Seo Joong-Seok (Korean: 서중석; born August 25, 1948) is a South Korean historian.
Seo Joong-Seok | |
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| Born | August 25, 1948 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater |
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| Thesis | Research on Modern and Contemporary Nationalist Movements (《한국근현대민족운동연구》) (1990) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Modern Korean History |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 서중석 |
| Hanja | 徐仲錫 |
| Revised Romanization | Seo Jung-seok |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏ Chung-sŏk |
Some of his publications have been described as "essential".[1] He has been described in South Korea as having the first PhD in the field of modern Korean history ('한국 현대사 박사 제1호').[2]
Biography
editSeo was born on August 25, 1948, in Bongdong-ri, Hwangha-myeon, Iksan-gun, North Jeolla Province, South Korea.[a] His bon-gwan is the Daegu Seo clan. He was born the seventh of eight siblings. Three of his siblings died in childhood. Among his surviving siblings was one brother and three sisters. His father was expelled from school in the aftermath of the Daegu Normal School Reading Club Scandal (대구사범학교 독서회사건). After which, he worked as a farmer. Seo's mother also worked as a farmer. Despite their humble means, they were eventually able to send Seo and three of his siblings to college.[3]
In 1955, he enrolled in the Hwanghwa Elementary School. In 1961, he enrolled in the Kanggyeong Middle School. In 1964, he moved in with his older brother in Seoul and attended Seoul High School.[3]
In 1967, he was accepted into the College of Arts and Sciences at Seoul National University, where he studied history. While there, he felt that his grade schools had taught history poorly. He was particularly inspired by the writings of Edmund Wilson and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Before graduating, he served his mandatory military service, and was discharged in May 1973. By September, he enrolled in school again.[3]
In 1974, while in his fourth year in the History Department, Seo was imprisoned for his participation in the National Federation of Democratic Youth and Students Incident, in which he protested against the dictatorial Fourth Republic of Korea.[4]
Seo received his PhD in 1990. His dissertation, entitled Research on Modern and Contemporary Nationalist Movements (《한국근현대민족운동연구》), is considered to be the first in South Korea that covered modern Korean history.[2]
Notes
edit- ^ Now Bongdu-ri, Yeonmu-eup, Nonsan-gun, South Chungcheong Province. (봉두리, 연무읍, 논산군)
References
edit- ^ 정, 빛나 (2019-01-11). "[3ㆍ1운동.임정 百주년](8)北도 '유관순, 조선의 잔 다르크'평가" [[March 1st Movement and Korean Provisional Government 100th Anniversary] (8) North Korea Also Considers 'Yu Gwan-sun to be Joseon's Joan of Arc']. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean).
- ^ a b 홍, 진수 (2020-01-02). "서중석 "정치 싸움판 된 현대사…시민들도 알아야 소모적 역사전쟁 멈출 것"" [Seo Joong-seok "Modern History Has Become a Political Battleground... Citizens Need to Know to Stop This Exhausting History War"]. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-07-22.
- ^ a b c 차, 성환 (2021-10-13). "2021 유신 전기 민주화운동 역사정리사업 구술채록" [2021 Early Yushin Period Democratic Movement Historical Organization Oral Record] (PDF). Korea Democracy Foundation (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-07-22.
- ^ 장, 화경 (2004-09-21). "3대 현안점검 2. 과거사규명－서중석교수". Kyunghyang Shinmun.