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20132023

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In Korean

황태진 교수(인문대학 사학과)

Education

o B.A., The Colorardo College
o M.A., University of California, Berkeley
o Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Professional Experience

o (2024~Present) Associate Professor of History, Kyungpook National University, Korea
o (2019-2024) Assistant Professor of History, Kyungpook National University, Korea
o (2016~2019) Visiting Assistant Professor of Korean Studies, University of Tuebingen, Germany
o (2013-2014) Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies, Middlebury College, USA

Research Interests

United States and the World, Modern Korea, Korea-US Relations, Cold War, Transpacific Migrations

Major Research Achievements

o “’Re-membering’ South Korea’s Militarized Landscapes in Pax Americana: Post-Cold War US Military Camps, Camptwons, and Former Camptown Women,” International Journal of Korean History 28 no.2 (August 2023): 191-217.
o “Seoul’s Bando Hotel: A Postwar Space of Americanism and Cold War Internationalism.” Korea Journal 61 no.4 (winter 2021): 200-228.
o “Intercultural Vanguards and Democratization Witnesses: American Peace Corps Volunteer Experiences in South Korea.” The Korean Journal of American History [미국사연구] 54 (November 2021): 177-215.
o “Un-Ugly Americans and New Frontier Pioneers: Peace Corps Identities and Meanings in the Kennedy Era.” The Korean Journal of American History [미국사연구] 52 (November 2020): 63-88.
o “Cold War Brotherhood Contested: KATUSAs, Slicky boys, American G.I.s, and the Status of Forces Agreement in Post-Armistice South Korea, 1954-1966.” Critical Asian Studies 51 no.2 (June 2019): 253-273.
o “Militarized Landscapes of Yongsan: From Japanese Imperial to ‘Little America’ in Early Cold War Korea.” Korea Journal 58 no.1 (March 2018): 121-149.
o “The ‘Amerasian’ Knot: Transpacific Crossings of ‘GI Babies’ from Korea to the United States.” In Race and Racism in Modern East Asia: Interactions, Nationalism, Gender and Lineage. Eds. Rotem Kowner and Walter Demel. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2015: 503-526.
o “An Indispensable Edge: American Military Camptowns in Postwar Korea, 1954-1971.” In Mobile Subjects: Boundaries and Identities in Modern Korean Diaspora. Edited by Wen-hsin Yeh. UC Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies Publications, 2013: 88-121.
o “Our Children of the Enemy: The Amerasian Homecoming Act of 1987 and Bringing ‘Home’ Vietnamese Amerasians.” Journal of American Studies [미국학논집] 45 no. 1 (May 2013): 245-266.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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