Sean (Song Yeol) Han
Assistant Professor
- (205) 348-7100
- shan30@ua.edu
- ten Hoor Hall
Education
- PhD, Princeton University, 2018
Research Areas
- Asian History
About
Research Interests
- 19th– and 20th-Century Korea
- Intellectual and Cultural History
- Print Culture
- Sinographic Literature
- East Asian Diplomatic History
- Postcolonial IR
- Microhistory
- Historical Memory and Conflict in East Asia
Current Projects
- “Underdogs Scriptosphere: Sinographic Network and Korean Nationhood, 1860-1945″ (manuscript in preparation)
Selected Publications
- “Informal diplomacy in Chosŏn Korea and new engagement with the West and Westernized Japan, 1873–1876,” Modern Asian Studies 57, 1 (January 2023): 252-82.
- “Sports Hero Sammy Lee (1920-2016): A Korean Diaspora, Doctor, and Olympic Gold Medalist,” The Korean Journal of Physical Education 60, no. 6 (2021): 119-37.