Annika Culver

FSU expert shares perspective on Japanese emperor’s abdication

Published: April 18, 2019 | 3:18 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

After a 30-year reign, the Japanese Emperor Akihito will abdicate on April 30.

On April 30, the 85-year-old Japanese Emperor Akihito will abdicate his throne. It will be the first time in more than 200 years that a Japanese monarch has voluntarily ceded his position as the nominal head of state. While that might suggest that instances of abdication are rare in the annals of Japanese history, Florida […]

FSU professor available to comment on North and South Korean talks

Published: September 20, 2018 | 1:45 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Annika A. Culver, associate professor in the Department of History

This week, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed to take a series of steps designed to accelerate denuclearization and achieve reconciliation and peace on the peninsula. These steps include a pledge by Kim to shutter one of North Korea’s largest missile testing launch sites and a historic commitment […]

Expert Pitch: Historic U.S.-North Korea summit

Published: May 11, 2018 | 2:45 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Annika A. Culver, associate professor of history at Florida State

Hours after marking the return of three Americans held captive in North Korea for more than a year, President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore to discuss the nation’s nuclear weapons program. In an agreement signed last month by Kim and South Korean President […]

FSU professor offers students unique course on North Korea

Published: January 26, 2018 | 1:47 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, Expert Pitches

Culver’s course will explore the fraught history of conflict and invasion that produced the modern North Korean regime. (Wikipedia)

Professor Available to Discuss North Korean Politics, History When Florida State University Associate Professor of History Annika A. Culver surveyed the state of Florida for examples of college courses on the history and culture of North Korea, she was surprised to come up empty. “I couldn’t find many opportunities for students to learn about North […]

Expert Pitch: 2018 Winter Olympic Games

Published: January 19, 2018 | 3:50 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Psychology Professor Anders Ericsson, FSU’s Conradi Eminent Scholar

As the world prepares for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, a group of Florida State University faculty experts are available to discuss various aspects of the event. EXPERT PERFORMANCE & DELIBERATE PRACTICE Anders Ericsson, Conradi Eminent Scholar, Department of Psychology (850) 644-9860; ericsson@psy.fsu.edu Ericsson, a professor of cognitive psychology who’s known […]

Faculty and Staff Briefs: September 2017

Published: September 20, 2017 | 10:43 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff Briefs

HONORS AND AWARDS Woody G. Kim (Hospitality Management) received the John Wiley & Sons Lifetime Research Achievement award at the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education’s annual summer conference held in Baltimore, Md., in July. Lydia Hanks, Ph.D. (Hospitality) will return to Penn State, her alma mater, on Oct. 11 to receive the […]

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