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YEAR
2025

department of east asian studies

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Modern Korean history since the 16th century
The Cold War in East Asia
Territorial sovereignty and nationalism in East
Asia.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS
Modern East Asian History; The Cold War;
Colonialism and decolonization; The Korean
War; Territorial sovereignty

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Jo, Kyu-hyun. East Asian International Relations in
th
dr. History: The Long and Stormy 20 Century
(Springer, 2024)
Jo Kyu Hyun Jo, Kyu-hyun. The Dawn of War in South Korea,
1947-1950: The South Korean Workers' Party and the
khjo@um.edu.my April Third Massacre (Springer, 2024)
Jo, Kyu-hyun. Japanese Judicial Imperialism and
EDUCATION the Origins of the Coercive Illegality of Japan's
Annexation of Korea: A Study of Unequal Treaties
PhD in Modern East Asian History
The University of Chicago Between Korea and Japan, 1876-1910 (Palgrave-
MacMillan, 2023)
M. A. in History Jo, Kyu-hyun. "An Uneasy Marriage between
The University of Chicago
Territorial Sovereignty and the Cold War: Dokdo,
B. A. in History the Kurile Islands, Unconditional Surrender, and the
The University of Chicago
Ongoing Search for Japan’s Uniform Perception of
the San Francisco Peace Treaty" in Sugita Yone
and Victor Teo eds., Enduring Legacies, Structural
Contradictions, and Geopolitical Rivalry: Rethinking
UMEXPERT LINK the San Francisco System in Indo-Pacific Security
https://umexpert.um.edu.my/geethag.html (Palgrave-MacMillan, 2022)
RESEARCHER ID SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
GLS-8126-2022 (Web of Science)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4482-1698
SCOPUS ID
57260444100

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