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Michael Shin

Assistant Professor
Korean History & Literature

342 Rockefeller Hall
(607) 254-6588
ms329@cornell.edu



Education:

MA (Asian Studies), University of California at Berkeley, 1993
Ph.D. (History), University of Chicago, 2002

Research:

Modern Korean history, particularly the intellectual and cultural history of the colonial period.

Selected Publications:

  • Landlords, Peasants, and Intellectuals in Modern Korea, co-edited with Pang Kie-chung (2004, Cornell East Asia Series)


  • "Miguknae Han'gukhak kyebo" (Genealogy of Korean Studies in the US), Yoksa pip'yong (Critical Review of History) no. 59 (Summer 2002)


  • "Interior Landscapes: Yi Kwangsu and the Origins of Modern Literature" in Colonial Modernity in Korea, ed. by Michael Robinson and Gi-Wook Shin, (Harvard University Asia Center, 1999)