Gi-Wook Shin

Gi-Wook Shin is Professor of Sociology and the Founding Director of the Korean Studies Program at Stanford University.  A historical-comparative and political sociologist, his research has concentrated on areas of social movements, nationalism, development, and international relations.

Shin is currently writing a book on U.S.-Korean relations, which is based on analyses of more than 8,000 newspaper articles published in the U.S. and South Korean media from 1992 to 2004. Shin's other projects include "social activism and Korean politics" and "Korea's new Asianism." He is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships and has actively raised funds for Korean Studies at Stanford. He gives lectures and seminars on topics ranging from Korean nationalism and politics to Korea's foreign relations and Korean Americans.

Shin is also co-editor of The Journal of Korean Studies, a premier journal in the field of Korean studies. He is co-editor of the Journal of Korean Studies that the Center publishes.  His articles have appeared in academic journals such as the American Journal of Sociology, Nations and Nationalism, Comparative Studies in Society and History, International Sociology, Asian Survey, Asian Perspectives, etc. 

Before coming to Stanford, Shin taught at the University of Iowa and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He has served as acting director of the UCLA Center for Korean Studies, as guest columnist for the Korea Central Daily and the Korea Times (U.S. edition), and on other councils and advisory boards in the United States and Korea. Shin received his B.A. from Yonsei University in Korea and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington.

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RESEARCH AREAS

Comparative and Historical Sociology; Political Sociology; Social Movements; Political Economy and International Relations of East Asia; and Korean Society and Politics.

OTHER APPOINTMENTS/ORGANIZATIONS

Professor Shin is the director of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center APARC; the founding director of the Korean Studies Program; and Senior Fellow at the Freeman and Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.

PUBLICATIONS

Recent Books:

  • Cross-Currents: Regionalism and Nationalism in Northeast Asia (edited with Daniel Sneider). The Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford Univeristy, 2007.
  • Ethnic Nationalism in Korea: Genealogy, Politics, and Legacy. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2006.
  • Rethinking Historical Injustice and Reconciliation in Northeast Asia: Korean Experiences in Regional Perspective. (edited with Soon-Won Park, and Daqing Yang). Routledge, 2006.
  • North Korea: 2005 and Beyond. (edited with Philip W. Yun). The Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford Univeristy, 2006.
  • Contentious Kwangju: The May 18 Uprising in Korea’s Past and Present. (edited with Kyung Moon Hwang). Roman and Littlefield, 2003.
  • Colonial Modernity in Korea. (edited with Michael Robinson). Harvard University Asia Center, 1999.
  • Peasant Protest and Social Change in Colonial Korea. University of Washington Press, 1996.

Recent Papers:

  • "Agrarian Conflict and the Origins of Korean Capitalism." American Journal of Sociology. 103 (1998).
  • "The Historical Making of Collective Action," American Journal of Sociology 99.6 (1994)

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