Hongkyung Kim, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies
Director, Korean Humanism

Ph.D. Sungkyunkwan University (Seoul, Korea), 1993

Geographical Areas: Korea, China, Japan, East Asia

Topic Areas: Thoughts and religions in East Asia and Korea, Confucianism, Daoism, Intellectual History of East Asia, History of Korea

Office: N5520 Center for Korean Studies; 1124 Humanities

Email: hongkyung.kim@stonybrook.edu

Brief Bio:
Dr. Hongkyung Kim's research concerns the history of thoughts and religion in East Asia and Korea, with a focus on Confucianism and Daoism. He earned his Ph.D. from Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea, with a dissertation titled “The School of the Official Academy during the Early Joseon.” In addition to numerous articles and book chapters, Dr. Hongkyung Kim has published five single-authored books: The Analects of Dasan: A Korean Syncretic Reading, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 (Oxford University Press, 2016, 2017 and 2018), The Old Master: A Syncretic Reading of Laozi from the Mawangdui Text A Onward (SUNY Press, 2013), De dao jing (Deulnyeok, 2003) and Confucian Thought of the School of the Official Academy during the Early Joseon (Hangil-sa, 1996). Dr. Hongkyung Kim is currently the editor of SUNY Korean Studies series, through which a dozen of scholarly books have been published. He also participated in a research project on the ancient archaeological texts excavated in China and served as the managing editor for the Wonhyo Translation Project. He also serves as Director of the Center for Korean Studies at Stony Brook since 2012.