About

Kyung Moon Hwang

Associate Professor of History

Contact Information
E-mail: khwang@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-1672
Office: SOS 279

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Curriculum Vitae
Parkside Arts and Humanities Residential College
 

Biographical Sketch
My research in general traces the transformation, especially into the modern era, of long-term historical patterns in Korea. Questions of modernity, comparative history, and historical memory interest me in particular. I always attempt to situate the significance of specific events and phenomena in the larger scope of historical development. I am currently working on a monographical study of the origins, meaning, and concept of the modern state in Korea. My other major project is to write a general history of Korea employing an episodic narrative approach. This work is under contract with Palgrave-Macmillan and is scheduled to be published in 2010. My teaching spans the entirety of Korean history, with courses ranging from a general survey to specialized upper-level courses focusing on specific themes. I also teach courses occasionally in East Asian and world history.
 

Education
B.A. European History, Oberlin College, 5/1990
M.A. Program in Regional Studies, East Asia, Harvard University, 6/1992
Ph.D. East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, 11/1997
 

Postdoctoral Training
Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for Korean Studies, University of California at Berkeley, 1997-1998   
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Southern California, 05/01/2004-  
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of History, Yale University, 08/01/2005-06/01/2006  
Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Southern California, 07/01/1998-04/30/2004  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
Professor Hwang's scholarship examines the modern transformation of the structures of socio-political authority and hierarchy in Korea.
 

Research Specialties
Modern transformation of Korea.
 

Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions
Director, USC Korean Studies Institute,http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/ksi/
 

Publications

Book
Hwang, K. M. Episodes in Korean History. Palgrave Macmillan.
Hwang, K. M. (2004). Beyond Birth: Social Status in the Emergence of Modern Korea. Beyond Birth: Social Status in the Emergence of Modern Korea/Harvard Asia Center, Harvard University Press.
Hwang, K. M., Shin, G. (2003). Contentious Kwangju: The May 18th Uprising in Korea's Past and Present. Contentious Kwangju: The May 18th Uprising in Korea's Past and Present/Rowman & Littlefield.
 

Book Chapter
Hwang, K. M. (2007). Governmental Growth in the Taehan Cheguk Era: Origins of the Modern Korean State. Seoul, Korea: Yonsei University Press.
Hwang, K. M. (2005). Competing Visions of the State in Korea at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. Translating Universals—Theory Moves Across Asia.
 

Journal Article
Hwang, K. M. (2007). Nation, State, and the Modern Transformation of Korean Social Structure in the Early Twentieth Century. History Compass/Blackwell. Vol. NA PubMed Web Address
Hwang, K. M. (2004). Citizenship, Social Equality, and Government Reform: Changes in the Household Registration System in Korea, 1894-1910. Modern Asian Studies/Cambridge University Press. pp. p. 355-87.
 

Other
Hwang, K. M. From the Dirt to Heaven: Northern Koreans in the Chosôn and Early Modern Eras, Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 62.1, June 2002 .
 

Honors and Awards
Advanced Research Grant, Korea Foundation, 2007-2008  
Korea Foundation Fellowship, 2002  
Junior Reserach Fellowship, Academy of Korean Studies, 2001  
USC Innovative Teaching Award, USC Center for Excellence in Teaching Innovative Teaching Grant, 2000  
 

Service to the University

Administrative Appointments
Director, Korean Studies Institute, Fall 2008   
Director, Korean Studies Institute, 2007-2008   
 

Other Service to the University
Faculty Master, Parkside Arts and Humanities Residential College, 2007-2008   
 

Service to the Profession

Editorships and Editorial Boards
Book Review Editor, Journal of Korean Studies, 07/2006-  
 
 
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