Sungik Yang
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Coor 4530 School of Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies Tempe, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 4302Campus: Tempe
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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.
- Ph.D. Harvard University, 2023
- A.M. Harvard University, 2017
- B.A. Williams College, 2013
Modern Korean history, Cold War history, Korean War, history of colonialism, political history, intellectual history, history of fascism, liberalism, historical memory
Peer-reviewed articles:
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“The South Korean Military Ideological Complex: Transcendent Nationalism in Military Moral Education,” Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 29, No. 1 (March 2024): 61–88. https://doi.org/10.1215/07311613-10948678
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“Kim Chae-gyu Syndrome: South Korean Politics and Divergent Filmic Portrayals of the Assassination of Park Chung Hee,” International Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 21, No. 1 (January 2024): 30–45. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1479591422000511
- “An Old Right in New Bottles: State Without Nation in South Korean New Right Historiography,” The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 80, No. 4 (November 2021): 889–909. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021911821001443
Dissertation:
"Korea’s Fascist Moment: Liberation, War, and the Ideology of South Korean Authoritarianism, 1945–1979" (PhD dissertation, Harvard University, 2023)
Other publications:
- (Co-authored with Myunghee Lee) “President Yoon Is Lauded in West for Embracing Japan − in South Korea It Fits a Conservative Agenda That Is Proving Less Popular,” The Conversation, March 6, 2024.
Other historical writing:
- “Biography of Younghill Kang,” Harvard University Korea Institute Alumni Biographies Project https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/koreanalumnibiographiesproject/people/younghill-kang
- “Biography of Myo Mook Lee,” Harvard University Korea Institute Alumni Biographies Project https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/koreanalumnibiographiesproject/people/myo-mook-lee
- “Biography of Yong-jeung Kim,” Harvard University Korea Institute Alumni Biographies Project https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/koreanalumnibiographiesproject/people/yong-jeung-kim
- “Biography of No-Yong Park,” Harvard University Korea Institute Alumni Biographies Project https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/koreanalumnibiographiesproject/people/no-yong-park-%EB%B0%95%EB%85%B8%EC%98%81
- “Biography of Hyung Lin Kim,” Harvard University Korea Institute Alumni Biographies Project https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/koreanalumnibiographiesproject/people/hyung-lin-kim
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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HST 303 | Studies in Asian History |
HST 302 | Studies in History |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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REL 111 | Introduction to Asia |
HST 111 | Introduction to Asia |
HST 303 | Studies in Asian History |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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HST 303 | Studies in Asian History |
HST 111 | Introduction to Asia |
REL 111 | Introduction to Asia |