Kwangmin Kim specializes in early modern China and East Asia. His research focuses on the history of empire, borderlands, and transnational relations.
keywords
Chinese history; East Asian history; world history; early modern history
Teaching
courses taught
HIST 1618 - Introduction to Chinese History to 1644
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Summer 2018 / Fall 2018 / Summer 2019 / Spring 2021
Introduces students to the history of China from Neolithic period to Ming period (1368-1644). Investigates the social patterns, gender relations, economic structure, intellectual trends, and political developments of China. Pays special attention to China's long-standing interaction with the rest of the world, which played a crucial role in the historical development of Chinese society. Approved for GT-HI1.
HIST 1800 - Introduction to Global History
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022
The first cornerstone course for history majors applies a broad perspective to the global past in order to illuminate how common historical patterns and processes, as well as unique elements, shaped the human experience. Using a thematic approach, all topical variations of this course highlight cross-cultural interactions among societies, and, when relevant, how historical processes that began centuries ago still impact the contemporary world. Topics will vary by section. Department enforced prerequisite: 3 hours of any history coursework.
HIST 3109 - Seminar in Asian History
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Spring 2022
Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on Asian history, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources. Previously offered as a special topics course. Recommended restriction: History GPA of 2.0 or higher.
HIST 3800 - Seminar in Global History
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Spring 2019 / Fall 2022
Organized around themes that change year to year, this seminar allows students to explore and research processes, phenomena, and events of global significance in historical context. Stress will be upon subjects that span multiple world areas. Possible topics include: the international arms trade; slavery; health and disease; youth culture; women's rights; genocide. See department for current theme. Recommended restriction: History GPA of 2.0 or higher. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
HIST 4618 - Early Modern China: From Genghis Khan to the Opium War
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Spring 2019 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022
Examines political, social, and cultural history of China from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) to the opium War (1839-1842). Topics covered include the development of imperial political institution and gentry society, Conquest Dynasties, Neo-Confucianism, China's "medieval economic revolution", Chinese world order in East Asia, Qing multiethnic empire, Chinese overseas migration, and the coming of the West. Recommended prerequisite: HIST 1618 or HIST 1628 or CHIN 1012.
HIST 4800 - Special Topics in Global History
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Spring 2023
Organized around themes that change yearly, this class allows students to study and research processes, phenomena, and events of global significance in historical context. Will stress historical subjects that span multiple geographic regions of the globe. Topics could include the global history of: the arms trade; slavery; health and disease; youth culture; women's rights; genocide, the environment, migration, economic trade, warfare exploration etc... May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
HIST 5129 - Colloquium in Modern Asian History
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Spring 2023
Introduces major topics and themes in Asian history. Analyzes readings relating to topics such as imperialism, cultural agency, gender, race, nationalism, decolonization, and revolution. May be repeated up to 6 total credits hours provided the topics vary.
HIST 6109 - Readings in Asian History
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Fall 2020
Explores a specific theme in Asian History in depth. Topic may vary each semester. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours proved the topic varies.
