Guy Podoler
Biographic Data
| ID | 315566 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Guy Podoler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Guy |
| FAMILY NAME | Podoler |
| SIGNATURE | PODOLER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3282-7390 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Kim Ch’ung-sŏn: An atypical hero in the contested national history of South Korea
Introducing the novel concept of the ‘low-key hero’ and an approach based on uncovering a group’s ‘pantheon of heroes’, this paper contributes to a neglected aspect of the role of heroes in national identity. It examines the commemoration in South Korea of Kim Ch’ung-sŏn, a relatively unfamiliar historical figure. Against the backdrop of the progressive-conservative schism, I identify the country’s pantheon of heroes and analyse Kim’s memorialisa…
Historical Gulfs, Strategic Bridges: A Pragmatic-Symbolic Analysis of the GSOMIA Between Japan and South Korea
In 2016, Japan and South Korea signed the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA)—the first military agreement between the two countries. The agreement called for the sharing of military intelligence concerning North Korea and its missile and nuclear programs. Despite numerous similarities between Japan and South Korea and their shared concerns, the process of signing the GSOMIA was strewn with controversies and setbacks that …
Addressing a difficult past in South Korea: Was Cheju 4.3 a genocide
This paper discusses the memory of Cheju 4.3, a bloody conflict in South Korea that occurred between 1947 and 1954. Approximately 25,000–30,000 people lost their lives there, the majority of whom were innocent civilians. Drawing from collective trauma theory, the paper focuses on the phenomenon in South Korea of framing the incident as genocide. I demonstrate how, in the context of the memory battle over this difficult past, dissenting voices hav…
Forever Glory to the Heroic People of Korea: North Korea in the Press of the Israeli Zionist Left during the Korean War
Diplomacy beyond boundaries: South Korean NGOs and informal disaster diplomacy during the North Korean famine
The CNN Effect and South Korea’s Humanitarian Response to North Korea: A Media-Driven Policy
This study explores the intersection of media and policy in inter-Korean relations, focusing on the impact of South Korean media on the government’s response to the North Korean famine. Examining the famine through the “CNN effect” and Robinson’s “policy-media interaction model,” we move beyond simplistic cause-and-effect narratives and assess the media’s potential to drive policy change in a unique context: a divided nation marked by both deep a…
An animal as a cultural landscape: The horse in Seoul, South Korea
The horse holds a special place in Korean culture and history. This paper explores how this animal is manifested in Seoul, aiming to reveal the interests and agendas that these manifestations serve, and what this nonhuman presence can tell about contemporary Seoul and South Korea. The paper adds a new perspective to the literature on Seoul's development and identity formation. It also provides a case study on the interaction between humans and no…
When antisemitism and philosemitism go hand in hand: Attitudes to Jews in contemporary East Asia
Despite their number in East Asia never exceeding 36,000 (currently around 10,000), Jews there are the subject of both distinctly strong positive and negative views. The presence of these attitudes is astounding not only because most of those who hold them have never come across a Jew, but also because the region misses most of the 'classical' motives for either philosemitism or antisemitism. An analysis of contemporary attitudes towards Jews in …
The North Korean famine and inter-Korean relations - Disaster diplomacy perspective
The Deliberate and the Unintentional Mechanisms of (Sports) Heritage: Understanding the Successful Heritagization of the 2002 World Cup in South Korea
The sensational sporting achievement of South Korea’s national team in the 2002 World Cup, together with the powerful demonstration of nationalist support by millions in the streets throughout the tournament, rendered the event worthy of remembrance and preservation. Yet a successful heritagization cannot be explained merely on the basis of an event’s remarkability. This paper unpacks the heritagization process of the 2002 World Cup, while acknow…
Heritage for identity and as diplomacy: The case of Korean martial arts
In the context of the legitimacy battle between the two Koreas, a tension exists between utilising cultural heritage to serve the interests of the two respective national-identity projects, and, at times, negotiating it to express the single Korean nation. The theoretical framework we adopt to explore this condition relies on two ideas: heritage as a building block of national identity and ‘heritage diplomacy’. By analysing the interplay between …
