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Seo, Jungmin 徐祯敏

CCS Faculty
Assistant Professor, Political Science

Saunders Hall 615: 956-8092
Department: 956-8357; Fax: 956-6877

BA 1990, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
MA 1992, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
PhD 2004, the University of Chicago

Professor Seo's major research interests are East Asian politics, nationalism and the political economy of culture. He recently completed his dissertation, "Nationalism in the Market: the Chinese publishing industry and the nationalistic discourses in 1990s," at the University of Chicago. He is currently working on two China-related projects:

  1. the concept of democracy during the Tiananmen Democratic Movement in 1989
  2. the role of cultural industry in shaping 'East Asian identity.'

China-Related Courses

POLS 680 Politics of Nationalism in East Asia POLS 640 Comparative Politics

Publications

"Nationalism and the Problem of Political Legitimacy in China," in Legitimacy: Ambiguity of Success and Failure in East and Southeast Asia, edited by Lynn T. White (Singapore: World Scientific Press, 2005)