Baek Yung Kim is Professor of Sociology at Seoul National University and a Visiting Professor at LSE. He received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Seoul National University. Currently he is the director of the Northeast Asia Center, Seoul National University Asia Center. He served as dean of Ingenium College of Liberal Arts at Kwangwoon University from 2018 to 2021. He also served as President of Korean Social History Association from 2021 to 2023, and as Executive Editor of Korean Journal of Urban History from 2009 to 2010.
He is an expert in Seoul studies, urban sociology, Korean modern history and historical sociology. His research focuses on colonial, postcolonial and developmental spatio-social changes of urban societies in Korea and Northeast Asia. Excellence in teaching Seoul studies to non-social science majors.
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Publications in Korean
• Baek Yung KIM, 2020, “Formation of Seoul Metropolitan Area and Transformation of Korean Urbanism in 1990s”, Society and History, 127, pp.219-254.
• Baek Yung KIM, 2017, “Gangnam Development and Olympic Effect: Focusing on the Jamsil Olympic Town Project in the 1970-80s’ Seoul”, Korea Journal of Urban History, 17, pp.67-101.
• Baek Yung KIM, 2014, “Railway Imperialism and Tourist Colonialism: A Theoretical Review of the Studies on Colonial Tourism in Japanese Empire”, Society and History, 102, pp.195-230.
• Baek Yung KIM, 2011, “Colonial Legacy and Postcolonial Urbanisation in Korea”, Korea Journal of Urban History, 5, pp.7-35.
• Baek Yung KIM, 2008, Governmentality and Space: Colonial Seoul and Japanese Empire, Seoul: Munhakgwajisung
• Baek Yung KIM, 2005, “The Politico-military Dynamics of the Formation of Japanese-colonized Seoul after Russo-Japanese War: A Comparative Historical Approach”, Journal of Local History and Culture, 8-2, pp.77-143.
Publications in English
• Baek Yung KIM, 2021, “A Spatial Sociology of the April 19 Uprising and May 16 Coup”, Toward Democracy: South Korean Culture and Society, 1945–1980, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, pp.192-216.
• Baek Yung KIM, 2011, “Korean Studies between the Social Sciences and Historical Studies: Debates over Modern and Contemporary Korean History”, Korea Journal, 51-3, pp.104-139.
• Baek Yung KIM, 2008, “Ruptures and Conflicts in the Colonial Power Bloc: The Great Keijo Plan of the 1920s”, Korea Journal, 48-3, pp.10-40.