Hanmee Kim

Education

University of California, Los Angeles
Ph. D., Asian Languages and Cultures, 2014

University of California, Berkeley
M. A., Asian Studies, 2005

University of Chicago
B. A., International Studies, 2003

Areas of Expertise

Modern Korean History
East Asian History
Korea-U.S. Interactions

Research Interests

U.S.-Korea diplomatic/cultural/intellectual engagements, 1866-1965
Korean American students, 1884-1960
“Americanism” in East Asia, 1920-1945

Courses Taught

Introduction to Modern East Asia: 1895-Present
Origins, Politics, and Memories of the Korean War
The Meiji Restoration: The Construction of Modern Japan, 1868-1912
Modern Korean History
The Rise and Fall of Imperial Japan
Christianity in East Asia
Christianity in Korea
First Year Seminar: Is the Good Life Culturally Specific?
Why History?

Selected Publications

Kahm, Howard, and Hanmee Na Kim. “Playing with Power: American Businessmen and the Electricity Industry in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Korea.” Journal of Korean Studies 29.1 (Spring 2024).

Kim, Hanmee Na. “‘America’ in Colonial Korea: A Vantage Point for Capitalist Modernity.” Positions: Asia Critique 26.4 (November 2018).

FORTHCOMING

Yu, Kilchun. Observations on a Journey to the West: The Earliest Korean Account of Life in the Occident [Sŏyu kyŏnmun]. Translated by Sinwoo Lee, Hanmee Na Kim, and Frederick M. Ranallo-Higgins. Edited by John B. Duncan and Frederick M. Ranallo-Higgins. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2027.

IN REVISION

Kim, Hanmee Na. Korea’s America: The Development of Pro-Americanism, 1882-1945.

Links

2018-2019 U.S.-Korea NextGen Scholar

Professional Affiliations

Association for Asian Studies

Journal of Asian Studies—Book Review Editor (Korea)

Professional Appointment

2014-2015 Postdoctoral Scholar, Korean Studies Institute, University of Southern California