Dongdaemun Stadium Memorial, Seoul: The Ambiguous Status of a South Korean Sports Heritage
Dongdaemun Stadium in Seoul was a landmark in Korea’s sports history. Built during Japanese colonial rule, the huge complex later became South Korea’s main sporting venue. Yet, in 2007 the structure was demolished amid heated debate, and, to memorialize it, two light towers were preserved and a museum named Dongdaemun Stadium Memorial was built. This study aims to evaluate the stadium and the museum’s place within South Korea’s sports heritage, t…
Forgotten 'Bicycle king of the East: Sports hero Um Bok-dong and the formation of sports heritage in South Korea
Cyclist Um Bok-dong (1892–1951[1952?]), nicknamed ‘Bicycle king of the East’, was the biggest Korean sports hero from the 1910s and into the 1920s, a time when Korea was subjected to Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945). He beat Japanese rivals and inspired his fellow compatriots, becoming their source of pride at a difficult era. In post-colonial South Korea, however, Um was nearly completely forgotten. There are barely any commemorative initiativ…
The Past under the Shadow of the Present: The Case of the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History
The National Museum of Korean Contemporary History, which opened in 2012, has been the focus of a heated controversy between the progressive and conservative camps over the “proper” ways to represent South Korea’s turbulent history. I build on the relationship between heritage, collective memory and national identity, and argue that the division that typifies South Korean society has implications that extend beyond socio-political issues. Anchore…
Israel–Malaysia Relations and the Place of Football
While seeking to establish their respective international positions following their foundation, Israel and Malaysia also interacted with each other. However, in light of the Israeli–Arab conflict, and mainly due to Malaysia’s domestic considerations and geo-political interests, the interactions remained limited and official relations were not established. This study relies on the notion that sport is potentially an important tool for engagement b…
Who Was Park Chung-hee?” The Memorial Landscape and National Identity Politics in South Korea
Running in the Sun: The Pyongyang Marathon and its Evolution into a Sport Tourism Event
In April 2014, for the first time since the event was established, over 200 foreign recreational runners participated in the Pyongyang Marathon, which is part of Day of the Sun commemorating the birthday of Kim Il-sung. The decision of the North Korean regime to open the event to foreign amateurs was unusual, thus the paper examines this new approach to the marathon, and to tourism in general, by contextualizing them within an historical perspect…
Another Orient in early Zionist thought: East Asia in the press of the Ben-Yehuda family
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda is mainly known for his role in reviving the Hebrew language and for struggling against ignorance. Yet a close reading of his family's press reveals the pioneering role of this enterprise with regard to the depictions of East Asia. Through their press, the Ben-Yehuda family introduced East Asia to the Jewish public in Ottoman Palestine at the turn of the twentieth century, while making a unique contribution to contemporaneous Z…
Enter the ‘Far East’: Korean culture in early South Korea–Israel relations
Diplomatic relations between South Korea and Israel were formed only in 1962. Furthermore, as the two countries from both ends of the continent cooperated in various areas during the 1960s and 1970s, relations were becoming more complicated and even officially rather cool in light of Korea’s evolving relations with the Arab world. Against this backdrop, and based on the reading of contemporaneous Israeli press, the study argues that culture matte…
Monuments, Memory, and Identity: Constructing the Colonial Past in South Korea
Monuments, Memory, and Identity: Constructing the Colonial Past in South Korea
Contents: Constructing Korean roots and an heroic past - Images of the colonial past - The structure of patriotism - Politics of South Korean tangible history
War and Militarism in Modern Japan: Issues of History and Identity
War and militarism in modern Japan: Issues of history and identity
Preface. Introduction. PART I: HISTORY. 1 Japan's Tug of War after the Russo-Japanese War 2 Facing a Dilemma: Japan's Jewish Policy in the Late 1930s 3 Ethnicity and Gender in the Wartime Japanese Revue Theatre 4 'The terrible Weapon of the Gravely Injured' - Mishima Yukio's Literature and the War 5 Reenacting a Failed Revolution: The February 26 Incident in Theatre and Film. PART II: IDENTITY IN HISTORY. 6 Imperial Japan and Its POWs: The Dilemm…
