Sun-Chul Kim
C.V.

Education

2008 - PhD - Department of Sociology, Columbia University
Dissertation Title: Defiant Institutionalization: Democratization and Social Movements in South Korea, 1984-2002.” (Charles Tilly, Supervisor; Peter Bearman, Chair)

2002 - MPhil - Department of Sociology, Columbia University
Thesis Title: “Transformation of Contention: Democratization and Movement Trajectory in South Korea, 1987-2000.”

1999 - MA - Department of Sociology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Thesis Title: “State-Society Embeddedness and the New Village Movement in South Korea in the 1970s.” (in Korean)

1995 - BA - Department of Sociology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Academic Interests

Research Interests

Social Theory and Social Science Methods
Social and Political Change
Social Movements
Comparative Democratization and Post-authoritarian Contentious Politics
Globalization

Teaching Interests

Social Theory and Method, Comparative-historical Research and Methods
Political Sociology, Historical Sociology
Contentious Politics and Social Movements
Social and Political Change in Korea and East Asia

Working Projects

Democratization and Social Movements in South Korea (book manuscript, supported by the Academy of Korean Studies)

“The Internet, Street Mobilization, and Transformation of Repertoire” (looks into how online communities may serve as organizational vehicles for street mobilization and its impacts on protest)

“Post-transition Trajectories of Popular Contention: The Czech Republic and South Korea Compared” (analysis of the divergent paths of public politics in the two countries)

Publications

Forthcoming
“The Origins of Political Instability and Popular Contention in Post-transition South Korea.” In Gi-Wook Shin and Paul Chang (eds.). From Democracy to Civil Society: The Evolution of Korean Social Movement. Stanford University Press.

Forthcoming
“Contentious Participation.” Entry in the Encyclopedia of Political Science, Bertrand Badie, Dirk Berg-Schlosser, and Leonardo Morlino (eds.) Sage Publishers.

2007
"한국 민주화 다시 보기: 과정으로서의 민주주의" 계간 창작과비평, 통권 137호 [가을] (“Re-examining South Korean Democratization: Democracy as Process.” The Quarterly Changbi. No. 137, Fall).

Select Paper Presentations

March 2009. “Power of Movement: Defiant Institutionalization and Popular Contention in South Korea.” Workshop on Politics and Protest, CUNY Graduate Center.

Oct. 2008. “The Origins of Political Instability in Post-transition South Korea.” Conference on Korean Democracy and Social Movements, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University.

Oct. 2008. “Grudging Consent.” Contention, Change, and Explanation” A Conference in Honor of Charles Tilly. Social Science Research Council and Columbia University.

Aug. 2008 . “Social Movement Autonomy and Political Process: The South Korean Case.” Collective Behavior and Social Movements Roundtable Session. American Sociological Association Annual Convention, Boston.

Aug. 2007. “Power of Movement: Coalition Dynamics and Defiant Institutionalization of Social Movements in South Korea.” Regular Session (Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section), American Sociological Association Annual Convention, New York.

Mar. 2007. “Democratization and Contention.” Contentious Politics Workshop, Columbia University.

Sep. 2006. “Dynamics of Transition and Contention: Political Instability and Democratization in South Korea.” Contentious Politics Workshop, Columbia University.

April 2006 “Neoliberal Pressure, the State, and Popular Contention: The Case of South Korea,” Contentious Politics Workshop, Columbia University.

Nov. 2005. “On Democratization.” Regional Seminar on Modern Korea, Center for Korean Studies, Columbia University.

Sep. 2005. “Coalition as Repertoire: Defiant Institutionalization of Social Movements in Post-authoritarian South Korea.” Contentious Politics Workshop, Columbia University.

April 2005. “Three Misunderstandings about South Korean Democratization.” UC Berkeley Center for Korean Studies, Fourth Annual Graduate Student Symposium on Korean Studies, Berkeley, CA.

Sep. 2004. “Democratization and Popular Contention: South Korea in Perspective,” Contentious Politics Workshop, Columbia University.

May 2004. “Protracted Transition and Popular Contention: South Korean Democratization from a Comparative Perspective.” Society for Comparative Research, San Diego, CA.

April 2004. “How Duration Matters (or not): Some Thoughts on Studying Political Transitions.” Historical Dynamics Workshop, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University.

Mar. 2003. “Transformation of Contention: Democratization and Movement Trajectory in South Korea,” Contentious Politics Workshop, Columbia University.

Work Experience

Teaching & Academic Work Experience

Fall 2007~
Term Assistant Professor, Asian and Middle Eastern Culture, Barnard College.
Courses Taught:
Social Movements in Contemporary East Asia (EAAS W4408)
Critical Approaches to East Asia in the Social Sciences (EAAS W4102)
Major Topics on Modern Korea (EAAS V3214).
Social Change in East Asia (EAAS V3370)
Contention and Democracy in Korea (EAAS W4510)

2005~2008
Organizer (with Charles Tilly), Workshop on Contentious Politics, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University.

Fall 2005
Teaching Fellow, Political Science, Columbia University.
Course Taught: Introduction to Comparative Politics (V1501)

2000 ~ 2005
Teaching Assistant, Sociology, Columbia University.
Courses Taught: Evaluation of Evidence, Social Change, Social Movements, Historical Sociology, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Everyday Life, etc.

Fall 2004
Research Assistant, “Korean Protest Event Analysis” (Supervisor: Charles Tilly).

1997~1998
Teaching Assistant, Sociology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
Helped teach Historical Sociology, Social Thoughts.

Spring 1998
Research Assistant, “Loyalty and Korean Society Project.”
Institute for Social Development Studies, Yonsei University (Archival research).

Fall 1997
Research Assistant, “Corruption in the South Korean Public Sector Industry Project.”
Institute for Social Development Studies, Yonsei University (Interviewer).

Select Non-academic Work Experience

Fall 2001~Fall 2003
Correspondent, The Hankyoreh 21 Weekly News Magazine, Seoul, Korea.

Fall 1999~Fall 2001
Correspondent, Monthly Mal, Seoul, Korea.

Fellowships and Grants

2008 ~ 2010
Strategic Initiative for Korean Studies Grant (for book publication), The Academy of Korean Studies: Seoul, Korea.

Fall 2005
Teaching Fellow, Political Science, Columbia University.

Fall 2004
Dissertation Fellow, Columbia University.

Fall 2003
Dissertation Fellow, Columbia University.

Summer 2002
Research Grant, Center for Historical Social Sciences, Columbia University.

1999 ~ 2005
Paul S. Lazarsfeld Fellow, Columbia University.

Membership and Affiliation

American Sociological Association (Member Sections: Political Sociology, Comparative and Historical Sociology, Collective Behavior and Social Movements, Labor and Labor Movements, Marxist Sociology)
Sociologists Without Borders
Association of Asian Studies

References

Peter Bearman

Department of Sociology
Director, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy Columbia University
212-854-1721
cra10@columbia.edu
Roy Licklider

Department of Political Science
Rutgers University
89 George Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

732-932-9249
licklide@rci.rutgers.edu

814 IAB, 420 W 118th St.
New York, NY 10027
212-854-3094
psb17@columbia.edu
Charles Armstrong

Department of History
Director, Center for Korean Research
Columbia University
930 IAB, 420 W 118th St.
New York, NY 10027