almost unknown situation of paduk in DPRK and how it stands in the its society. The conclusion summarizes the basic characteristic of distinctive aspects of Korean paduk (especially in the...
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Im Che's Wonsäng mongjurok and Korean Dream tales
Francán, Michal ; Glomb, Vladimír (advisor) ; Löwensteinová, Miriam (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to introduce and analyze not well known literary genre of mongyurok. Literary genre of mongyurok firs appeared in late 15. century on Korean peninsula. This diploma thesis is also focused on analysis of korean scholar Im Che's work called Wǒnsaeng mongyurok. For the purpose of this thesis, there is a typology of the genre mentioned above, created on the basis of seven different works of the genre, described in the first chapter. This typology was used for better analysis of the Wǒnsaeng mongyurok and for comparison of genres of mongyurok and mongjaryu sosǒl.
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