Space and Identity: Myth and Imagery in the South Korean Patriotic Landscape
This article explores the relationship between South Korean national identity and the country’s patriotic landscape. It attempts to decipher the images and the codes that museums, memorial halls, and monuments transmit to the local audience in order to establish a sense of spatial and temporal sameness and unity among the members of the nation. The analytic tool which is employed for that purpose is the distinction between “mythology” and “memory…
Nation, State and Football: The Korean Case
The two states that were created with the split of the Korean nation have been vying with each other over legitimacy and supremacy for most part of their postcolonial history. This essay explores the relations between the two nationalisms and football – a game that is highly popular at, and particularly appreciated by, each of the sister-adversaries. As demonstrated, on the one hand Korean football remains a popular political tool for displaying …
Nation, State and Football: The Korean Case
The two states that were created with the split of the Korean nation have been vying with each other over legitimacy and supremacy for most part of their postcolonial history. This essay explores the relations between the two nationalisms and football – a game that is highly popular at, and particularly appreciated by, each of the sister-adversaries. As demonstrated, on the one hand Korean football remains a popular political tool for displaying …
The Past under the Shadow of the Present: The Case of the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History
The National Museum of Korean Contemporary History, which opened in 2012, has been the focus of a heated controversy between the progressive and conservative camps over the “proper” ways to represent South Korea’s turbulent history. I build on the relationship between heritage, collective memory and national identity, and argue that the division that typifies South Korean society has implications that extend beyond socio-political issues. Anchore…
When antisemitism and philosemitism go hand in hand: Attitudes to Jews in contemporary East Asia
Despite their number in East Asia never exceeding 36,000 (currently around 10,000), Jews there are the subject of both distinctly strong positive and negative views. The presence of these attitudes is astounding not only because most of those who hold them have never come across a Jew, but also because the region misses most of the 'classical' motives for either philosemitism or antisemitism. An analysis of contemporary attitudes towards Jews in …
Heritage for identity and as diplomacy: The case of Korean martial arts
In the context of the legitimacy battle between the two Koreas, a tension exists between utilising cultural heritage to serve the interests of the two respective national-identity projects, and, at times, negotiating it to express the single Korean nation. The theoretical framework we adopt to explore this condition relies on two ideas: heritage as a building block of national identity and ‘heritage diplomacy’. By analysing the interplay between …
Enter the ‘Far East’: Korean culture in early South Korea–Israel relations
Diplomatic relations between South Korea and Israel were formed only in 1962. Furthermore, as the two countries from both ends of the continent cooperated in various areas during the 1960s and 1970s, relations were becoming more complicated and even officially rather cool in light of Korea’s evolving relations with the Arab world. Against this backdrop, and based on the reading of contemporaneous Israeli press, the study argues that culture matte…
Japanese Colonialism, National Memory and Korean Football
In February and in June 2005 the national football teams of Japan and North Korea met in World Cup qualifiers. These highly emotionally and politically charged matches have highlighted the familiar global issue of the nexus between sport and politics, and have provided a rich arena with which to explore political aspects of postcolonial Korean football and Korea-Japan conflict, as well as to reflect on the uses of the past in present South and No…
Space and Identity: Myth and Imagery in the South Korean Patriotic Landscape
This article explores the relationship between South Korean national identity and the country’s patriotic landscape. It attempts to decipher the images and the codes that museums, memorial halls, and monuments transmit to the local audience in order to establish a sense of spatial and temporal sameness and unity among the members of the nation. The analytic tool which is employed for that purpose is the distinction between “mythology” and “memory…
Nation, State and Football: The Korean Case
