Sungik Yang is a political and intellectual historian of modern Korea, focusing on nationalism, historical memory, the history of democracy, and the content and dissemination of political ideology in Korea. His current book project examines the discursive hegemony of fascistic nationalism, anti-Westernism, and collectivism in Korea during the twentieth century, particularly after liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945. He is also interested in researching the rise and fall of Korean Cold War liberalism, the conceptual history of democracy in Korea, and South Korea's regional diplomacy during the Cold War.