Kan Kimura

nihongo|Kan Kimura|木村幹|Kimura Kan|born April, 1966 is a Japanese scholar of Political Studies and Regional Studies. He is now a professor at Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University, Japan.

He was born in 1966 in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He studied at Kyoto University, and received his L.L.D. in 2001 by his first book, "Chosen/Kankoku Nashonarizumu to 'Shokoku-Ishiki"' ("Korean Nationalism as a Small Nation" in English) from Kyoto University.

He became a Research Associate at Faculty of Law and Literature of Ehime University in 1993, and taught between 1994 and 1997 as a lecturer at the same university.

In 1997 he moved to the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies of Kobe University as an Associate professor, and became a full Professor in April 2005.

He was also a Research Fellow of Korea Foundation in 1996-1997, a Visiting Scholar at Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University in 1998-1999, a Visiting Scholar at Asiatic Research Center of Korea University in 2001, a Visiting Scholar at Sejong Institute in 2006, and a Visiting Fellow at Faculty of Asian Studies of the Australian National University in 2008.

At academic socities, he was a chaiman of the sub-committee of the relationship beeween Japanese Political Science Association(JPSA) and Korean Political Science Association(KPSA) fron 2002 to 2004, and a member of election committee of JPSA from 2005 to 2006. He was also a director of Japanese Association of Modern East Asian Studies since 2001, and a plan committee of Japanese Association of Cpompartive Politics from 2000 to 2001, and from 2007 to 2008.

He was a Research Collaborator, from 2002 to 2005, of the sub-committee on the modern history, of the first Japan-Korea Collaborative History Research Committee, which was established by the agreement between Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun in 2001. He became a full committee member in 2007, of the second Japan-Korea Collaborative History Research Committee , which was established by the agreement of both governments in 2005.

He has also been a director of Hyogo International center from 2006 to 2007, which is under Hyogo Prefectural Government, and successively held various posts of the center since 2001.

Research

He studied comparative politics and regional studies especially of East Asia. His principal interests are in relationships between modernization and ideology. His major research field is Korean Peninsula, and his studies on Korean nationalism are well-known in Japan with his 'Small-State' model to understand nationalism and national identity in the process of modernization.

His first book "Chosen/Kankoku Nashonarizumu to 'Shokoku-Ishiki" (or "Korean Nationalism as a Small Nation" in English) was given the Special Prize of the 13th Asian and Pacific Prize by the Asia Society and the Mainichi Shimbun in 2001, and his second book "Kankoku ni okeru 'Kenishugiteki' Taisei no Seiritsu" (or "Authoritarianization in South Korea" in English) was also given the 25th Suntory Academic Prize in 2003 by the Suntory Foundation of Osaka.

Books

*2000 : "Chosen/Kankoku Nashonarizumu to 'Shokoku-Ishiki" ("Korean Nationalism as a Small Nation") Kyoto: Minerva Shobo, in Japanese, won the 13th Asian and Pacific Prize.
*2003 : "Kankoku ni okeru 'Kenishugiteki' Taisei no Seiritsu" ("Authoritarianization in South Korea"). Kyoto: Minerva Shobo, in Japanese, won the 25th Suntory Academic Prize.
*2004 : "Chosen Hanto wo Domiruka" ("Understanding Korean Peninsula"). Tokyo: Shueisya, in Japanese.
*2006 : "Minshuka to Nashonarizumu no Genchiten" ("Democratization and Nationalism in the Changing World"). co-ed with Yoshifumi Tamada, Kyoto: Minerva Shobo, in Japanese.
*2007 : "Posuto Kanryu no Media Shakaigaku" ("Social Studies on Post-Hallyu Trends in Japan and South Korea"), co-ed with Saeko Ishita, Chie Yamanaka, Kyoto: Minerva Shobo, 2007.
*2007 : "Koso, Binhi" ("King Kojong and Queen Min: The Story of The Royal Family of the Chosun Dynasty from 1863 to 1919"), Kyoto: Minerva Shobo, 2007.
*2007 : "Joseon/Hangug Naesyeoneorijeom gwa Sogug-euisig" ("Korean Nationalism as a Small Nation", Korean Version), translated by Kim Saedog, Seoul: Sancheoreom, 2007.
*2008 : "Minshuka no Kankoku Seiji: Paku Chonhi to Yato Seijika Tachi" ("Precondition of Korean Democratization: Park Chung-Hee and the Opposition Leaders from 1961 to 1979"), Nagoya: Nagoyadaigaku Shuppankai, 2007.

Major Articles in English

*2004 : 'A Dangerous Current in Roh's South Korea'. "Japan Echo", August 2004, pp.44-48.
*2005 : 'Historical Perceptions and South Korea's Changing Identity'. "Japan Echo", October 2005, pp.11-15.
*2006 : 'Why Did the Chosun Dynstasty Fail to Modernize?: "Modernization from above" in Korea'. "Political Science in Asia" Vol.2 No.1, Winter 2006, pp.115-134
*2007 : 'Nationalistic Populism in Democratic Countries of East Asia'. "Journal of Korean Politics" Vol.16 No.2, October 2007, pp.277-299

Education

*1990 : LL.B. Faculty of Law, Kyoto University
*1992 : LL.M. Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University
*2001 : LL.D. Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University

Professional Experience

*1993 : Research Associate at Ehime University (till 1994)
*1994 : Lecturer at Ehime University (till 1997)
*1996 : Research Fellow at Korea Foundation (till 1997)
*1997 : Assosiate Professor at Kobe University (till 2005)
*1998 : Visiting Scholar at Harvard University (till 1999)
*2001 : Visiting Scholar at Korea University
*2005 : Professor at Kobe University (till now)
*2006 : Visiting Scholar at Sejong Institute
*2008 : Visiting Scholar at Australian National University

ee also

*Korean Studies
*Political Studies
*List of political scientists
*List of Korea-related topics

References

* [http://www.geocities.jp/korean_politics/ Official Home Page by Prof. Kan Kimura]
* [http://www.gsics.kobe-u.ac.jp/tstaff/kimuraEN.html Official Page at the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, at Kobe University]
* [http://www.gsics.kobe-u.ac.jp/syllabi/e2kimura.html Official Page at the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies of Syllabus of Kan Kimura's Lecture at Kobe University]
* [http://www.lib.kobe-u.ac.jp/repository/90000370.pdf Why Did the Chosun Dynasty Fail to Modernize? : Another experience of “Modernization from Above” in Korea (Author Version), in Kobe University Repository]
* [http://homepage.kokushikan.ac.jp/ajrc/Kimura%20By%20Translator.pdf "Relationship of Neighboring Countries Within Globalization: Focus on Japan-Korea Relations" (Summary of a lecture at Kokushikan University)]
* [http://ksp.stanford.edu/events/the_politics_of_history_the_case_of_japan_and_korea/ The Politics of History: the Case of Japan and Korea, lecture at The Stanford Korean Studies Program (KSP)]