The two states that were created with the split of the Korean nation have been vying with each other over legitimacy and supremacy for most part of their postcolonial history. This essay explores the relations between the two nationalisms and football – a game that is highly popular at, and particularly appreciated by, each of the sister-adversaries. As demonstrated, on the one hand Korean football remains a popular political tool for displaying …
War and Militarism in Modern Japan: Issues of History and Identity
War and militarism in modern Japan: Issues of history and identity
Preface. Introduction. PART I: HISTORY. 1 Japan's Tug of War after the Russo-Japanese War 2 Facing a Dilemma: Japan's Jewish Policy in the Late 1930s 3 Ethnicity and Gender in the Wartime Japanese Revue Theatre 4 'The terrible Weapon of the Gravely Injured' - Mishima Yukio's Literature and the War 5 Reenacting a Failed Revolution: The February 26 Incident in Theatre and Film. PART II: IDENTITY IN HISTORY. 6 Imperial Japan and Its POWs: The Dilemm…
Monuments, Memory, and Identity: Constructing the Colonial Past in South Korea
Contents: Constructing Korean roots and an heroic past - Images of the colonial past - The structure of patriotism - Politics of South Korean tangible history
Monuments, Memory, and Identity: Constructing the Colonial Past in South Korea
Another Orient in early Zionist thought: East Asia in the press of the Ben-Yehuda family
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda is mainly known for his role in reviving the Hebrew language and for struggling against ignorance. Yet a close reading of his family's press reveals the pioneering role of this enterprise with regard to the depictions of East Asia. Through their press, the Ben-Yehuda family introduced East Asia to the Jewish public in Ottoman Palestine at the turn of the twentieth century, while making a unique contribution to contemporaneous Z…
Enter the ‘Far East’: Korean culture in early South Korea–Israel relations
Diplomatic relations between South Korea and Israel were formed only in 1962. Furthermore, as the two countries from both ends of the continent cooperated in various areas during the 1960s and 1970s, relations were becoming more complicated and even officially rather cool in light of Korea’s evolving relations with the Arab world. Against this backdrop, and based on the reading of contemporaneous Israeli press, the study argues that culture matte…
Who Was Park Chung-hee?” The Memorial Landscape and National Identity Politics in South Korea
Running in the Sun: The Pyongyang Marathon and its Evolution into a Sport Tourism Event
In April 2014, for the first time since the event was established, over 200 foreign recreational runners participated in the Pyongyang Marathon, which is part of Day of the Sun commemorating the birthday of Kim Il-sung. The decision of the North Korean regime to open the event to foreign amateurs was unusual, thus the paper examines this new approach to the marathon, and to tourism in general, by contextualizing them within an historical perspect…
The Past under the Shadow of the Present: The Case of the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History
The National Museum of Korean Contemporary History, which opened in 2012, has been the focus of a heated controversy between the progressive and conservative camps over the “proper” ways to represent South Korea’s turbulent history. I build on the relationship between heritage, collective memory and national identity, and argue that the division that typifies South Korean society has implications that extend beyond socio-political issues. Anchore…
Israel–Malaysia Relations and the Place of Football
While seeking to establish their respective international positions following their foundation, Israel and Malaysia also interacted with each other. However, in light of the Israeli–Arab conflict, and mainly due to Malaysia’s domestic considerations and geo-political interests, the interactions remained limited and official relations were not established. This study relies on the notion that sport is potentially an important tool for engagement b…
The North Korean famine and inter-Korean relations - Disaster diplomacy perspective
The Deliberate and the Unintentional Mechanisms of (Sports) Heritage: Understanding the Successful Heritagization of the 2002 World Cup in South Korea
The sensational sporting achievement of South Korea’s national team in the 2002 World Cup, together with the powerful demonstration of nationalist support by millions in the streets throughout the tournament, rendered the event worthy of remembrance and preservation. Yet a successful heritagization cannot be explained merely on the basis of an event’s remarkability. This paper unpacks the heritagization process of the 2002 World Cup, while acknow…
