Researcher Bio
As a researcher of Korean history (Joseon Dynasty), Kim Ho has been conducting research on cultural identity and knowledge exchange between Korea, China, and Japan. After joining the HK⁺ Mega-Asia Research Project Group in March 2022, his area of interest has expanded to include the concept of Mega-Asia, and he has begun to undertake comparative research between historical and cultural regions in Asia. In addition, he is currently heading the operation of a Local Humanities Center based at SNUAC, that is incharge of disseminating the research results of the HK⁺ Mega-Asia Research Project Group to the wider public.
In relation to the research group’s agenda, he is focusing particularly on establishing the relationship between ‘Mega Asia and Korea’. In the current geopolitical context, which has led to the need to establish a regional research unit called ‘Mega-Asia’, he aims to consider how Korea’s historical experience can serve as a foundation for creating universal values. This is not unrelated to re-establishing the meaning of Korean history and culture (which accepted the ideology and system of the long and powerful empires of China but did not follow the path of empire) as the basis for the values that Asian studies should newly pursue. A future-oriented Korean studies, not buried in the past, must share the critical awareness and methodology of new Asian studies. By presenting a model for ‘Asian studies (Korean studies) that looks toward the future’ based on past historical experiences, we plan to show that ‘Asian studies in Asia’ is fully possible.