Heritage for identity and as diplomacy: The case of Korean martial arts
In the context of the legitimacy battle between the two Koreas, a tension exists between utilising cultural heritage to serve the interests of the two respective national-identity projects, and, at times, negotiating it to express the single Korean nation. The theoretical framework we adopt to explore this condition relies on two ideas: heritage as a building block of national identity and ‘heritage diplomacy’. By analysing the interplay between …
Dongdaemun Stadium Memorial, Seoul: The Ambiguous Status of a South Korean Sports Heritage
Dongdaemun Stadium in Seoul was a landmark in Korea’s sports history. Built during Japanese colonial rule, the huge complex later became South Korea’s main sporting venue. Yet, in 2007 the structure was demolished amid heated debate, and, to memorialize it, two light towers were preserved and a museum named Dongdaemun Stadium Memorial was built. This study aims to evaluate the stadium and the museum’s place within South Korea’s sports heritage, t…
Forgotten 'Bicycle king of the East: Sports hero Um Bok-dong and the formation of sports heritage in South Korea
Cyclist Um Bok-dong (1892–1951[1952?]), nicknamed ‘Bicycle king of the East’, was the biggest Korean sports hero from the 1910s and into the 1920s, a time when Korea was subjected to Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945). He beat Japanese rivals and inspired his fellow compatriots, becoming their source of pride at a difficult era. In post-colonial South Korea, however, Um was nearly completely forgotten. There are barely any commemorative initiativ…
When antisemitism and philosemitism go hand in hand: Attitudes to Jews in contemporary East Asia
Despite their number in East Asia never exceeding 36,000 (currently around 10,000), Jews there are the subject of both distinctly strong positive and negative views. The presence of these attitudes is astounding not only because most of those who hold them have never come across a Jew, but also because the region misses most of the 'classical' motives for either philosemitism or antisemitism. An analysis of contemporary attitudes towards Jews in …
The CNN Effect and South Korea’s Humanitarian Response to North Korea: A Media-Driven Policy
This study explores the intersection of media and policy in inter-Korean relations, focusing on the impact of South Korean media on the government’s response to the North Korean famine. Examining the famine through the “CNN effect” and Robinson’s “policy-media interaction model,” we move beyond simplistic cause-and-effect narratives and assess the media’s potential to drive policy change in a unique context: a divided nation marked by both deep a…
An animal as a cultural landscape: The horse in Seoul, South Korea
The horse holds a special place in Korean culture and history. This paper explores how this animal is manifested in Seoul, aiming to reveal the interests and agendas that these manifestations serve, and what this nonhuman presence can tell about contemporary Seoul and South Korea. The paper adds a new perspective to the literature on Seoul's development and identity formation. It also provides a case study on the interaction between humans and no…
Historical Gulfs, Strategic Bridges: A Pragmatic-Symbolic Analysis of the GSOMIA Between Japan and South Korea
In 2016, Japan and South Korea signed the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA)—the first military agreement between the two countries. The agreement called for the sharing of military intelligence concerning North Korea and its missile and nuclear programs. Despite numerous similarities between Japan and South Korea and their shared concerns, the process of signing the GSOMIA was strewn with controversies and setbacks that …
Addressing a difficult past in South Korea: Was Cheju 4.3 a genocide
This paper discusses the memory of Cheju 4.3, a bloody conflict in South Korea that occurred between 1947 and 1954. Approximately 25,000–30,000 people lost their lives there, the majority of whom were innocent civilians. Drawing from collective trauma theory, the paper focuses on the phenomenon in South Korea of framing the incident as genocide. I demonstrate how, in the context of the memory battle over this difficult past, dissenting voices hav…
Forever Glory to the Heroic People of Korea: North Korea in the Press of the Israeli Zionist Left during the Korean War
Diplomacy beyond boundaries: South Korean NGOs and informal disaster diplomacy during the North Korean famine
History (19 works) · Political science (17 works) · Law (15 works) · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies (14 works) · Sociology (13 works) · History (12 works) · Politics (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Archaeology (9 works) · Aesthetics (8 works)